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Game Designer - NBA Clash

Are you ready for your next big career move in sports gaming? Nifty Games is seeking a Game Designer to join our growing NBA Clash mobile team! The ideal candidate has experience designing and balancing game systems for mobile free-to-play games, with a data-driven approach. You will work across a wide range of systems, with the goal of delivering high quality content that promotes engagement behaviors throughout the player journey. If you love sports, games, and want to be part of a tremendous team, this is the job for you!

Requirements:

• 1-3 years in a design role on a mobile F2P game team (post-college, in a full time professional setting)
• Excellent spreadsheet skills and familiarity with Excel or equivalent, with strong math and analytic skills
• Comfortable developing in Unity3D, building and testing local content, and working with data pipelines

Responsibilities:

• Work directly with the Lead Designer and Creative Director on player progression systems
• Partner with artists and engineers to implement systems, drive acceptance criteria, and iterate to delivery quality gameplay experiences
• Work with Product teams to support the design and execution of live events, tournaments, and sales
• Collaborate with external partners, contractors, and remote teammates to keep the project moving forward at all times

Desired Qualifications:

• You should really love NBA hoops, and have a passion for mobile gaming and sports gaming!
• Familiarity with current free to play card-collection games with daily multi-session behaviors; you play these games and know them inside and out!
• Highly organized with strong problem solving skills, able to prioritize and stay on task in a fast-paced environment
• Possess a team-player mindset, be comfortable with game development and live operations of mobile games, and know agile development processes
• Excellent communication and time management skills (verbal and written), familiar working with JIRA and Confluence or equivalents

Nifty Games, Inc is an equal opportunity employer with offices in Chicago, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the Greater Los Angeles region. This role can be placed in any location and work either from home or on-site in one of our offices. Nifty Games is a venture-funded games developer & publisher focused on quick session, head to-head sports games for mobile devices. Nifty Games is a proud partner of the NFL, NFLPA, NBA & NBPA. Learn more at www.niftygamesinc.com.