Game Designer

Position Overview: As the Lead Game Designer for a brand-new game team, you will initially champion the "0-to-1" development of an exciting new Merge 2 title. You will own the game’s creative vision, architecting its core loop, progression systems, and meta-game from scratch. As the project matures, you will transition the team into soft launch and live operations, overseeing the day-to-day economy balance, event pipelines, and monetization features designed to drive long-term player retention. What You'll do: - Own and drive the game's vision, aligning it with product goals and communicating it clearly to the team and stakeholders to build shared commitment. - Lead ideation and brainstorming, and translate player motivations and behavior into user experience stories, wireframes, and optimal feature design. - Mentor and grow a team of designers, fostering a collaborative, creative environment with clear goals and strong execution standards. - Partner with product, engineering, and art to guide features from concept through implementation, reviewing and approving final designs. - Improve design tools and processes to streamline the pipeline and boost team efficiency and productivity. - Use live feedback and analytics to refine systems, maintain a balanced game economy, and champion design best practices across the studio. What are we looking for? - Effective communicator with outstanding verbal, written, interpersonal, and presentation skills. - Highly proficient with mathematical concepts and formula creation in a game environment - Proven history of designing systems that influence player behaviors and achieve key product performance indicators. - Expert in crafting features, systems, core game loops, economies, and meta-designs to foster and enhance positive player behaviors. - Excels in a live service game environment, adept at making adjustments based on feedback from an active community. - Solid experience in the gaming industry in a design role, contributing meaningfully to multiple released titles - Extensive experience leading a diverse and skilled design team - Proven track record of successfully shipping games