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Senior Game Designer

Job Description

Key Requirements:

• Ability to work in a small team with hands-on involvement in development of the game.
• Excellent organizational, documentation and communication skills.
• Data-driven design prowess to influence games’ acquisition, monetisation and retention.
• Experience of the entire product life cycle from concepting and prototypes all the way to driving results across frequent post launch updates
• Ability to work autonomously, as needed, and to prototype when required.
• Experience developing in a fast-paced, highly iterative and agile professional environment.
• Manage in-game economies and add to existing games’ systems without chaos ensuing.
• Consistent leadership qualities, with ability to taste make, guide and inspire others.
• Identify trends and evaluate the suitability to our current games.
• Desire to work on arcade-style mobile games and a soft spot for aquatic creatures.

Responsibilities or What will you do?

• Author the development and communication of game designs across teams. Be comfortable working cross-functionally and being an advocate for design outcomes.

• Use a mixture of design knowledge and practical experiences to own the creation and execution of game features that are in scope and at quality.
• Benchmark and distil competitor’s game into actionable references for internal inspiration, analysis, and reference. Use market knowledge as a tool to create compelling designs.
• Work with Business Intelligence and Product Management to evolve existing designs to increase KPIs (eg. Retention goals, Monetization conversion rate, or Ad views). Marry a love of game design to the practical requirements of operating free to play games as a business.
• Own a game economy and its balancing, if required. More likely work with a team to ensure the fair, consistent, and attractive operation of our games.

• The role will be responsible for creating content which delights players as viewed through internal reports, community feedback (Reddit, Facebook, etc.) and VIP players.

• Balance the need for quality against constraints of time, team, and ROI on game features.
• Run play tests and brainstorming within the company to ensure quality, playability and fun.
• Mentor junior design team members while maintaining ample humour and optimism.

Experience:

• 5+ years in a game design role with at least 3 years spent designing Free to Play games.
• Successful release of a notable mobile game and piloting of subsequent Live Operations plans.
• Expert knowledge of Unity. Skilled in-engine to lead prototyping, collaboration with coders, and unify design team intention and feature creation

Additional Information

COVID 19 note:

Both Ubisoft and FGOL are committed to the health and wellbeing of our staff. We are currently working remotely during the stages of lockdown the UK has been subject to. Our offices have been set up to meet strict health and safety standards appropriate to the challenges of COVID 19, and we currently keep any physical attendance to a minimum. Our policies are constantly reviewed and may change over time as the risk level varies.

BENEFITS:

Ubisoft FGOL offers its employees some great benefits which include:

• Flexible office working hours
• 25 days of annual leave + 8 UK Bank holiday + Christmas company day(s) off
• 1 day off if you get married (Wedding Day)
• Mobile and Tablet Allowance
• Game Allowance
• Duvet Day
• Personal Travel Allowance
• Home Office Furniture Loan Scheme
• Sick pay
• Fresh fruit selection delivered 3 times a week, Free monthly breakfasts, Team Lunches
• Weekly Football, Snooker table, ping pong tournaments, poker nights, Office events, social gatherings, Fun Games room
• Birthday Cakes/Cards
• Summer & Christmas parties, Roof terrace area
• Training Budgets
• Contributory pension scheme
• Private healthcare, Reduced gym membership, life insurance, critical illness & Disability cover
• Childcare vouchers
• Season ticket loan (for tube/rail costs)
• Profitability bonus
• Recruitment Referral Fee awards

Company Description

Future Games of London is a Ubisoft studio that designs, develops and operates free-to-play mobile and digital console games. Founded in September 2009, FGOL create original and unique games such as the Hungry Shark series which has been enjoyed by over half a billion people worldwide.

We are a dedicated team with drive, passion and creativity, who enjoy being part of a forward thinking studio in an exciting and ever-evolving industry.

Over the next 5 years, we expect to be typically developing two to three projects in parallel, with regularly scheduled new releases added to our catalogue.