Game Lead - Crazy Kick

Social Media Manager - Blitz - Internship @ Voodoo; Berlin; À distance; EUR 50 000 - 75 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Best in Class compensation

Country-specific benefits

Résumé du poste

Voodoo seeks a Game Lead to own a game and its team, guiding direction, building the team, and driving rapid execution. In the first six months, focus is on core gameplay improvements, then scaling the product.

You will monitor metrics, push creative iteration, and collaborate across design, art, and tech to deliver a top mobile title. You will lead a ~4-person team, set goals, and inspire growth while maintaining high standards for player experience and monetization.

Qualifications

• 4 to 5+ years of experience in the gaming industry (Development, Product, Design, Art etc.)
• Mobile F2P market experiences (in Design ideally)
• A passion for mobile games and a strong understanding of core gameplay, game feel, player experience and iteration
• A proactive, ownership-driven mindset
• Strong leadership potential or previous team leadership experience
• A data-driven approach to decision-making
• The ability to move fast, test ideas, learn from results and iterate quickly
• Strong English communication skills and the ability to align different crafts around a clear direction
• AI-first mindset: Comfortable using AI daily and building custom agents or reusable automations to speed up your work

Responsabilités

• Build and lead your own small team, starting with around 4 people
• Set clear goals and make sure the team reaches them
• Lead, inspire and motivate the people working on the game
• Focus first on improving core gameplay, game feel, pacing and player satisfaction
• Identify what makes the game fun today and what could make it much stronger tomorrow
• Monitor and improve key game metrics such as retention, playtime, engagement and monetization
• Be involved and hands-on across all aspects of game development: game design, level design, UI/UX, tech and product decisions
• Continuously improve the internal process of game creation and iteration
• Manage your team's performance and growth, keeping a high talent bar and helping strong people develop

Connaissances

Team leadership

Mobile F2P design

Game design mindset

Data-driven decisions

English communication

AI-first mindset

Proactive ownership

Description du poste

About Voodoo

Voodoo is a consumer tech company founded in Paris in 2013, with one mission: entertain the world. Today we are 1,000 people, generating $1b+ in annual revenue, profitably. Our games and apps have passed 7 billion downloads and reach 200 million+ active users every month, making Voodoo the #3 mobile publisher worldwide in downloads, after Google and Meta. We were backed by Goldman Sachs, Tencent and GBL along the way.

This role is full remote within CET 3h.

Team

Our Gaming team is made up of hybrid-casual, casual and mid-core experts. Our 'Core' games team supports internal and external studios worldwide in creating, developing and launching new hit games, whilst our 'Live' games team focuses on delivering higher engagement on our existing and successful games.

Joining our Live games team means collaborating with gaming industry experts on globally renowned, enduring games, while embracing exciting new entrepreneurial ventures. With over seven billion downloads worldwide and a portfolio of more than 10 resilient hybrid games generating more than $20m per year, we are the largest and most successful hybrid publisher in the world.
Voodoo is creating a small experimentation team with a big mission: find the next best way to entertain the world by taking one of our best hits, Crazy Kick to a new level.

Role

As a Game Lead, you will be the owner of your game and team. Your mission will be to define the right direction, build the team, and drive execution with speed, focus and ambition.

During the first 6 months, your main focus will be on improving the core gameplay: making the game more satisfying, juicy, exciting and fun to play, before scaling the rest of the product.

You will:

• Build and lead your own small team, starting with around 4 people

• Set clear goals and make sure the team reaches them

• Lead, inspire and motivate the people working on the game

• Focus first on improving core gameplay, game feel, pacing and player satisfaction

• Identify what makes the game fun today and what could make it much stronger tomorrow

• Monitor and improve key game metrics such as retention, playtime, engagement and monetization

• Be involved and hands-on across all aspects of game development: game design, level design, UI/UX, tech, art and product decisions

• Continuously improve the internal process of game creation and iteration

• Manage your team's performance and growth, keeping a high talent bar and helping strong people develop

Profile

• 4 to 5+ years of experience in the gaming industry (Development, Product, Design, Art etc.)

• Mobile F2P market experiences (in Design ideally), track record with a successful mobile game

• A passion for mobile games and a strong understanding of core gameplay, game feel, player experience and iteration

• A proactive, ownership-driven mindset

• Strong leadership potential or previous team leadership experience

• A data-driven approach to decision-making

• The ability to move fast, test ideas, learn from results and iterate quickly

• Strong English communication skills and the ability to align different crafts around a clear direction

• AI-first mindset: Comfortable using AI daily and building custom agents or reusable automations to speed up your work

Benefits

• Best in Class compensation

• Other benefits according to the country you reside.