Creative Director

As a Creative Director, you will be highly innovative and have a strong passion for playing and creating games. You will work with a cross- functional team and take responsibility for setting the high-level vision and work closely with all disciplines to deliver on the overall game.

Third Kind Games is one of the largest independently owned game development studios in the UK, based in Royal Leamington Spa. We also have remote studios in Poland and Spain. Our three studios are built on the same original spirit and values since our beginning.

Founded in 2016 by nine leaders in the industry, with extensive experience in the development of critically acclaimed titles such as Guitar Hero Live and DiRT, we've been growing ever since. Today we work with some of the biggest names in the games industry such as Blizzard, Amazon, Microsoft and Mythical Games.

Alongside several new high-profile, unannounced projects, our team is also working on our own IP, so TKG is an incredibly exciting place to be right now. We are also setting new benchmarks for creativity in the games industry, driving technical expertise in programming alongside creative innovation.

We are always expanding and we are looking for others to join us as Third Kinders.

What is it like to be a Third Kinder?

We are a diverse team of people. We are collaborative, open-minded creatives who embrace ideas and knowledge from everyone in our team, with the aim of developing and inspiring ourselves, our projects and our games.

Work life balance and flexibility are very important to us and our team. At TKG we offer a place where our team can be their most creative, imaginative and confident selves. We want all of our team to feel valued, appreciated, and free to be who they are at work.

You Enjoy
Creative Director- Role Overview

• Understanding our consumer needs and ensuring the creative vision is understood by the teams and our partners so the game delivers great player satisfaction and maximum enjoyment.
• Communicating and evangelising your vision to both internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Being responsible for pulling together the overall creative direction of the game by collaborating and inspiring our teams to achieve this and meet key milestones.
• Supporting the prioritisation of the various daily workstreams to ensure a balanced approach to workload and production on behalf of your management team.
• Leading by example and using your knowledge to support the development and performance of the team.
• Playing an active role in the mentoring and development of junior staff.
  

You Would
What we are looking for from a Third Kinder

• Foster a culture of innovation and collaboration, motivating our cross-functional teams to develop unique games with an engaging player experience.
• Understand the technical and production elements to ensure a practical concept is delivered and exceeds the customer expectations.
• Lead and encourage our creative planning sessions, scrums, and retrospectives and help us drive the development of our projects and the team.
• Be naturally inquisitive and keep up to date with the games market, emerging technologies and industry trends and cascade according to support the creativity of the game.
• Be able to collaborate and communicate well with internal teams and customers to validate the game and realise a shared vision.
• Talk and present enthusiastically about game ideas, championing their potential.
• Be highly adaptable and a great problem solver.
  

Skills You Need

• 5+ years industry experience in a Leadership position.
• A realistic, pragmatic and commercially aware approach to games development.
• Strong, passionate communicator with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to create and deliver fun gameplay concepts, ideas and features that keep players wanting more.
  

Experience With
Skills it would be great to have

• Unity, Unreal, or similar game engines.
• Working on all stages of a project, from concept to launch.
  

If you think this is the role for you please send us your CV and an introductory email, which helps us to get to know you better. We aim to respond to your application within 2 working days.
Usually we will conduct a telephone interview, prior to any face to face or virtual interviews.