Lead Game Designer

5 years ago

It’s an exciting time in our Bangalore Studio! Having already established ourselves in the world of Slots we’re looking towards what our next exciting product will be and we’re looking for a Lead Game Designer to help us!

Jackpot! About the GSN Games Casino Studio:

We believe that play matters and that’s why we create genre-leading games that are fun, engaging and rewarding.

What You’ll Do:
As our Lead Game Designer you’ll work directly with the Principal Producer, Engineering Manager and Art Manager, along with the broader Creative, Engineering, Product and Production Teams to design and execute high quality games that are in-line with the GSN brand. You will help us conceive of and design our next big social game! You will:

• Be the studio’s central point of contact for the design needs of games
• Be the creative vision behind our new app and games
• Transform high-level feature designs into a detailed brief
• Clearly communicate every detail of the game’s design to the team
• Establish and communicate design standards; evolving current processes to increase clarity for the development teams and QA
• Work closely with the team leads to identify opportunities to excite and attract players.
• Collaborate with the wider team throughout the development process to ensure each milestone is hit
• Work with the Production Team to turn design ideas into actionable stories and tasks
• Understand what our players are looking for and use that knowledge to recommend improvements and features that will maximise their play
• Be the design evangelist for GSN’s Casino Studio through knowledge of competitor trends, insights, and the industry’s best-practices
• Review and analyse the app’s overall performance and make design-focused suggestions to drive engagement, retention, and monetization
• Research and apply best-practices from successful social game design and aim to meet or exceed those standards
• Gather competitive intelligence by regularly researching and documenting trends and statistics
• Confidently communicate new designs and findings to the team by developing clear presentations

This role is right for you if…
• You’re passionate about all things game design
• You’re a strong communicator, able to ensure your vision is clearly understood by a wide audience
• You can think on your feet and make decisions quickly
• You’re continually thinking of ways to improve the quality of your games
• You have broad industry experience, especially in social gaming
• You have strong experience in feature design, including quests/challenges, levels, clubs, etc.
• You have a commitment to quality in everything that you do
• You can switch to being a practical and theoretical thinker when required
• You have the ability to remain pro-active in a small team environment

You’ll get bonus points if…
• You’ve taken at least one game design from conception through to release
• You have an understanding of game project cycles and methodologies
• Have worked in an agile, live ops environment