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Level Designers located Australia.
Posted by Dreamgate_Studios on
Company Details:
Dreamgate Studios is a privately funded company based in Canberra, Australia focused on the development of scalable, innovative, engaging and persistent MMO mobile game worlds. We are looking for highly talented and driven individuals who want to become core members of a small and growing team dedicated to creating games that influence millions.
Role:
The senior designer is expected to collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to document and design systems pivotal to the development of high quality MMO mobile games. This will require the senior designer to understand MMOs, virtual business models and consumer psychology. They will be responsible for designing new features and systems and monitoring MMO mobile game performance post-release.
Responsibilities:
• Designing and balancing of player progression.
• Designing, balancing and live maintenance of a free-to-play game economy.
• Development of live-events post-launch.
• Understanding of A/B testing, user acquisition/retention, virality systems, monetisation and player-driven game economies.
• Understand and advance knowledge of MMOs and free-to-play social/mobile game design.
• Research player behaviour and propose new features/events/live updates based on the players and community.
• Ability to effectively collaborate and communicate with a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to quickly learn and adjust design based on client-server architecture.
• Ability to meet deadlines and milestones.
• Assist in guiding and mentoring junior members of the team.
• Develop, maintain and communicate game flow documentation, game design documents and visual designs/mock-ups.
Requirements:
• 4-years+ game designer experience
• 2-years+ game designer experience on free-to-play social/mobile games products.
• Previously worked on 1+ high quality released free-to-play project(s).
• Proven experience in A/B testing, optimising user retention and monetisation techniques.
• Proficient in Excel and ability to provide visual designs or rough mock-ups (through Illustrator, Photoshop, Sketchup, etc.)
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated prototyping abilities.
• Positive attitude and ability to embrace change.
Desirables:
• Qualifications in game design and/or social science.
• Experience in Unity 3D.
• MMO system design experience.
• Familiarity with Agile (Scrum), Kanban and Waterfall.
• Experience in Live-Operation of free-to-play social/mobile games.