Creator Director / Designer

Roblox•San Mateo, CA

10d•$287,590 - $336,450•Onsite

About The Position

Roblox is seeking a creative and design leader to guide Incubator creators toward developing novel games. The role supports creators from both the Roblox community and the traditional game industry, helping them identify compelling game dynamics and apply design elements effectively. The successful candidate will bring creative leadership and game design experience across a variety of games, along with broad knowledge of successful game design across the industry. The position reports to the Senior Lead, Incubator. The role owns design feedback for external Incubator creators, oversees group feedback on builds and milestones, and helps creators combine Roblox and traditional game approaches to find innovation and value. It also fosters creator-to-creator connections, builds design workflows between internal teams and creators, and collaborates across disciplines to deliver design work and meet deadlines. The director partners with marketing and creative teams on go-to-market strategies, supports analytics in setting goals and measuring impact, and contributes to novel games work beyond the Incubator as needed. For roles based at Roblox’s San Mateo, California headquarters, the stated annual base salary range is $287,590–$336,450. Full-time employees are eligible for equity compensation and benefits. Office-based roles are onsite Tuesday through Thursday, with optional presence Monday and Friday.

Requirements

15+ years of creative or game design experience, with a proven track record of conceptualizing, creating, guiding, and refining game designs.
Ability to adapt and learn new game and platform dynamics and demonstrate expertise in both traditional and Roblox game design.
Strong written and verbal communication skills that guide and convince.
Experience leading cross-functional execution with teams including production, product, analytics, engineering, marketing, and partnerships.
Domain experience with user-generated content, social platforms, and gaming, and the ability to understand and design for player behavior, expectations, and trends.
Understanding of game design principles and mechanics.
Experience working with third-party creators and developers.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, agile, iterative development environment.
Ability to adapt to changing circumstances and ambiguity.
Excellent organizational skills.

Responsibilities

Own design feedback to all external Incubator creators.
Oversee group feedback on specific builds and milestones.
Help creators combine Roblox and traditional game approaches to find innovation and value in their games.
Foster creator-to-creator community interactions individually and by creating sustainable processes and partnerships.
Build and execute design-related workflows between internal disciplines and Roblox creators.
Collaborate cross-functionally with production, product, analytics, engineering, marketing, partnerships, and other teams to facilitate design deliverables and deadlines.
Work with marketing and creative teams to devise and execute go-to-market strategies.
Support analytics in setting goals, measuring impact, and increasing growth KPIs.
Support the novel games initiative on non-Incubator projects as needed.