General Manager-Design

Job Description

We're looking for a strategic leader to take ownership of a key discipline within our studio. In this role, you’ll shape vision and structure, mentor senior talent, and ensure your teams are empowered to deliver outstanding games. You’ll work cross-functionally to refine processes, drive innovation, and scale capabilities — leaving a lasting impact on both people and projects.

Your daily tasks:

• Provide visionary leadership and long-term strategy for the Design discipline across  the whole studio.
• Build and lead a high-performing, motivated art team by mentoring, coaching, and supporting career growth.
• Collaborate with the Designers and Creative Directors and other stakeholders to translate the artistic vision into actionable pipelines and production-ready content.
• Establish and continuously improve processes, workflows, and tools to ensure efficiency and quality in art production.
• Set and maintain high standards for artistic excellence and technical execution.
• Play an active part in project, milestone and gate reviews
• Manage department resources, staffing plans, recruitment needs, and budgeting.
• Advocate for the Design team within the broader studio leadership group, ensuring alignment with overall studio and publishing goals.
• Monitor performance and engagement within the art discipline and proactively resolve team issues.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a senior or leadership design role within the games industry, AAA studio.
• Deep understanding of game development pipelines across the whole design department
• Strong people leadership skills with experience managing large, multidisciplinary art teams.
• Track record of mentoring and developing creative talent.
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and influence without direct authority.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Passion for games and a strong appreciation for visual storytelling and game aesthetics.
• Experience working in a multi-project or multi-studio environment.

Additional Information

What we can offer:

• A wide array of benefits: private medical care, life insurance, pro-health campaigns, gifts for different occasions.

• An outstanding work atmosphere in a highly-skilled team of professionals, with flexible working hours, no dress code, and full support of the dedicated HR Business Partner.

• A constant stream of company newsletters, PR & project updates so you will always be in the know.

• Many opportunities for personal development: a dedicated development budget for each employee, extra two paid days for training and CSR, stable career paths, extensive internal and external training, and financing of English and Polish language classes.

• State-of-the-art offices filled with chillout zones, a fully equipped kitchen, a gym (Wrocław office), and a free car park (Wrocław/Warsaw office).