Economy Designer (Multiplayer)

Summary:

We’re looking for a passionate multiplayer economy designer who can help us create avenues for self-expression for our players, ensure robust longevity to our games, and give our players great rewards to strive for.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and tune game economy and player progression systems
• Collaborate with other game designers to ensure economy systems synergize well with the game as a whole
• Collaborate extensively with other departments, especially Programming, Character, and UI to drive production on code and art assets necessary to the player economy
• Collaborate extensively with Live Ops team to optimize economy and respond to player needs
• Develop data analytics for player behavior, and the strategy to respond to those results
• Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed

Requirements & Skills:

• Experience designing successful economies in PC or console multiplayer games
• Knowledge of how player progression systems and economy systems interact
• Understanding of player psychology
• Understanding of narrative tone
• Strong and effective communication skills
• Exceptional team player
• Robust knowledge of multiplayer action games

Bonus Skills:

• Scripting or programming experience
• Gameplay systems design experience

As part of the Naughty Dog application process, candidates should expect to complete a design test.