Lead Game Designer, Content - Marvel Strike Force

Scopely is looking for a highly motivated Lead Game Designer, Content to join the Marvel Strike Force team on a remote U.S. basis.

The Lead Content Designer will oversee the creation and implementation of all in-game content in Marvel Strike Force (MSF), ensuring alignment with the game’s vision. They will lead the design of combat encounters, game mode content, and narrative elements, while collaborating with various teams to support content goals.

At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play every day - whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues or through our deep connections with our communities of players. We are a global team of game lovers developing, publishing, and innovating the gaming industry, connecting millions of people worldwide daily.

What You’ll Do:

• Content Strategy: Maintain the vision for in-game content, aligning with product, game design, and narrative goals. Collaborate with various teams to proactively create content that supports upcoming game releases.
• Narrative Integration: Ensure the development of lore, storylines, and world-building elements to enhance the MARVEL experience, supporting player immersion and localization needs.
• Asset Management: Guide the creation of assets such as battle designs, raid maps, dialogues, NPCs, and content theming.
• Player Experience: Create engaging and varied experiences across different playstyles and player power levels, ensuring content is rewarding and accessible.
• Collaboration: Work with the Core Loop, Combat, and Live Ops teams to integrate content with ongoing game metas, character releases, and new features..
• Content Planning: Manage content creation pipelines to meet deadlines, prioritize tasks, and stay within scope and budget.
• Quality Control: Ensure content quality and consistency, reviewing designs and conducting playtesting. Use player feedback and analytics to improve future content.
• Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of designers and writers, fostering creativity and ensuring alignment with MSF’s tone and goals. Provide career development and feedback to team members.

What We’re Looking For:

• 7+ years of professional game design experience, with at least 3 years in a leadership or lead designer role.
• Deep experience designing, balancing, and evolving game content in a live-service game.
• Proven ability to manage a team and a content pipeline while maintaining design quality at scale.
• Strong analytical mindset and comfort with data-informed iteration.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for clearly pitching game design concepts.
• Excellent cross-discipline collaboration and communication skills

Bonus:

• Familiarity with Marvel IP, team-based battle games, or character-focused mobile RPGs.

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