LEAD GAME DESIGNER COVER LETTER TEMPLATE

• Collaborate with the Creative Director to deliver on driving the creative vision for the project.
• Lead and mentor a design team in creating, improving, and tuning features to create engaging player experiences
• Build strong, creative game designs that are original and imaginative
• Track and analyze game data, and create reports with suggested design changes based on gameplay data
• Evaluate and iterate on live game features and events to improve retention and monetization on live games.
• Collaborate with art and programming disciplines to achieve project goals
• Ensure a high level of quality in all aspects of the team and the work.
• Take initiative in problem-solving and collaborating to facilitate effective resolutions.
• Help liaison between the Design team and QA.

Skills: Creative Leadership, Team Mentorship, Game Design, Player Experience Design, Data Analysis, Live Ops Optimization, Cross-Discipline Collaboration, Quality Assurance Liaison

• Lead a team of designers to execute the vision of the title
• Determine standards and execute on how to document game mechanics
• Cooperate with cross-discipline teams to implement game systems and gameplay mechanics
• Oversee and mentor a team of game designers
• Act as the bridge between the game management team and the design team, ensuring expectations are clear
• Utilise their proprietary tools to design, prototype, and test gameplay mechanics while recognising chances for improvement
• Operate effectively where balance hands-on implementation and direction
• Maintain and oversee game features and make sure that they are represented properly throughout the game
• Create rules for reward systems and game achievements
• Deliver content within quality requirements, on time, and within technical constraints

Skills: Design Leadership, Gameplay Documentation, Systems Design, Team Mentorship, Cross-Team Communication, Gameplay Prototyping, Feature Ownership, Reward Systems

• Take ownership of the game mechanics and strategies, decide how they should be used in-game, and work closely with Programming, Animation, and Design departments to drive development towards the vision laid out by the Design Director.
• Supervise the work of the game designers, provide them with feedback, and support them in the prioritization and the realization of their tasks.
• Report their progress to the producer to the Design Director.
• Communicate the importance and role(s) of the features to the game team.
• Regularly monitor the documentation and make sure the support is up to date.
• Participate actively in the production planning and define the roadmap of the game design team with the producer.
• Assess the success of the game by measuring how objectives are met.
• Adjust the game to be aligned with the Design Director’s vision and in phase with the client’s expectations
• Define the playstyles and the tactics to be used within the game by the targeted players.
• Drive the team toward a benevolent work dynamic, value their skills, and encourage their autonomy and their creativity.
• Participate in the development of tools required to implement and adjust game systems in collaboration with Developers.

Skills: Game Mechanics Ownership, Design Leadership, Cross-Discipline Collaboration, Production Planning, Progress Reporting, Gameplay Analytics, Player Strategy Design, Tool Development

• Work on both new features and new games in the casual card genre.
• Build the game design team at WildCard.
• Create clear, succinct, and impactful design specifications that serve as the source of truth for the product.
• Work with the UI/UX team to craft the user experience.
• Be hands-on with the design, iteration, and tuning of the game's balance and economy.
• Understand the impact of key KPI's and how to improve them over time.
• Ensure features have adequate feedback and the game feels good to play.
• Reports directly to the C-suite.

Skills: Casual Game Design, Team Building, Design Documentation, UI UX Collaboration, Balance Tuning, KPI Optimization, Player Feedback Design, Executive Communication

• Get to enjoy private medical and dental cover, a gym membership, profit sharing, loads of social events, and a whole lot more.
• Hold creative freedom, alongside the creative director, and define and maintain the game vision throughout development. 
• Create a unified game experience, ensuring alignment and high quality across departments.
• Help to establish game vision alongside the Creative Director
• Create game design documentation
• Work with different disciplines to ensure buy-in for the project vision
• Communicate with external partners to ensure a successful relationship
• Work on peer reviews and hiring for the design team

Skills: Creative Vision Leadership, Game Vision Definition, Cross-Department Alignment, Design Documentation, Stakeholder Communication, External Partner Management, Team Hiring, Peer Review Leadership

• Report to the Design Director, overseeing the creation and implementation of innovative game systems within the defined creative direction, vision, experience fantasy and target audience.
• Work with the project Stakeholder team and publishing team to plan future content as part of an ongoing content development cycle.
• Supervise the creation and maintenance of game system documentation.
• Define and allocate tasks to the design team, including accurately assessing the time required to complete each task.
• Troubleshoot design issues from a creative standpoint.
• Review, tweak, and balance gameplay to deliver a AAA-quality experience.
• Manage the output and development of the project game design team.
• Line-manage the design team, running regular one-to-ones, design team meetings, and performance reviews.

