Lead Game Designer

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!

Responsibilities:

• 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 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.

Requirements:

• 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.

• Strong understanding of 2D asset pipelines, file optimisation, and lightweight game development workflows.

• Proficiency with illustration and asset creation tools (e.g. Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop).

• 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