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Mathys+Potestio / The Creative Party® · 5 days ago

Content Designer + Terminologist, Games Design System

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$90/hr - $110/hr

5+ years exp

Mathys+Potestio is seeking a Terminologist/Content Designer to join their Games Design Systems team for a six-month remote contract. The role involves establishing a cohesive terminology foundation, designing a centralized terminology system, and collaborating with various teams to ensure clarity and consistency in language across game interfaces.

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Responsibilities

Establish a cohesive terminology foundation by auditing live and in-progress game interfaces to identify patterns, inconsistencies, and opportunities for clarity and alignment

Design and maintain a centralized terminology system that supports a broader content design framework- enabling teams to ship with confidence and consistency at scale

Set clear naming standards and conventions that balance creative intent, technical constraints, legal considerations, and localization needs

Partner deeply with content designers, product leaders, legal, and localization teams to ensure shared language decisions are thoughtful, defensible, and user-centered

Apply systems thinking to language governance, helping define processes and models- potentially leveraging automation or AI to keep terminology accurate, current, and evolving

Advocate for language as a product asset, influencing teams through insight, collaboration, and clarity rather than authority

Bring a gamer’s mindset to the work- applying an understanding of gaming mechanics, player expectations, and industry terminology (even if your background comes from adjacent product spaces)

Qualification

Terminology managementContent designSystems thinkingGaming terminologyCross-functional communicationEditorial judgmentAttention to detail

Required

Establish a cohesive terminology foundation by auditing live and in-progress game interfaces to identify patterns, inconsistencies, and opportunities for clarity and alignment

Design and maintain a centralized terminology system that supports a broader content design framework- enabling teams to ship with confidence and consistency at scale

Set clear naming standards and conventions that balance creative intent, technical constraints, legal considerations, and localization needs

Partner deeply with content designers, product leaders, legal, and localization teams to ensure shared language decisions are thoughtful, defensible, and user-centered

Apply systems thinking to language governance, helping define processes and models- potentially leveraging automation or AI to keep terminology accurate, current, and evolving

Advocate for language as a product asset, influencing teams through insight, collaboration, and clarity rather than authority

Bring a gamer's mindset to the work- applying an understanding of gaming mechanics, player expectations, and industry terminology (even if your background comes from adjacent product spaces)

5+ years experience with senior-level experience in content design, terminology management, linguistics, or related disciplines, with a clear point of view on naming and standards

A strong content design foundation within product and technology environments, with demonstrated experience shaping language for complex digital systems

Fluency in games culture and terminology, whether through professional experience or deep personal engagement as a player

Proven ability to build and evolve terminology databases, glossaries, or language systems that scale across teams and surfaces

Exceptional systems thinking and editorial judgment, paired with meticulous attention to detail

Strong cross-functional communication skills, with the ability to make nuanced language decisions understandable and actionable

Comfort operating in a contract capacity, delivering impact quickly and independently across time zones

Benefits

PTO

Health and dental insurance

401(k) benefits

Company

Mathys+Potestio / The Creative Party®

The Creative Party® provides creative/digital agencies, design firms, and the world's best brands with creative, marketing, and technical talent through temporary staffing, SOW, direct placement and other models.

Founded in 2002

Portland, Oregon, USA

11-50 employees