Game Designer (Mobile)

About This Role

Designing and creating new features, systems, and content for mobile games is the core of this role, collaborating with producers, developers, and artists to bring them to life. The Game Designer will help define game specifications from initial concept to launch, continually refining games to maximize user retention and monetization. This position suits a candidate with experience in the social gaming industry and free-to-play business models on mobile platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design and create new features, systems, and content, collaborating with producers, developers, and artists to bring them to life for end users while also streamlining the production and content creation process
• Own the tuning and balancing of gameplay systems and content, ensuring consistency and fairness as new features and content are introduced
• Write design briefs and product specification documents to support game design
• Take ownership of features end to end: from initial concept and design through development and release, and continue iterating based on player feedback and performance once live
• Play testing: Analyze data and player feedback to continually optimize existing game experience
• Collaborate with the team to ensure the implementation of systems into actual gameplay, maintaining the overall balance between multiple gameplay systems
• Collaborate with Stakeholders and Producers to identify improvements to existing gameplay loops as well as new features, content, and event ideas
• Analyze game metrics and qualitative player feedback to inform design decisions
• Coordinate with translators to ensure quality translations in multiple languages, and integrate translations into the game using internal tools
• Analyze the content of current games to improve game design and monetization mechanics
• Stay up to date with the mobile games market and emerging technologies, bringing relevant insights and opportunities into the design of games
• Create a fun, engaging and outstanding player experience

Requirements

• At least 3 years as a game designer
• Experience designing free-to-play RPGs, with a strong track record of balancing live gameplay systems (progression, difficulty) to keep them fair, engaging, and sustainable
• Understanding engagement and monetization KPIs
• Ability to analyze gameplay mechanics and feature designs for mobile games
• Knowledge of game design, balancing, pacing, and monetization strategies for F2P games
• Ability to design level systems & individual gameplay features
• Understanding design concepts and principles
• Excellent written communication skills (English)
• Excellent Microsoft Excel skills