Skills: Game Systems Design, Content Planning, Design Documentation, Task Estimation, Creative Problem Solving, Gameplay Balancing, Team Management, Performance Leadership

• Internalize and evangelize the game vision, particularly with an eye toward long-term sustainability and growth by way of delightful and compelling player experiences
• Shape the roadmap and strategy of game growth
• Understand complex systems and economic interactions and how each new feature will likely affect the overall “sum of the parts.”
• Guide toward feature and content proposals that give a lot of bang for their buck (LiveOps templates that can be reskinned or tweaked along thoughtful variables to create a large scale of content using the same core technology)
• Review a wide variety of documentation, business requirement documents, design proposals, and technical design documentation to provide incisive feedback for improvement and implementation viability.
• Direct and delegate to other team members based on the knowledge of their strengths and passions
• Diplomatically manage relationships with development partners and help to assess their strengths and weaknesses
• Take into account information from research groups, such as data scientists and player insights teams, when building the designs.
• Help make requests for data from research groups to ensure the designs are fully informed.
• Focus on practical, implementable, simple, elegant designs.

Skills: Vision Strategy, LiveOps Design, Systems Thinking, Content Scaling, Design Feedback, Team Leadership, Partner Relations, Data Design

• Coordinate the game design team in collaboration to translate the vision of the design team into design specification documents.
• Be responsible for the oversight and management of specifications for base features.
• Directly write specifications and learn the design specification style with training directly from the CCO, setting great examples for the team.
• Design specifications should contain clear and concise prose with enough visual references to provide clarity to engineering.
• Capture the holistic vision of the design team
• Be responsible for overseeing the output of the design team for base features
• Provide relevant feedback and help train designers to provide the best documentation possible, and to learn and grow in-depth in F2P game design knowledge
• Be responsible for the schedule of design specifications and related design assets to ensure timely delivery to engineering and ensure that engineering does not get blocked on design

Skills: Design Coordination, Specification Writing, Documentation Oversight, Vision Translation, Team Mentorship, F2P Knowledge, Feedback Leadership, Schedule Management

• Create or adapt leading game features to work with an existing game
• Pitch new ideas to the team/hold brainstorming sessions
• Lead a design team, reviewing all types of design work and providing feedback and guidance
• Work with the leadership team to analyze real-time player feedback and data, identify opportunity spaces, shape feature design, and adjust the game roadmap accordingly
• Work with analytics and product management to analyze live player data, run experiments, and tune or adjust game balance using Excel or Google Sheets
• Design systems or features of small to large scope, writing design documentation, and collaborating with other disciplines from preproduction to release
• Work to improve existing workflows and processes for the game design team
• Remain up-to-date with Game Design literature and standard methodologies to be an evangelist for the craft of Game Design

Skills: Feature Design, Creative Ideation, Team Leadership, Player Data Analysis, Balance Tuning, Systems Documentation, Workflow Optimization, Design Evangelism

• Execute on the product vision of the games
• Lead a team of Game Designers
• Refine balance and tune gameplay
• Conduct a critical review of gameplay mechanics and systems
• Drive and follow up on prototyping core gameplay systems
• Present and communicate game concepts and project status to management, stakeholders, and clients for review and approval
• Provide detailed feedback and recommend solutions for resolving risks in design challenges for development
• Refine game design for the feasibility of implementation and to meet technical objectives by collaborating with technical teams
• Resolve challenging game design problems that hinder the progress of the project
• Provide line management and mentorship to grow the team of game designers

Skills: Product Vision, Team Leadership, Gameplay Balancing, Systems Review, Gameplay Prototyping, Stakeholder Communication, Design Problem Solving, Technical Collaboration

• Develop and shape game systems and mechanics, and get buy-in from the team.
• Write high-quality game design documents that contain strong compulsion loops and clearly communicate concepts and requirements to the team.
• Design experience flows that are optimized for engagement and monetization.
• Own significant areas of the game design and collaborate with artists and programmers to guide the look implementation of features.
• Design and interpret in-game analytics.
• Design and measure the impact of features to address key metrics.
• Conduct speedy research and analysis for relevant competing products.
• Script and tune gameplay, level designs, and other hands-on aspects of game design.

