Principal Game Designer
Social PointMobile Games company
Barcelona, SpainLead
83North
Greycroft
Greylock
BBVA
Nauta Capital
Idinvest Partners
Design
About the role
TL;DR
Lead game design for a new Merge 2 title, owning vision and mentoring a team.
- •As the Lead Game Designer for a brand-new game team, you will initially champion the "0-to-1" development of an exciting new Merge 2 title.
- •You will own the game’s creative vision, architecting its core loop, progression systems, and meta-game from scratch.
- •Key Responsibilities Own and drive the game's vision, aligning it with product goals and communicating it clearly to the team and stakeholders.
- •Lead ideation and brainstorming, and translate player motivations and behavior into user experience stories, wireframes, and optimal feature design.
- •Mentor and grow a team of designers, fostering a collaborative, creative environment.
- •Partner with product, engineering, and art to guide features from concept through implementation.
- •Use live feedback and analytics to refine systems, maintain a balanced game economy, and champion design best practices.
- •Requirements Effective communicator with outstanding verbal, written, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
- •Highly proficient with mathematical concepts and formula creation in a game environment.
- •Proven history of designing systems that influence player behaviors and achieve key product performance indicators.
- •Expert in crafting features, systems, core game loops, economies, and meta-designs.
- •Excels in a live service game environment, adept at making adjustments based on feedback from an active community.
Required skills
Product ManagementAgileScrumUX DesignMentoring
Nice-to-have skills
WireframingPrototypingUser Research
Domain expertise
gaming
Benefits & perks
Hybrid working model, 25 days of annual leave, Private medical insurance, Disability and life insurance, Free language lessons, Spotify Premium, Social events and parties, Employee stock purchase plan, Professional development budget, Gym facilities, Free breakfast, lunch, and coffee, Onsite physiotherapist, Onsite hairdresser
Tech stack
PythonJavaScriptJavaC#SQLGitLinuxJiraConfluenceFigmaPostmanSwaggerOpenAPIREST APIGoogle AnalyticsGA4