Lead Game Designer

Kyiv - Ukraine

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Founded in 2012 N-iX Games is one of the biggest game development and art production vendors in Ukraine and Poland working with leading publishers and media enterprises around the globe as a service provider. The team of 100 professionals focuses on full-cycle game development team extension VR solutions and content creation for all the most popular platforms. The studio has successfully collaborated with over 40 clients including Blizzard Entertainment Ubisoft Gearbox Software Paradox Interactive Tempo Storm and Supermassive Games.

We would like to welcome you to join the N-iX Games. As a game designer in our team you would be responsible for creating documenting and improving exciting game mechanics. There will be creative work - story mechanics art style as well as technical design - correct and useful documentation game balancing monetization analysis of player behavior and a lot more so prepare to sink deep into the design space where there are no limits. Remember that you would a part of the team so fluent and effective communication with other team members would be a crucial part of the job. Be prepared to create exciting and engaging gameplay for millions of players!

What Youll Be Doing:

Game & asset leadership: Own the end-to-end design and delivery of educational games and their supporting assets from concept and prototyping through to implementation and QA.
Design direction: Define and guide the creative and technical direction of games ensuring visual and interaction quality align with defined standards for accessibility brand and educational outcomes.
Asset strategy & scalability: Oversee asset creation workflows and pipelines ensuring all visuals are optimised for maximum performance on the desired platform. Lead the development of reusable systems and libraries that support scalable production.
Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with animators illustrators product designers engineers and educators to ensure cohesive production-ready experiences that meet learning goals and creative expectations.
Creative quality & consistency: Review and provide feedback on game and asset outputs ensuring all deliverables maintain visual polish usability and alignment with our design principles.
Workflow improvement: Identify propose and implement process enhancements that improve efficiency collaboration and overall team productivity.
Mentoring & leadership: Support and guide game designers and asset creators through regular feedback project direction and skill development. Foster a positive collaborative team culture.
Stakeholder alignment: Communicate plans milestones and challenges effectively to stakeholders leadership and partner teams ensuring clarity on priorities timelines and resourcing needs.

Were interested in people who have:

5-7 years of experience in game production with at least 3 spent on managing a creative team.
Proven experience shipping games or interactive educational products on web and/or mobile.
Excellent grasp of user experience and accessibility principles in games.
Familiarity with Unity Godot or similar 2D engines.
Experience managing or mentoring designers and artists.
Strong communication and organisational skills comfortable balancing creative and operational priorities.
Familiarity with Jira Trello or other production management tools.
English level - Upper-intermediate

We offer*:

Flexible working format - remote office-based or flexible
A competitive salary and good compensation package
Personalized career growth
Professional development tools (mentorship program tech talks and trainings centers of excellence and more)
Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing
Education reimbursement
Memorable anniversary presents
Corporate events and team buildings
Other location-specific benefits

*not applicable for freelancers

Required Experience:

Founded in 2012 N-iX Games is one of the biggest game development and art production vendors in Ukraine and Poland working with leading publishers and media enterprises around the globe as a service provider. The team of 100 professionals focuses on full-cycle game development team extension VR solu...

What Youll Be Doing:

Game & asset leadership: Own the end-to-end design and delivery of educational games and their supporting assets from concept and prototyping through to implementation and QA.
Design direction: Define and guide the creative and technical direction of games ensuring visual and interaction quality align with defined standards for accessibility brand and educational outcomes.
Asset strategy & scalability: Oversee asset creation workflows and pipelines ensuring all visuals are optimised for maximum performance on the desired platform. Lead the development of reusable systems and libraries that support scalable production.
Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with animators illustrators product designers engineers and educators to ensure cohesive production-ready experiences that meet learning goals and creative expectations.
Creative quality & consistency: Review and provide feedback on game and asset outputs ensuring all deliverables maintain visual polish usability and alignment with our design principles.
Workflow improvement: Identify propose and implement process enhancements that improve efficiency collaboration and overall team productivity.
Mentoring & leadership: Support and guide game designers and asset creators through regular feedback project direction and skill development. Foster a positive collaborative team culture.
Stakeholder alignment: Communicate plans milestones and challenges effectively to stakeholders leadership and partner teams ensuring clarity on priorities timelines and resourcing needs.

Were interested in people who have:

5-7 years of experience in game production with at least 3 spent on managing a creative team.
Proven experience shipping games or interactive educational products on web and/or mobile.
Excellent grasp of user experience and accessibility principles in games.
Familiarity with Unity Godot or similar 2D engines.
Experience managing or mentoring designers and artists.
Strong communication and organisational skills comfortable balancing creative and operational priorities.
Familiarity with Jira Trello or other production management tools.
English level - Upper-intermediate

We offer*:

Flexible working format - remote office-based or flexible
A competitive salary and good compensation package
Personalized career growth
Professional development tools (mentorship program tech talks and trainings centers of excellence and more)
Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing
Education reimbursement
Memorable anniversary presents
Corporate events and team buildings
Other location-specific benefits

*not applicable for freelancers

Required Experience: