Hola!
Hi there, I'm Francisco
15+ years shipping games across mobile, PC, VR/AR and location-based experiences at Meta and Schell Games
Led design on projects for the world's top clients: Google, Disney, LEGO, Meta and more
People-first manager with a reputation for coaching designers through ambiguity into their best work
Design Director of two of the all-time highest-rated VR games (I Expect You To Die 2 & 3)
Expertise in creative leadership across all stages of development: ideation, prototyping, pre-production, production, polish, QA, ship and live service
4-time GDC speaker on design leadership, project planning, playtesting and accessibility
Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela
Read my Design Leadership Blueprint to learn more about how I lead.
My Work
My Design Leadership Blueprint //
Read more about my design and leadership style
Game Projects //
Game highlights: Design Director on I Expect You to Die 3 and I Expect You to Die 2
Location-based highlights: Director on S.E.C.R.E.T. , lead on [Confidential Theme Park Project] and lead on the concept phase for the Superman Experience
Art Projects //
Check out Eye to Eye
Conference Talks //
Featuring “The Design Direction of IEYTD2”, given at GDC
They're all in this list of conference talks.
Contact
Reach out if you are looking for a Game Designer or Design Manager to come talk to your classroom, project team, company, birthday party... If I can’t help you directly, I will likely be able to redirect your request to some lovely folks. Opportunities, requests for mentorship, and questions about my work or the industry are also welcome.
Se habla español.
You can reach me at francisco (dot) souki (at) gmail (dot) com
Beautiful painting of my beautiful face by the unfairly talented Ryan Yee.