We are the largest developer and publisher of classic mobile games in Brazil. Owners of the Jogatina brand, we have a vast portfolio of casual games developed for Android and iOS, such as Buraco, Domino, Mahjong, as well as games created for other platforms, and the websites jogatina.com and thesocialpoker.com
Our mission is to build fun through simplicity. Our purpose is to entertain and release the essentials in everyone who plays our games and in our collaborators, respecting them equally, regardless of their class, score, team or special powers.
Founded in 2006, headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Gazeus Games today has a team made up of the best and most passionate people, working in a relaxed and learning environment to bring a quality experience to millions of players worldwide .
Report:
The Game Economist Designer will report to the Lead Games Designer (LGD).
Overview:
As part of the Research & Development team, you will be in charge of all economic flows across their titles.
Game Economist Designers will develop strong player progression paths, communicate the expected player experience in relation to their economic designs, and create insightful documents that leverage game mechanics as a means to expand the game economy over time.
Responsibility and Duties:
- Build/create game economy structures and documents for your team(s).
- Create and maintain the high level economic design pages for your title(s) to ensure transparency is maintained across the team.
- Support in the creation of any exporting tools that may be required for integrating larger scale economies into your game(s).
- Ensure all economic systems are balanced in a manner that does not breach guidance and/or laws across the countries it is available in.
- Plan and propose the player experience for the systems you are designing.
- Analyze data, build reports, and work with the Analytics team to get all necessary data to further refine your economic strategy and improve its effectiveness.
- Understand game metrics to form hypotheses and create experiments with clear/measurable success goals.
Experience:
The ideal candidate will be strongly skilled in the following
- Being passionate about games and/or having maintained the economy of one or more live games.
- 2+ years experience in an economist role. Experience in game development is preferred.
- Ability to create reports concerning game economic performance.
- Strong self management skills.
- Multilingual applicants are preferred.
- Advanced/Fluent in English.
- Advanced/Fluent in Brazilian Portuguese, a plus.
Good To Have
- Excellent understanding of the role analytics plays.
- Experience with statistics and business analysis.
- Outstanding ability to present detailed analysis and work to business and game teams.
- Experience with agile methodologies and multidisciplinary teams.
- Competency and comprehension in dealing with multiple consumer cultures.
- Want to develop your career in a games company.
Education:
Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Economy, Business, Marketing, or related field.
Skills:
- Project Management Tools (aka Jira);
- Advanced in Excel;
- SQL skills a plus;