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Systems Game Designer

Gram Games is the studio behind some of the most popular mobile titles like 1010!, Six! and Merge Dragons!. We’ve recently released Merge Magic! and we have more awesome projects in the pipeline. We do things differently here: we work in small self-managing teams, enabling you to have an incredible amount of ownership, autonomy and impact. We'll never ask you to abandon your craft and just focus on managing others or workload.

At Gram everyone is expected to have a razor-sharp focus on what creates tangible impact: impact on their team, impact on their work environment and impact on the overall company strategy. If you are motivated by autonomy, constant improvement, collaboration and the sense of belonging this is the right job for you.

As a System Designer at Gram Games, you’ll work with an A+ mobile team to help grow and develop live titles, with the objective of growing it from a hit to an evergreen mega-hit. You will work with other designers on the project to learn the ins-and-outs of the game’s level design, content design, economy, systems, philosophies and more. You will use your wealth of design knowledge, your extensive experience, and your analytical thinking and insights to craft exciting new features and engaging content that will position the game for greater success.

You will also engage with the player community to understand their desires and how they play, to better inform your decisions. You will be a part of the overall design pipeline, providing feedback and insight to designers, artists, and producers on proposed designs as well as live designs that need revisiting. You’ll be here to bring us together, to take advantage of each of our dynamic skills, and to turn them into games enjoyed and praised around the world.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with design leadership to understand and work within the overall vision for the game
• Analyze player KPIs and create and specify high-quality features to raise engagement and monetization
• Create build well-crafted progression models, economies and game- and metagame loops resulting in long-term player retention
• Adapt and optimize designs based on data on player behavior as well as production needs and constraints
• Collaborate well with interdisciplinary teams to give and accept constructive feedback, meet goals, and tackle issues

Requirements

• Up-to-date knowledge of industry methods and best practices in terms of tuning sheet setup, rapid prototyping, and iteration
• Strong knowledge of the competitive landscape
• A university degree in game design, mathematics, or similar fields would be advantageous
• 3+ years of proven success in design focused on systems
• Experience as a System Designer in mobile games with a F2P business model
• At least one mobile freemium game launched
• Excellent mathematical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, intellectual curiosity, and mental flexibility
• Working knowledge of game production pipelines, Unity or similar game engine(s), task-management programs, spreadsheeting
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, including Fluency in English

Benefits

In return for bringing your expertise to this top priority role, we can offer some of the best benefits in the Games industry!

• Highly competitive salary
• Private medical care
• Awesome onsite chef serving breakfast, lunch, and lots of treats (naughty and nice)
• Relocation assistance for those moving to the UK
• Life insurance and a favourable pension scheme
• Healthcare cash plan including dental and optical coverage
• Yoga, massages, fitness classes
• Amazing tech to work with and consoles to play and relax with everywhere you look!