Skills: Systems Design, Design Documentation, Experience Design, Feature Ownership, Game Analytics, KPI Measurement, Competitive Research, Gameplay Scripting

• Plan, detail, and supervise the work of Game Designers within the purview, to develop and deliver a new IP of exceptional quality
• Actively participate in the creation and development of the Game Design, working closely with the Game Director and Creative Director
• Understand the player’s needs and ensure the items developed by the team contribute to an engaging player experience
• Analyze Game Design workload vs production capacity, and work with the senior production team to establish a work schedule and priorities for the Game Design team that are in keeping with the project goals and timeline
• Review the design, distribution, and work performance of the Game Design team
• Communicate to the Game Design team the objectives, strategies, and high-level information related to the project.
• Offer full visibility on the progress and development of the game and other job families to the Design Team, and communicate Game Design progress and decision-making widely across the production to ensure full visibility and strong alignment between job families
• Actively participate in the decision-making process with project management and directorship, and oversee the necessary adjustments to ensure the Game Design team can deliver on expectations in a manner that will failsafe team health and player experience
• Supervise and provide clear and structured documents to the project, that clarify the game design and gameplay, and allow the team to work on productive tasks (game systems, game mode, behaviour, AI, +)
• Provide performance appraisals for the Game Design reports, and feedback on all members of the Game Design team
• Manage conflicts that arise among team members
• Actively participate in the recruitment of future team members
• Create a positive work environment that will impact team motivation and performance

Skills: Team Leadership, Vision Alignment, Player Focus, Work Planning, Performance Review, Clear Communication, Design Docs, Team Growth

• Lead the combat design of a free-to-play PC game built
• Support the Game Director in enhancing the overall design of the game
• Contribute to and implement the vision of the game
• Establish and maintain good working practices
• Document design decisions clearly and communicate to key stakeholders and external studios
• Collaborate with other Leads to contribute innovative ideas, hit deadlines, and solve problems
• Work with the Lead Game Developer to test and iterate on combat gameplay mechanics and systems
• Create a recruitment and development roadmap
• Work with the recruitment team to hire top talent

Skills: Combat Design, Vision Execution, Design Leadership, Workflow Standards, Design Documentation, Cross-Lead Collaboration, Gameplay Iteration, Talent Hiring

• Partner with the product lead and other disciplines to define the overall vision for the game
• Become an expert in how to build engaging interactive fitness experiences that are both fun and provide a great workout, and develop related game design best practices
• Collaborate directly with Product Managers, User Researchers, Product Designers, Content Designers, Artists, Data Analysts, and Engineers to design and test new experiences
• Work with instructors and other fitness authorities to ensure design is grounded in effective training methods
• Work with research, product, and engineering to conduct rapid prototyping and experimentation of interactive mechanics across the products
• Outline high-level designs for systems, gameplay loops, and moment-to-moment gameplay that drive member engagement, social interaction, and pursuit of fitness goals
• Describe at a low level, in detail, the gameplay systems the player will engage with to ensure a compelling experience
• Share ideas, concepts, and design specifications in helpful, clear formats, then work with an agile development team to execute these designs

Skills: Vision Partnership, Experience Design, Cross-Discipline Collaboration, Fitness Gameplay, Rapid Prototyping, Systems Design, Gameplay Documentation, Agile Execution

• Producing and maintaining documentation
• Ensuring that design changes are clearly communicated to all disciplines in the team
• Overseeing, mentoring, and coaching the designers who report, as well as working with Production and the direct reports to assign and schedule tasks
• Verifying task estimations provided by more junior staff and guaranteeing reasonable timeframes are provided for planning purposes
• Holding an active role in project planning and ensuring the team is adequately prepared so that meetings can run efficiently.
• Holding regular 1-2-1 meetings with the direct reports, liaising with them on their career and professional development, as well as carrying out formal annual appraisals and goal setting
• Cultivating a culture of professionalism, collaboration, and respect
• Ensuring team members follow agreed development practices, as well as ensuring that their own work is properly tested before it is committed to the project

