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Senior Game Designer

THE LOW DOWN

East Side Games are looking for a Senior Game Designer to scale up our live games and work on exciting upcoming titles. You’re a F2P balancing ninja, who’s created engaging and fun titles for your MVP’s, the players. You thrive off collaboration and are a fountain of knowledge when it comes to gameplay and economy tuning.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

• Hands-on creation, iteration, and tuning of the game’s balance and economy.
• Set scope and priorities of features, events, and economies to meet project goals.
• Develop a deep understanding of our players’ needs and motivations.
• Collaborate with studio leadership on game direction, roadmap, and live operations.
• Work with our analytics team to define and review the game’s metrics to drive improvements to meet project KPIs.
• Design and own economy and systems tools to facilitate live game content creation and tuning.
• Spreadsheet extensive knowledge and problem-solving skills.

WHAT YOU NEED

• 3+ years of mobile F2P design and balance experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience with an emphasis on game design, economics, math, or psychology.
• Demonstrated experience creating, balancing and tuning F2P economies and systems.
• Solid understanding of live operation best practices.
• Extensive experience and knowledge of F2P trends and best practices.
• Proactive in problem-solving and driven by improving KPIs, both in-game and team performance.
• Understands how to provide creative solutions that are aligned with business goals.
• Ability to drive clear communication to key stakeholders, studio and game teams.

NICE TO HAVE

• Previous experience with Idle games or mechanics