About the Job
Creative Publishing is Netflix’s creative leadership for games, maintaining a consistently high bar across our portfolio. We are seeking a highly-skilled Creative Director to help us align vision and player experience across a key portfolio vertical within Netflix Games.
You will guide and support titles from initial concept through production, launch, and live operations. You will foster a culture of bold experimentation and craft excellence, ensuring our games leave players with memorable experiences that stand the test of time. We’re looking for new teammates who care deeply about the experiences they create and the people they make them with. Those who bias towards action and are energized by the learning that comes with bold experimentation at an agile pace. As a part of Netflix, we strive to hire the best and value integrity, excellence, respect, inclusion, and collaboration.
Responsibilities:
Deeply understanding, and then synthesizing the unique advantages and opportunities provided by the Netflix Games platform into a cohesive vision for massively successful games
Collaborating closely with teams to develop concepts into prototypes that build conviction in direction and vision
Helping scale creative efforts into full production then supporting them through launch
Establishing clear creative goals, providing and soliciting actionable creative / team feedback, and using that feedback to improve others’ creative contributions
Qualifications:
At least 10 years of game design experience, including experience as a Creative Director, Game Director, or comparable design leadership role
Experience working with distributed or external teams
Ability to articulate critical and meaningful feedback to influence direction without relying on positional authority
Excellent knowledge of game lifecycle from concept through live service and an understanding of how to tailor creative input to each game’s unique requirements
A record of leading complex cross-functional projects with successful delivery of quality in design, art, audio, narrative, and additional creative fields
Experience with Live Service and retention-oriented design
Development and execution of internal creative tools and processes
Experience with sports and team-play titles a plus
Licensed IP game experience a plus
About you:
A proven track record of guiding teams to executional excellence both creatively and strategically
A history of strong relationships with recognition as a valued partner in meeting company objectives
An advocate for players, translating their needs, behavioral insights, and innovation into excellent entertainment
Comfortable working with frequent context switching and bringing clarity to ambiguity
Excel in a fast-paced, high-volume, high-agency environment
Entrepreneurial, self-motivated, and committed to embodying Netflix's culture of high performance, curiosity, freedom, and responsibility
Generally, our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $260,000.00 - $480,000.00. This compensation range will vary based on location.
Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more details about our Benefits here.
