Senior Product Designer – Games
About Us
Moose Toys exists to make kids superhappy. For this revolutionary brand, happiness lies at the heart of everything we do. Known for our trailblazing toy design, development and manufacturing, and strong commitment to the future of our planet, our toys are consistently recognised with global awards and accolades.
Culture
At Moose, we are playful with a purpose. Fun is at the heart of everything we do, but we’re also very serious about the important stuff: our people, our values, and the planet: We're officially a Great Place to Work!
Position Title
Senior Product Designer – Games
Classification: Exempt
Position Status: Full Time
Reports To: Senior Vice President, Games Direct
Reports None
Role Objectives
Produce highly creative and original conceptual designs for tabletop games.
Develop new tabletop games to final production-ready consumer products by working with both internal and external contributors.
In addition, provide technical illustrations to assist model makers in Hong Kong to produce Moose product.
Qualifications
- 5 + years of Tabletop Game development experience preferred.
Bachelor’s degree is preferred but not required.
Experience of working on licensed items preferred but not required.
Experience working on games for broad variety of ages (from 3 years – adults).
Project management skills preferred.
Responsibilities
- Present tabletop games to our retail customers in our showroom and occasionally at trade shows.
Brainstorm and develop gameplay for new items.
Be a member of the team that determines the next games Moose will create.
Responsible to present new product concept ideas to Licensors, internal team and senior management.
Apply prototyping skills to create models, including model making in 2D and 3D formats.
Provide basic production direction, including creating drawings to help a model maker create a 3D representation of the design.
Organize and facilitate game playtesting.
Give direction to and collaborate with outside vendors and be responsible for managing their timelines and deliverables where applicable.
Responsible to prepare submissions for licensors of game materials (concept, packaging, instructions, components, etc.) and maintain approvals records.
Communicate with Licensors regularly via email and by attending virtual team meetings throughout the product development cycle, including answering questions, providing status updates and submitting ideas using the appropriate Licensing program.
Core Values
- We’re a family, who is Outrageously playful, with Wild imagination.
We’re a family – demonstrate kindness as part of the Moose family – treating others the way we want to be treated.
We’re all about welcoming your wacky, weird, and wonderful self at work!
Moosies pride themselves on taking personal responsibility for their actions and outcomes, always acting ethically, professionally, sustainably, and with a smile.
We know there is no ‘I’ in TEAM and are committed to hitting team goals way out of the park.
We’ve got each other’s backs – we support each other with no politics or personal agendas.
Work Hours
- Work Hours: 8:30am – 5:30pm, Monday to Thursday
30-minute unpaid lunch break each day
Plus, reasonable additional hours due to multiple time-zones.
Hybrid working arrangement: Tues-Thurs in El Segado office
Schedule
- Full-time
Physical Demands
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone and other office productivity machinery, may need to reach, stoop, kneel to access items
Must be able to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time
Work Environment
- Moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers, phones, printers and light traffic)
Indoor business office environment with windows; light foot traffic within work areas
Salary Band
- USD $105,000-$110,000
Physical Abilities
- Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time