Skills: Design Documentation, Clear Communication, Team Mentorship, Task Estimation, Project Planning, Career Development, Team Culture, Quality Standards

• Understand the types of players targeted as well as their motivations, and the impact on the emotions and psychology of different features
• Excellent understanding of the target market segment, keep an active watch on direct or indirect competitors
• Design innovative game features that balance accessibility and depth to keep the player engaged for several years. 
• Ensure that these features are viable for the business while providing an exciting experience for the player.
• Write clear and concise design documents that explain in detail the designed features (goals, baselines, operation, specifications, etc.)
• Collaborate with the art team so that the mechanisms have a visual and a theme that respect and enrich the theme of the game
• Supervise the implementation of these features and work with other teams to ensure excellent quality of execution
• Monitor in-game economics and feature balance, and iterate over them with BI feedback
• Regularly revisit existing systems and their implementation to ensure their quality and performance
• Maximize the work methodology, as well as the processes used.
• Set up design pipelines, ensure that they are respected, and proactively improve them
• Plan and assign tasks to members of the design team, ensure delivery of features on time, and their quality
• Coach design team members, give them feedback on their work, and work with them to grow professionally

Skills: Player Psychology, Market Awareness, Feature Design, Business Balance, Design Writing, Art Collaboration, Economy Tuning, Team Coaching

• Define the game vision and gameplay experience in collaboration with the design director
• Oversee the creation and implementation of innovative game systems
• Supervise the creation and maintenance of detailed game system documentation
• Review, tweak, and balance gameplay to deliver a AAA-quality experience
• Define and allocate tasks to the design team, including accurately assessing the time required to complete each task
• Troubleshoot design issues from a creative standpoint
• Manage the output and development of a team of game designers
• Work closely with product managers, producers, engineers, and artists to design and prototype new gameplay and systems.
• Build and improve tools to make the design pipeline faster and more efficient for the team.

Skills: Vision Definition, Systems Design, Design Documentation, Gameplay Balancing, Task Planning, Creative Troubleshooting, Team Management, Tool Development

• Contribute to and implement the vision of the game.
• Lead the design efforts to create iconic experiences with a top-tier game feel.
• Mentor, level up, and lead the team.
• Creates a positive environment that allows for creative problem-solving.
• Partner with other disciplines to innovate and make sure alignment is established.
• Drive playtests and rapid design iteration.
• Provide regular active feedback across the game as a whole.
• Create economy models that facilitate new features and event creation
• Manage a small team of Economy Designers and help guide their career development
• Reverse engineer solutions from competitive titles and learn from them.

Skills: Vision Execution, Experience Design, Team Mentorship, Creative Culture, Cross-Team Alignment, Playtest Iteration, Economy Design, Competitive Analysis

• Help conceive the next evolution of the casual Match 3 game using a deep understanding of the existing Match 3 player behaviors, and create the thing they desire that they haven't seen
• Host inspiring design meetings, write stellar design documents, compose delightful slides, and mock up intuitive user interface flows
• Engage in creative problem solving, crafty system design, and innovative ideation
• Watch others play through the work and iterate based on observation
• Release the features to millions of players and see the results through data
• Provide constructive feedback to designers, resulting in easy-to-read design documentation, innovative designs, captivating presentations, an intuitive user interface, and highly effective features
• Collaborate with the product team to drive product success and the delight of the audience
• Design and implement game construction and features based on the client's vision and requirements
• Lead creative vision on game projects and communicate tasks to the engineering team

Skills: Player Insight, Creative Leadership, Design Documentation, Systems Ideation, Playtest Iteration, Data Evaluation, Product Collaboration, Vision Communication

