Demiurge Studios is seeking a talented and experienced free-to-play game designer to collaborate with its internal design team during all stages of development as it launches new games.
October 9, 2018
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Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Demiurge Studios is seeking a talented, experienced, free-to-play game designer to help lead our team to success. You'll collaborate with our internal design team during all stages of development as we launch new games for a voracious, passionate audience, and refine and extend them while they're live.
Your communication skills, organization, focus on iteration, and polish are all legendary. You've led teams of designers who would love to work with you again, and you've got a portfolio of shipped games that demonstrate your skills. People come to you for insightful feedback and advice on gnarly design problems. You can pinpoint the key characteristics necessary for a game's success and relentlessly prioritize to make them shine. You love games of all sorts - and it's clear to you that the best, most rewarding game of all... is making a great game for others to enjoy. Primary Responsibilities
Collaborate with artists, engineers, producers and team management in an iterative, agile development process
Drive gameplay, systems, and content design for a mobile free-to-play title through all development phases, from concept to live operations
Once live, design responses to performance indicators and customer feedback
Help to drive the project schedule, including the roadmap and backlog
Task and review design team's output
Provide both high-level game design direction and hands-on design implementation
Demonstrate proven design practices and mentor junior designers
Evangelize your title internally and externally.
Qualifications
3+ years of professional video game industry experience as a lead/senior designer
2+ complete product cycles from concept to ship
1+ mobile free-to-play title in a senior design role
Strong knowledge of basic game design and design theory
Reliable scheduling/time management skills
Ability to learn new tools and workflows with minimal supervision
Excellent organizational, analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills
Passion for mobile free-to-play games!
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis
Preference to applicants with
Strong UX design capability
Experience running prototyping teams
Expertise in Puzzle RPG and/or Card Battle games
Game programming or scripting experience
Strong math skills
Interested? Apply now.
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