Senior Game Designer - Unannounced Project

Scopely is looking for a Senior Game Designer to join our unannounced project in Barcelona on a hybrid basis 3 days a week from the hub.

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 who are developing, publishing, and innovating the mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.

We are in the early stages of development on an ambitious, unannounced, cross-platform Strategy/ARPG title, creating a team of talented and passionate game makers to join us on this exciting journey!

What You Will Do

Have expertise in owning and driving the technical, creative, and strategic visions for best-in-class mobile free-to-play games. As a Systems Designer, your responsibility is to lead new initiatives, shaping an engaging and rewarding player experience from concept through to completion. You will thrive on crafting and optimizing features that delight millions of players by improving qualitative and quantitative insights and experiences. 

This includes:

• Be a driving force for smart feature design and slick innovation
• Be responsible for the successful delivery of features on a world-renowned title
• Partner with Product Management, Production, and creative teams to develop designs and optimizations that achieve KPI targets
• Craft game structures that support 5+ year player lifecycles
• Contribute to the prioritization of feature and optimization roadmaps, working closely with Game Leadership

What We’re Looking For

• A deep passion for games and for making games
• 5+ years of experience as a Feature Designer or Product Manager
• Experience working on games in pre and post-launch development environmentsA positive, confident, open-minded, and inspirational attitude
• Extremely proactive mentality and a solution-oriented mindset
• Solid understanding of progression Systems and reward structures
• Experience in Stakeholder Management
• Demonstrated expertise in designing game features, systems, and economies toward product outcomes in a data-informed creative environment 
• A comprehensive understanding of the mobile games marketplace paired with an unwavering obsession for tracking new trends and evolving your design philosophy
• Incredible energy and the ambition to build  the next blockbuster mass-market game
• Outstanding organizational agility - the ability to partner with a variety of specialists and personalities to work towards your goals 

Bonus Points

• Monetisation Experience on Live Games
• Understanding of system-driven player-owned narrative
• Background in Design, Tech, or Art
• Prototyping experience and proficiency in mocking up systems/user flows
• Strong knowledge of event-driven live operations in live games
• Experience in mentoring
• An avid player of F2P strategy games

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!