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Senior Game Designer (Digital Games)
2 years ago
Exploding Kittens is a leading game and entertainment company with a mission to inspire people to connect, laugh, and play fun games in the physical world. After initially seeking to raise $10K through Kickstarter, the Exploding Kittens campaign raised $
8.7M in 30 days from 219,000 backers. To date, Exploding Kittens is one of the #1 most-backed projects in Kickstarter history and has sold over 18 million tabletop games to date.
Started by former Xbox game designer Elan Lee and
The Oatmeal’s founder Matthew Inman, Exploding Kittens and its family of games seek to reshape traditional game night into an entertaining person-to-person experience. Today, there are nearly 30 games available for purchase as well as an Exploding Kittens mobile app that is one of the top 30 premium games on both
iOS ,
Android , and the
Nintendo Switch console, as well as a free-to-play app, Kitty Letter.
The Digital team at Exploding Kittens is responsible for bringing Exploding Kittens games and IP to the Digital space. We are looking to hire a Senior Game Designer to help design and implement our upcoming digital projects. As a key member of our newly formed Digital team, you will be working in a highly creative and collaborative environment to design, implement, and tune features and systems across multiple games.
HOW YOU'LL CONTRIBUTE
- Create game design documents and feature specs for digital games in development
- Implement and iterate on game tuning and configuration
- Guide the development and prototyping of new game concepts, systems, and mechanics
- Oversee the content creation process for party games, contributing where necessary
- Playtest games and rapidly iterate on real player data and feedback
- Collaborate with internal and external development teams
- Help make Exploding Kittens’ digital games fun and engaging above all else
- Be a founding member of the Digital Gaming Design Team at Exploding Kittens
WHAT WE NEED
- 3 plus years of experience in the digital games industry, preferably with mobile experience
- High level of understanding of game and systems design
- Experience building casual, accessible games
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Passionate about games and the digital game industry
- Must be based in CA, AZ, IL, MI, MO, NY, PA, TX or WA
WHAT WE OFFER
- Company paid medical, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family
- Flexible spending account options (medical, dependent care, transit)
- 401k with company matching
- Flexible paid vacation
- Monthly wellness benefit + complementary wellness subscriptions
- Annual learning & development allowance
- Complimentary lunches on Fridays (where we play games together!)
- Fully remote position
Please apply directly at
jobs.lever.co/explodingkittens. Make sure to include a
PDF of your current resume, a
portfolio or body of work and a
cover letter.
As an Equal Employment Opportunity employer we are committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunity to applicants and employees regardless of sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), race (including protected hairstyles such as dreadlocks, braids and twists), religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, gender (including gender identity and gender expression and/or the fact that an individual is transgender, transitioning or transitioned), color, ancestry, national origin, possession of a driver’s license, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information/trait/condition, marital or familial status, family care or medical leave status, registered domestic partner status, age, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, membership in military reserves, political affiliation, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation We consider all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local, state and federal “ban the box” and “fair chance” laws.
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