Senior Mobile Game Designer — Live Ops & UI Focus

Smoking Gun Interactive; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10 days vacation leave

5 paid days personal leave

7 paid sick days

Life Insurance & Accidental Death & D&

Dependent Life Insurance

Long Term Disability (LTD)

Extended Healthcare Benefit

Dental Care

RRSP matching

Hybrid working

Training & Development

Job summary

Smoking Gun Interactive in Vancouver, Canada, is seeking a Senior Game Designer with mobile and PC experience to design systems, balance gameplay, and craft engaging UI‑driven experiences.

You’ll partner with the Lead Designer and cross‑disciplinary teams to develop, tune and document gameplay mechanics, analyze data, and iterate toward a high‑quality product that delights players.

This role requires clear communication, self‑direction, and a track record of shipped titles.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience as a game designer
• Experience with at least 2 shipped titles on mobile and PC
• Experience designing for UI‑centric games
• Experience tuning of complex gameplay systems
• Experience with game analytics and running a live product
• Demonstrable expertise in game mechanics design and tuning
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to accept and provide direction, work under pressure, and handle multiple tasks
• Self‑driven, take initiative and work independently
• Experience understanding the market and target audience for mobile, online & console games
• Willingness to push the envelope and innovate within game parameters
• Positive attitude and passion for gaming

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Lead Designer and Design Director to deliver on the creative vision
• Work with UI/UX Designer, Producer and Client to create best in class experiences
• Build strong design documentation as source of truth for all team members
• Help evangelize and communicate the design vision
• Develop, build, tune and document gameplay mechanics to final quality
• Track and analyze game data and create reports with suggested design changes
• Adjust game mechanics based on gameplay analytics
• Collaborate with art and programming to achieve project goals
• Develop all facets of game design on small games and contribute on larger teams
• Maintain high proficiency in workflows and pipelines and improve tools/methodologies
• Take initiative in creative problem solving and effective resolutions
• Liaise between design team and QA

Skills

Game design

UI design

Analytics

Communication

Independence

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

Job description

Smoking Gun Interactive in Vancouver, Canada, is seeking a Senior Game Designer with mobile and PC experience to design systems, balance gameplay, and craft engaging UI‑driven experiences.

You’ll partner with the Lead Designer and cross‑disciplinary teams to develop, tune and document gameplay mechanics, analyze data, and iterate toward a high‑quality product that delights players.

This role requires clear communication, self‑direction, and a track record of shipped titles.