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Lead Game Designer

About PeopleFun

PeopleFun is a small, rapidly growing studio where development teams thrive on collaboration, creativity, teamwork and fun. Our mission is to create the best family-friendly casual games in mobile and have a great time doing it! Our current games are played by over 25 million players each month and include Wordscapes, the #1 word game of 2018.

We're looking for an experienced, creative, and versatile Lead Mobile Game Designer to take on our portfolio of free-to-play casual mobile games. The Lead Game Designer will work closely with Production, Product Management, Art, and Engineering to design new features and create great user experiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead the live operations design effort for multiple titles.
• Work as part of the leadership team to direct and evolve live games.
• Propose, design, and document new features which materially improve the game KPIs.
• Review and guide feature development on live operation titles, driving high quality execution.
• Drive evaluation and iteration of existing designs to maximize their potential.
• Proactively identify opportunities for game improvements.
• Host design meetings with senior management to discuss design issues and design proposals.
• Design game mechanics, systems, user interface, and user experience.
• Drive design ideation to solve design issues and goals, articulating each design’s implications, the “why behind the what”, and collaboratively reach the best design.

• Extensive leadership experience on free to play game development teams.
• Experience providing direction and guidance to team members.
• Proven track record designing high impact features for live games.
• Comprehensive understanding of free to play game mechanics.
• You thrive in a collaborative and iterative environment solving new challenges every day.
• Advanced expertise inventing, designing, and iterating on feature designs and user experiences.
• Motivated and passionate about mobile games.

Requirements for Applying

• Resume
• Cover Letter explaining, in your own words, your interest in this Designer position and why you feel you'd be a great fit.

• Competitive compensation package
• Bonus Plan
• 401K with employer matching
• Flex PTO policy
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• On-site gym and free Yoga classes
• Annual game device and IAP budget
• Catered lunch on Fridays

PeopleFun is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, age, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.