• Work hand in hand with the game director from the first draft of the game vision, all the way to global launch and beyond
• Deliver a core gameplay experience that is far ahead of anything out there and leaves playtesters speechless
• Lead the design and UX team, help individual team members develop their strengths, and reach their full potential
• Facilitate a collaborative approach to design and production that values every team member’s input and enables them to feel a strong sense of ownership of what we’re building.
• Communication superconductor, ensuring that everyone is on the same page, all the time.
• Be responsible for meeting the high-level design requirements, implementation quality, and balancing goals for one or more systems/features in the game
• Work with Lead Game Designer to transform high-level goals into low-level specifications that provide the best user experience and value
• Cooperate with engineers, artists, and UI/UX Designers to provide roadmaps for the features, follow through on them, and deliver awesome fun for players
• Be responsible for a major area/component of one of the high-end VR games/applications
• Contribute innovative ideas and solutions towards all aspects of the game design
• Improve the product on a day-to-day basis, propose improvements to other levels, features, etc.
• Collaboration with art, tech, and production to ensure the highest quality product is delivered
• Co-operate in the overall planning of a project and proficient and proactive in organizing and planning
• Look ahead, investigate, and introduce new techniques and methodologies
• Anticipate technical and systemic issues and the effects of such issues on other teams or projects
• Manage and mentor the team members, inspire and motivate them

Skills: Vision Leadership, Gameplay Excellence, Team Mentorship, Cross-Team Collaboration, Design Ownership, UX Design, System Balancing, Innovation Mindset

• Significant game design experience, including successfully shipping titles as a Lead Game Designer
• Player-centered designer able to adapt design solutions to test and focus group results
• Proven experience successfully collaborating with game and company leadership
• Passion for playing and making games, and an excellent understanding of what makes them fun
• Previous experience working on mobile games, F2P
• Strong knowledge of video games, both current and historical, across all platforms
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of current mobile games trends, as well as design mechanics within them
• Strong affinity for and understanding of free-to-play mechanics and economies
• Ability to improve design processes and practices to increase quality and accuracy
• Outstanding communication skills in English
• Possess a deep understanding of the bigger picture of game development, including the impact of their decisions with respect to financial outcomes
• Be able to inspire teams to make the highest quality product possible
• Passion for mentoring and developing other designers
• Previous work in sports/football games

Qualifications: BS in Computer Science with 10 years of Experience

• Experience successfully collaborating in a development team to bring designs alive.
• Skilled in designing and documenting core loops, features, and limited-time events.
• Significant experience in a previous game design role.
• Demonstrated ability to lead others and a willingness and passion to manage a team to deliver exceptional quality.
• Knowledgeable about free-to-play games, micro-monetization, and related key performance indicators.
• Ability to provide mentorship and training to more junior designers.
• Experienced in mobile and free-to-play game design.
• Actively researches and keeps up to date with new games, industry and market trends, platform and OS changes, and best practices.
• Experience with Unity
• Familiarity and interest in the casual puzzle genre

Qualifications: BA in Game Design with 7 years of Experience

• Expertise with spreadsheets and in manipulating, summarizing, and maintaining large data sets.
• Experience in crafting systems for player engagement, retention, and monetization in a free-to-play game economy.
• Proficiency in Unity game development.
• Experience in crafting digital games.
• Experience in optimizing live games.
• Expertise with rapid iteration and deployment of game data updates.
• Proficiency with data analytics and in building and running A/B tests.
• Experience with version control software such as GitLab, Perforce, SourceTree, or Fork.
• Excellent time keeping and organisational skills to stick to schedules and manage a team
• Professional, collaborative attitude whilst working to deadlines with other teams

Qualifications: BS in Software Engineering with 5 years of Experience

• Experience working as a Game Designer on at least three published games in a multidisciplinary team and as a Lead Designer on at least one successfully shipped AAA game.
• Be able to take ownership of and drive forward the design vision of a game to team members, product management, and external clients.
• Be a creative thinker able to provide new and fresh ideas for both high and low-level gameplay.
• Demonstrate an excellent knowledge of gameplay philosophy and reasoning.
• Be able to work on the engine for both prototype ideas and implement gameplay.
• Solid understanding of all disciplines.
• Experience in dealing with clients and publishers, and have demonstrable communication and presentation skills.
• Strong written skills with the ability to create pitch documents.
• Be able to plan and scope design features to match project timelines.
• Must have an absolute passion for games.

