What does a design director do? What is your schedule like? What have you learnt at riot games that you haven't learnt before at all?
I usually describe my job as 3 main things:
1) I am ultimately accountable for the design quality of League.
2) I work with the other leads to determine the overall strategy and big bets for League.
3) I manage the design department.
My schedule, sadly, is mostly meetings. I meet regularly with all the designers and a lot of other coworkers to discuss ideas and work through problems. I sit through stakeholder review meetings where a team talks about their progress on a particular feature or product. I sit in design meetings where we try to tackle tough problems. I recruit. I deal with HR issues. I occasionally get to teach. Other designers spend more time implementing specific changes or playtesting, and if I can carve off more time from my schedule, that is what I would like to do. I do the occasional social media posting (like this) when a meeting gets cancelled or from home.
I like the question about what I have learned here that I didn't know before. I've learned a lot. I'll think about it more.
1) I am ultimately accountable for the design quality of League.
2) I work with the other leads to determine the overall strategy and big bets for League.
3) I manage the design department.
My schedule, sadly, is mostly meetings. I meet regularly with all the designers and a lot of other coworkers to discuss ideas and work through problems. I sit through stakeholder review meetings where a team talks about their progress on a particular feature or product. I sit in design meetings where we try to tackle tough problems. I recruit. I deal with HR issues. I occasionally get to teach. Other designers spend more time implementing specific changes or playtesting, and if I can carve off more time from my schedule, that is what I would like to do. I do the occasional social media posting (like this) when a meeting gets cancelled or from home.
I like the question about what I have learned here that I didn't know before. I've learned a lot. I'll think about it more.
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