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Game Designer

Job Description

Game Designers holds key role in the game development process being responsible for player’s experience and pathway inside the game. Comparing a game with building construction, Game Designer is an architect who produces the game rules, feature mechanics, participates in the story writing, level design, sets a task on creating all kinds of assets and ensures communication within the team. In the development process Game Designer builds game prototypes and assesses the risks relying on opinions of other team members and own experience. Game Designer reports directly to Producer and might be involved into the discussion with Management considering project scope and features.

Qualifications

Responsibilities:

• Developing the game project vision with Creative Director/Lead guidance
• Documenting the solutions considering game mechanics and making them available to the team including Artists, Programmers, Producers. Updating / improving project documentation with its development on a regular basis
• Taking active part in the game prototyping and debugging; working with game/resource editors, graphics software and scripting
• Developing, prototyping and polishing user interface considering ergonomic and artistic values. Making user interface both player-friendly and promoting in-game monetization.
• Cooperating with other team members in the implementation process and bringing up ideas that will improve quality of the game.
• Ensuring that Player’s Experience reaches Gameloft level of quality and is at the decent competitive level.

Applicant Profile:

• Excellent command / highly proficient in spoken and written English
• Passion to video games of various genres
• Understanding of game design theoretical fundamentals
• Understanding of the OOD principles
• Understanding of ergonomics and visual aesthetics values, fundamentals of composition and color, psychological principles of perception
• Perfect understanding of different business models of the games (F2P, premium). Insight on the monetization of top-grossing mobile games
• Flexibility of the mind, pragmatism and perfectionism

Preferred skills and background:

• Good knowledge of scripting languages
• 1+ year of the game design experience (casual games will be a plus)
• Spatial imagination, ability to work with 3D graphics
• Experience in script writing/directing
• Indie-development experience or building mods for existing games
• Experience using game editors (e.g. UDK, Unity, Hammer) will be a plus

Additional Information

We offer:

• Possibility to work in a global product company with talented people
• Competitive salary according to the qualifications
• 21-day paid vacation, 5 days paid sick leave
• Relocation package
• Free English courses
• Regular corporate events and team buildings
• Lunch compensation
• Gym compensation.

IMPORTANT: Your CV should include a portfolio link! Otherwise, it won’t be considered.

Company Description

A leading digital and social game publisher, Gameloft® has established itself as one of the top innovators in its field since 2000. Gameloft creates games for all digital platforms and with an audience of 140 million monthly users offers via Gameloft Advertising Solutions a unique level of visibility and involvement to advertisers.

Gameloft operates its own established franchises such as Asphalt®, Order & Chaos, Modern Combat and Dungeon Hunter and also partners with major rights holders including Universal, Illumination Entertainment, Disney®, Marvel®, Hasbro®, Fox Digital Entertainment, Mattel® and Ferrari®. Gameloft distributes its games in over 100 countries and employs 6,000 people worldwide. Gameloft is a Vivendi company.