Qualifications: BA in Interactive Media with 12 years of Experience

• Professional experience as a game designer
• Strong interest and deep understanding of games
• Deep understanding of the Chinese market and players
• Deep understanding of RPG, CCG, and Simulation games
• Experience in full game production, from prototype to going live
• Experience in international game publishing and operating
• Experience of collaborations with other teams and outsourcing
• Familiar with popular development tools, like game engines, PS, etc
• Ability to know about coding, UX designing, Character/narrative designing

Qualifications: BS in Information Technology with 7 years of Experience

• Key knowledge and understanding in multiple areas of design
• Excellent knowledge of current design methodologies
• Strong awareness of market trends
• Comprehensive knowledge of relevant documentation software
• Be an advocate and ambassador for the team and their features, and the sharing of information from them.
• Be able to create, manage, and track work for a team of game designers and have a strong knowledge of the relevant tools to do so
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to communicate with impact whilst promoting an open dialogue with the team
• Excellent time management and prioritisation skills of the own and the team's time
• Proactive, self-motivated, and comfortable making difficult decisions
• Experience of either mentoring or managing people
• Experience of a project at a senior level as a lead/manager.

Qualifications: BA in Graphic Design with 9 years of Experience

• Extensive relevant economy design and live-ops experience
• Previous management experience
• Ability to set up and iterate on a game economy to support expanded feature sets and live ops events
• Ability to assess and understand dynamics and use this knowledge to improve various KPIs
• Excellent communicator (in English).
• Be able to visualize and present ideas clearly and comprehensively using a variety of tools
• Constantly trying to improve their skills and are willing to accept and provide constructive criticism
• Excellent team player who fits into the multinational and über-friendly team of highly motivated professionals
• Deep understanding of all aspects of design, including combat, levels, controls, balance, game-feel, retention, monetization
• Self-motivated, well-organized, and humble.

Qualifications: BS in Digital Media Technology with 10 years of Experience

• Industry experience working in the field of level design on AAA titles.
• Expansive knowledge of game design with appreciation and understanding of the other fields.
• Ability to pitch concepts clearly and concisely, and demonstrate critical thinking.
• Experience working with proprietary engines and toolsets.
• Strong understanding of geometry building, flow, and layout.
• Solid understanding of level design with the ability to clearly discuss modern trends.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to break down complex problems into consumable and relevant pieces for others.
• Experience taking major AAA console and PC games from concept to completion.
• Exceptional verbal, written, and interpersonal communications skills.
• Experience as a lead-level designer, with at least one shipped title in this position.
• Prior experience with a games-as-a-service product.
• Experience working on projects involving multiple internal and external partners, and with established franchises

Qualifications: BA in Film & Media Studies with 12 years of Experience

• Experience in designing top-charting casual Match 3 games
• Ability to thrive in an iterative environment and solve new challenges every day
• Advanced expertise in inventing, designing, and iterating on feature designs and user experiences
• Highly collaborative, quickly evolving team environment
• Positive attitude and ability to receive and provide objective and constructive feedback
• Motivated and passionate about mobile games
• Comprehensive understanding of free-to-play game mechanics
• Deep understanding of games and what makes them fun, both as a gamer and a professional.
• Experience in leading a team of designers.
• Professional game development experience as a game designer, with experience in system game design.
• Excellent communication, critical thinking, and analysis skills.

Qualifications: BS in Mathematics with 8 years of Experience

• Experience in a product leadership role at a top mobile games company and a demonstrated track record of success.
• Prior experience as a Director of Product role at a top mobile games company.
• Deep understanding of game development practices, particularly on mobile devices.
• Experience working at each stage of a game development lifecycle, from concept and pitch to GTM and live ops.
• Highly expert in the product management discipline with proven expertise in developing user stories, writing business requirements and feature specifications, wire-framing, and partnering effectively with UI/UX and engineering teams to make appropriate trade-offs while ensuring excellence in execution.
• Experience leading teams with the ability to attract, develop, and retain top talent.
• High analytical acumen with extensive understanding of business value drivers in the mobile F2P category.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex analysis and distill complex concepts into the essence of the business impact and player motivation, and clearly articulate them as goals for the game teams.
• Extensive familiarity with live services strategy/execution with proven ability to develop winning growth plans
• Experience in revenue forecasting and cost modelling, deriving KPI targets for game teams, and well-developing advertising budgets
• Ability to think both strategically and tactically
• Proven track record of taking ownership and driving results
• Passion for mobile games and the casual games category.
• Creative mindset and ability to communicate clearly and directly.

