Lead Game Designer

What You’ll Do

• Report to the Design Director, assisting on the creative vision and strategic roadmap, crafting game systems, features and iterative improvements
• Lead a small team of game designers, providing them with mentorship, lending them your expertise and helping them improve their craft and deliver on their goals
• Work with the production team to allocate design tasks and manage a balanced workload
• Transform high-level goals into detailed, actionable granular design specifications
• Contribute to and provide feedback on system design, through Excel modelling, balancing and tuning
• Expertly communicate design initiatives to stakeholders through clear presentations and walkthroughs
• Collaborate with and encourage cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality player experiences that meet the design and product goals
• Successfully balance design iteration against production milestones to ensure timely and effective pre-production
• Establish, communicate and evolve design team standards and processes
• Gather and apply competitive intelligence, research trends, insights, and best-practices in the industry to design an engaging game experience for our target audience
• Work with product and analytics teams to understand player behaviour and game performance to suggest design-led improvements to Important metrics

What We’re Looking For

• Several years of experience designing mobile F2P games, preferably on industry-leading games
• Strong feature design experience, including challenges, season-pass, clubs, etc
• Excel skills to model and balance game systems
• Excellent written and verbal English skills
• Communication skills that ensure your vision is clearly understood by a wide audience
• The ability to think on your feet and make informed and logical decisions quickly
• Dedication to quality in everything that you do
• Capability to switch between practical and theoretical thinking when required
• Proactive attitude toward work and continuous personal development
• An understanding of game project cycles and development methodologies
• A passion for all things game design and a clear focus on player experience

At Scopely, we create games for everyone - and want to ensure that the people behind our games reflect that! We are committed to creating a diverse, supportive work environment where everyone is treated with respect. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and welcome individuals from all backgrounds to join us & embrace the adventure!

About Us

Scopely is a global interactive entertainment and mobile-first video game company, home to many top, award-winning experiences such as "MONOPOLY GO!," “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “Stumble Guys,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” and “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” among others.
 
Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer™ experience across multiple platforms--from mobile, web, PC and beyond.
 
Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami that supports one of the most diversified portfolios in the games industry.

Recognized multiple times as one of Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies,” Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years.

Scopely has global operations in more than a dozen markets across Asia, EMEA, and North America, and is home to many internal game development teams, referred to as Scopely Studios, with additional game studio partners across four continents.

Scopely was acquired by Savvy Games Group in July 2023 for $4.9 billion, and is now an independent subsidiary of Savvy.

For more information on Scopely, visit: scopely.com