Job Description - Senior Mobile Game Designer

As a Senior Mobile Game Designer, you will collaborate with the Lead Designer and cross-disciplinary teams to define and drive the vision of gameplay features, systems, and player experience. You will play a critical role from production through live operations, contributing to the shaping of a breakthrough mobile title that will define our position in the market.

We are seeking a proactive, passionate, and experienced designer who has a proven track record of delivering full game experiences, and who thrives in a collaborative environment that values creativity and ownership.

We are looking for someone with:

• A strong drive to establish themselves
• Passion and self-direction
• A willingness to actively shape the game from Production through Live Operations and beyond

Responsibilities

• Create design documentation and functional specs to communicate game features and mechanics
• Create and verify mathematical formulas required in-game
• Use Excel to create, balance, and manipulate game data
• Develop game flows based on UI mock-ups to enhance transitions, with design summaries, schematics, and references
• Brainstorm and develop new content considering live ops in-game events and features (Narrative/Levels/Heroes/Enemies, etc.)
• Research market statistics and audience trends in mobile/social games
• Conduct playtests and provide feedback, with emphasis on UX

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of professional game design experience (preferably mobile free-to-play games)
• Proven experience as Main Game Designer on at least one shipped game
  • Playable/downloadable link required (e.g. App Store, Google Play, itch.io, TestFlight)
• Strong skills in mathematics, balancing, and game economy systems
• Solid understanding of game design theory, player psychology, progression systems, and UX principles
• Experience balancing multiple game systems and content at scale
• Excellent communication and documentation skills
• Degree or diploma in Game Design, Game Development, Mathematics, or related field
• Written communication skills in English

Desired Qualifications

• Experience in math and economy balancing and calculations
• Experience in UX design
• Familiarity with mobile gaming trends (Sovereign, Simulation, and RPG games)
• Understanding of mobile game industry pipelines and workflows
• Knowledge of free-to-play mobile monetization models
• Some analytics experience (e.g. Google Analytics, Firebase)

Application Requirement

Note: Applicants must have completed at least one shipped game as the Main Game Designer, and submit a playable/downloadable build or link (e.g. App Store, Google Play, itch.io, TestFlight, etc.) for evaluation.