Qualifications: BA in Psychology with 15 years of Experience

• Experience working in the Game industry
• Working knowledge of VR Output and Unreal Engine
• Experience developing major game systems
• Well-rounded design skills that cover all the bases
• Deeply knowledgeable about games across multiple genres and platforms
• Experience iterating on live features based on player feedback and telemetry data
• Proficient in analytical thinking and problem-solving
• Excellent writing and documentation skills with the ability to create immaculate and well-written design documents.
• Good team leadership qualities with the ability to work with a variety of different stakeholders

Qualifications: BS in Cognitive Science with 7 years of Experience

• Experience as a Level Designer on at least one shipped AA/AAA title
• Strong visual storytelling skills and excellent understanding of 3D game space and pacing
• Exceptional capacity for teamwork and an inclusive attitude that welcomes feedback and criticism as part of collaborative problem-solving
• High comfort level in pitching concepts clearly and concisely to a broader audience outside of the department
• Expansive knowledge of general game design and game development to think outside the box of the discipline
• Exceptional proficiency in quickly blocking out levels within game engines and 3d tools.
• In-depth knowledge of industry trends
• Intuitive understanding of how action games work and why people play them
• Strong ability to break down complex problems into manageable pieces
• Experience in working with game scripting systems
• Excellent level of written and spoken English
• Experience as a lead designer, with at least one shipped title in this position
• Experience working on projects involving multiple internal and external partners
• Experience in working with Unreal Engine’s Blueprint system

Qualifications: BA in Art & Design with 10 years of Experience

• Game development experience and significant contribution to multiple shipped AAA titles.
• Passion for both open-world and linear level design.
• Strong understanding of overall game design, storytelling, game mechanics, level flow, pacing, etc.
• Experience with Unreal Engine, design production tools, and level editing pipelines.
• Expert sense of aesthetics, design, colors, and an eye for composition.
• Passion for making and playing games.
• Enthusiastic, positive, team-oriented
• Must have the ability to interact and collaborate with all departments and teams.
• Self-sufficient and self-motivated, can perform duties with little oversight.

Qualifications: BS in Human-Computer Interaction with 7 years of Experience

• Experience and/or passion for how gaming can be applied to fitness
• Experience in professional game design
• Curious, creative, and collaborative in using telemetry to validate the design thinking
• Experience working on a live game, partnering with product management to design solutions in response to player feedback and analytics
• Strong user-centered design philosophy and a relentless drive for finding the fun
• Exceptional communication skills, especially the ability to work closely with experts in a different field, understand their needs, and translate them into the software.
• Experience working in an agile team and building games iteratively
• Highly collaborative and willing to give and accept constructive feedback
• Self-starter, ability to act autonomously
• Experience working with Unity and communicating the vision with interactive prototypes
• Experience leading a team of game designers and mentoring other designers
• Experience designing interactive experiences for non-traditional input devices
• Experience designing interactive experiences outside of the traditional gaming industry

Qualifications: BA in Creative Writing with 9 years of Experience

• Experience across multiple projects, including Games Designer
• Live game and or free-to-play experience
• Excellent understanding of multiplayer combat gameplay and live service game development
• Superb documentation and communication skills
• Understanding of what makes combat and systems fun
• Ability to contribute to the growth of the overall studio.
• Willing to proactively contribute to new ideas, able to give and receive feedback, foresee challenges before they occur, and enjoy building an exciting and inclusive working environment
• Willingness to take initiative and responsibility to ensure the quality of the game
• Experience working on PvP and PvE combat balance and design
• Familiarity with real-time strategy game design, specifically map control
• Basic understanding of in-game economies
• Experience working across different time zones

Qualifications: BS in Animation with 7 years of Experience

• Experience in game development as a Lead Level Designer on AAA production.
• Experience with shooters and online multiplayer elements
• Experience managing and leading a group of designers.
• Proven success in creating varied, memorable levels.
• Experience with game editors and/or 3D packages.
• Excellent understanding of level design fundamentals and the role of level design in the overall player experience.
• Extensive knowledge of current titles, specifically in the multiplayer co-op and PvP area.
• General knowledge in art or architecture, or civil engineering
• Ability to create map layouts at all stages, from simple sketches to fully functional levels in an existing game engine.
• Strong analytical and creative thinking abilities.
• Outstanding verbal and written interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience in a form of scripting or programming.

