Economy Designer
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Game Economy Designer contributing to mobile game development by balancing in-game economies and designing engaging player experiences. Utilizing analytics and creativity to influence game features and progression systems.
Responsibilities:
- Conceptualize, design, and prototype innovative features and systems for our games, with a focus on economy and progression.
- Release new features and content during live service cycles, ensuring updates are engaging, well-balanced, and aligned with player needs.
- Utilize analytics to identify trends, evaluate feature performance, and provide actionable insights to enhance the player experience.
- Stay informed about player behaviours, emerging trends in mobile gaming, and evolving Free2Play business models to drive meaningful design decisions.
- Contribute to a highly creative environment by implementing unique concepts and solutions, combining analytical rigour with creative flair.
- Balance the analytical side of economy design with the creative aspects of gameplay, ensuring a rewarding experience for players.
- Contribute to and influence the design of mobile free-to-play projects throughout the full lifecycle, including concept ideation, production, and live operations.
Requirements:
- 3+ years balancing economies as a game designer - you know best practices
- In-depth understanding of games, economy, balance, game design, game mechanics, as well as story and character design
- Can leverage data to communicate what it takes to make an amazing player experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Familiar with user acquisition, player retention, engagement, monetization and how to translate analytics into actionable game features and balancing game economies
- Understanding of micro-transactions, F2P core game loops and pinch points
- Up to speed with trends in mobile gaming
- Strong mathematical abilities and mad spreadsheet balancing skills
- Interest in contributing to mobile free-to-play game design beyond economy systems, across the full development lifecycle.
- Idle game experience or interest is a HUGE plus
- Ability to script in google app script or other abilities to create tools is also a plus
Benefits:
- An incentive plan tied to company goals
- Extended health, dental & vision benefits for you and your dependents (plan premiums 100% covered by the company)
- $600 health & wellness spending account
- Employee & Family Assistance Program
- 4 weeks vacation + paid winter holiday closure + 10 paid personal/sick days per year
- Annual $3,000 self development “Brain Fund” budget + 5 paid professional development days to attend conferences, courses, training – you name it!
- Home Ergonomic Benefit for your home office - $1,000 + company laptop (choice of PC or Mac!) and accessories required to work effectively
- Paid short or long term parental and compassionate caregiver leave - up to 16 weeks’ top up
- Charitable gift matching up to $1,000 per year for recognized causes that you support + 3 paid volunteer days per year
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