Recruiter
Ilya Leonov
Roles:
Considering candidates from:
Worldwide
Worldwide
Work arrangement: Remote only
Industry: Game development
Language: English
Level: Senior
Size: 501-1,000 employees
Company
Magic Media is an international tech group powered by building creativity and protecting innovation. They are home to an expansive group of professionals and industry-leading experts across all avenues from interactive entertainment, software, application and game development to cybersecurity, VFX, art and animation.
Description
They are currently seeking a Lead Game Designer that can perform at a wide variety of game genres, platforms, and target audiences and who is able to lead a project’s game design team. The perfect candidate should be capable of working on multiple projects and cooperating with Producers, Customers, and other Stakeholders -internal and external- in a fast-paced international environment.
Tasks:
Tasks:
- Create thrilling games that fit our client’s vision and provide solutions that match industry standards
- Game theory and game mechanics design
- Create detailed documentation of the Game’s Design both for Clients and for developers
- Formulate ideas that meet the stated requirements and present them to the team in an effective manner
- Translate analytical findings into actionable recommendations
- Give feedback in a constructive and effective manner
- Design game mechanics, systems, game economy, and everything that the game may need
- Work within a multidisciplinary team toward shared goals
- Estimate, prioritize, and coordinate game design activities
- Coach teammates in game design tasks
- Communicate and cooperate with Customers and other Stakeholders
- Participate in different Design Department activities to collaborate and coordinate with fellow game designers
- Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
Must-have:
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Professional experience in game design: +5 years
- Previous experience as Lead Designer of a team of more than 3 designers
- Leading the development of at least one large game title from A-Z
- Ability to create games of a wide variety of game genres and for a wide variety of audiences
- Deep knowledge of creating Game Design Documentation
- Experienced working with Art and Programming departments
- Experience creating and tuning FTUE and game tutorials
- Experience in game economy, monetization, and balancing
- Experience working on games from pre-production to release and LiveOps
- Shipped multiple game titles as Game Designer
- Fluent English and excellent communication skills
Nice-to-have:
- Strong mathematical skills, with an emphasis on Statistics and Probability
- Experience developing pitches
- Experience working with Unity and Unreal game engines
- Basic scripting skills to adjust features created by developers
- Experience developing for PC and console platforms
- Knowledge of NFT Game Design
- Experience in developing sandbox games
- Experience in developing big open-world games
- Experience with mobile and WebGL games
- Experience with play to earn concepts
Benefits:
- Ongoing training and professional self-improvement opportunities
- Permanently remote position
- Be part of an international Group with offices worldwide
- Career growth and development
- Flexible working hours
Interview process:
- Intro call with Toughbyte
- A culture-fit interview
- A general interview
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