Qualifications: BA in Digital Arts with 11 years of Experience

• Expert in the process of creating gameplay encounters like combat encounters, boss fights, and puzzles, and able to connect them into complex challenges.
• Understanding of moment-to-moment and hour-to-hour, day-to-day, and week-to-week mechanics and their connections to gameplay encounters.
• Understanding of how to use combined mechanics to create encounters that create opportunity for depth and longer-term player mastery.
• Strong in managing workloads through Jira or another tracking methodology for themselves and their team.
• Excellent at identifying issues and proposing solutions that improve the process.
• Development skills in one or more game engines or packages, e.g., Unreal, Unity, etc
• Be able to create tutorials, guides, and other important documentation for more junior staff members.
• Ability to prioritise and manage end-to-end design projects across the team, interfacing with different disciplines.
• Ability to present ideas to a wide variety of audiences, both technical and non-technical, in a succinct manner
• Ability to collaborate with different disciplines and audiences

Qualifications: BS in Multimedia Production with 9 years of Experience

• Experience in mobile free-to-play game design.
• Experience creating and owning features designed to appeal to a casual audience.
• Expert specs, wireframes, flows, and feature documentation for a live game.
• Expert systems design and game tuning for free-to-play games.
• Expert knowledge of virtual goods and game monetization concepts.
• Expert economic modeling and balance skills.
• Expert knowledge of the free-to-play market, and its past and current trends.
• Ability to work as part of a large, fast-paced team in sprints.
• Ability to collaborate with other members of the design team.
• Working knowledge of Unity or similar game engines.
• Experience mentoring and managing other designers.
• Previous design experience on a top 50 grossing game.
• Familiarity with scripting languages or other technical skills related to game development and prototyping.
• Experience working on a bubble shooter puzzle game.

Qualifications: BA in Communication Studies with 10 years of Experience

• Strong game design experience, including senior or lead involvement on a shipped title
• Extensive content and systems design experience, with experience of full implementation from concept to delivery
• Passion and enthusiasm for MMORPG games
• Great communication skills to share designs and inspire the wider development team
• Knowledge of mobile game industry best practices
• Fluent English speaking and writing abilities
• Ability to prototype design within or outside of the game engine
• Experienced Design Lead with multiple shipped mobile casual games under their belt
• Experience with games-as-a-service design methodologies and building a living game for a large community of players
• Track record of implementing and improving design systems, workflows, and processes
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent understanding of gameplay fundamentals
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team
• Passionate about game mechanics, accessibility, UI effectiveness, iterative design, and playtest
• Knowledge of contemporary mobile games and common industry practices

Qualifications: BS in Data Science with 12 years of Experience

• Broad knowledge of all aspects of game design with a deep understanding of several areas of specialisation, such as game mechanics, level design, combat, balancing, progression, usability, social mechanics, games as a service, etc.
• Extensive experience in game development, and as a Lead, shipped at least two action or action/adventure current-gen console or PC titles.
• Leadership experience, including the running of a multi-person design team, people management, mentoring, and line management.
• Professional experience writing high-quality design documentation
• Good knowledge of industry trends as they relate to genres, gameplay, development models, and financial models.
• Experience in game design, with previous time spent in a senior or leading role
• Extensive experience in the video game industry in a design role with experience on an AAA title or similar projects
• Understanding of F2P game models and design
• Self-starter with proven ability to work both independently with minimal direction and in a team setting with other Game Designers
• Ability to influence external game designers and navigate design conflict
• Flexibility about working/meeting hours, as the time zones of external development studios may vary

Qualifications: BA in Industrial Design with 13 years of Experience