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Mobile Game Designer

PerBlue is looking for our next great Senior Game Designer to join our team of experienced mobile game creators. We’re a growing independent studio whose free-to-play midcore mobile games are being played by millions of people around the world, including the award-winning Disney Heroes: Battle Mode .

Our team brings together experience from major studios in the videogame and technology industries. Headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, we also work remotely around the United States and Canada for an unmatched quality of life and work.

As an experienced game designer, you’ll work cross-functionally to create great experiences for our game players around the world. Your strength in systems design will be the deciding factor in your successful candidacy.

Principal Responsibilities

• Serve as lead game systems designer for one of our games, while mentoring junior designers in full-cycle design work
• Lead full design pitch starting with an initial spec
• Lead playtesting at scale and lead fast iteration on games in development

Your experience

• 3+ years as a game designer for commercially successful free-to-play games
• Documented strength in designing systems that monetize at scale for free-to-play games
• Experience in creating mockups and prototypes hands-on in-engine (Unity preferred)

Your personal attributes

• Fan of professional football
• Naturally curious about our fans and which systems create greater engagement
• Interested in the math and data behind successful systems design
• Self motivated, with a strong desire to learn new things
• Humble and curious, able to iterate quickly based on feedback from a game’s fan base
• Alignment with PerBlue’s efforts to be a welcoming, inclusive and diverse workplace

Additional qualifications to highlight in your application

• Experience in mobile free-to-play game systems design
• Experience with commercially successful sports games

If you're thinking that your past experiences don't meet every single one of our requirements and preferences perfectly, please still consider applying for this role. We seek diversity in people, experiences, and perspectives, and we're committed to building a genuine, diverse, and inclusive workplace. If you clicked into this posting and you're excited about this role, you may just be the candidate we're looking for, so go on and apply!

Compensation and Benefits

• Medical Insurance (70% employer paid - $0 deductible plan)
• Dental + Vision Insurance (50% employer paid)
• Short-term/Long-term Disability (100% employer paid)
• Group Life Insurance (100% employer paid)
• Supplemental Life Insurance (voluntary, employee paid)
• 401(k) + 5% Employer Match
• 18 days Paid Time Off + Company Holidays (including a 2-week Winter Break!)
• All-company Onsite Weeks + Gap Days
• Flexible schedules with emphasis on providing work life balance
• Annual Professional Development Time Off
• Career growth minded with opportunities for promotions and potential transfers into different departments

The base salary range for this full-time position is $72,000 to $100,000 USD + bonus. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for this position across all locations nationwide.

While this base salary range represents our best estimate for this role, factors such as experience and job knowledge will play a part in compensation decisions. So if you're intrigued by what we're doing - apply and let's chat!

No agencies, please. This is a pretty good description of this position’s roles and responsibilities but is not a comprehensive job description, so duties and supervisors may change. We regret that we cannot consider visa sponsorship or candidates based outside of the United States or Canada for this position at this time.