Job Description

The Senior Game Designer will be responsible for the creative vision of competitive and cooperative action-packed multiplayer games and game modes. They are responsible for communicating that vision to studio leadership and the development team including other Senior Game Designers, Producers, Artists, Engineers, Product Managers etc. To successfully execute the role, the candidate must have experience leading a full development team for iOS & Android platforms, provide appropriate design documents, have deep experience in game design theory and a working understanding of Unity.

The candidate will work with a supporting Game Design team, driving all feature design work to align with the overall product vision. The candidate will also work closely with the Producer and Product Manager to plan key features, live operations, and content updates. The candidate will regularly communicate with studio leadership, assist in product play testing, and work with other team members to review the full mobile product. In addition, the candidate must be able to take notes from multiple sources and be able to incorporate the feedback into revised game content and features.

Responsibilities:

• We are looking for a highly talented, motivated and experienced person for a AAA, Unity-based, mobile game project based in our Calabasas studio. The Senior Game Designer collaborates with design, engineering, and animation teams to create a fun and immersive experience that fulfills the creative vision and desired gaming experiences
• Create humor-driven, fast-paced, action-packed mobile games, which encourage and reward teamplay and competition, with a focus on “Team vs Team” and “Free for All” game modes
• Understand the high-level vision of the game and be able to translate the vision into gameplay systems designs that can be used by everyone to build all of the experiences in the game
• Work closely with other game designers on various aspects of the game
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to build towards the definition of gameplay standards for the experience and guide the incorporation of the standards into holistic gameplay
• Design input controls and establish a solid and intuitive interaction design
• Develop compelling game loops, systems, deep social integration, and narrative designs
• Create, test, and tune game rules for live operations and gameplay
• Define the needs for player equipment, manage player inventory, track player stats, define gameplay rules, manage player progression and more
• Balance and tune equipment, gear and other unlockable content
• In collaboration with our technical artists and engineers, rapidly prototype gameplay systems in Unity, to test out new ideas and game modes
• Work daily to improve the quality of our game experience through play-sessions and feedback
• Rapidly respond to and iterate on team and player feedback
• Coordinate with product managers, senior game designers, marketing, and engineers to deliver compelling live service experiences
• Collaboratively identify and implement new ways to utilize content to keep the game fresh and interesting for players
• Write, update, and manage documentation
• Collaborate with product managers and consumer insights to test and validate design assumptions

Experience and Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3 years professional design experience in multiplayer-heavy mobile game design
• Passion for making mobile games with an understanding of current market trends and demands
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; communicates with impact
• Professional experience working closely with a structured, small team but is a self-starter when needed
• Understanding of content creation pipelines and tools in Unity
• Demonstrates high standards of excellence in work
• Efficient at prioritizing to meet deadlines
• Expertise with spreadsheets and in manipulating, summarizing, and maintaining large data sets
• Have worked on high profile game with a significant amount of daily active users
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced live operations development environment
• A deep love of video games

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