Principal Level Designer

Zyngacareers; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 70.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Hybrid work in Barcelona 2 days/week

Private medical insurance for you and/

Stock purchase plan (Take-Two)

Professional development budget

3-day weekends? (onsite perks)

Descripción de la vacante

Zynga is seeking a Principal Level Designer for a Free-to-Play game based on levels. You will shape level design strategy, create levels, analyze data, and collaborate with developers and artists to implement new features and refine the production pipeline.

The role emphasizes a data-driven mindset, cross-functional collaboration, and strong English communication, with a hybrid approach in Barcelona.

Formación

• Must design levels for free-to-play games with strong balance and pacing.
• Experience using data to support design decisions with Tableau/Excel.
• Working knowledge of Unity or Unreal Engine.

Responsabilidades

• Benchmarking and setting quality goals for levels.
• Create new levels following product guidance.
• Improve level quality and fun factor through data insights.
• Analyze level data to propose improvements and adjust economies.
• Own the level creation process with cross-functional teams.
• Document and optimize the production/content pipeline.

Conocimientos

Level design

Data-driven mindset

English communication

Proactive problem solving

Collaborative teamwork

Gamer at heart

Herramientas

Unity/Unreal Engine

Tableau

Excel

Descripción del empleo

Position Overview

As a Principal Level Designer at Social Point, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the level design strategy for a Free-to-Play (F2P) game based on levels. Your responsibilities include:

What You’ll Do:

• Benchmarking and Quality Goals: Conduct benchmarking of similar games in the industry, extracting best practices, and setting clear quality goals.
• Level Creation: Create new levels using different tools, following high-level objectives set by the Product Leads.
• Continuous Improvement: Learn quickly to achieve expected quality and "fun factor" for the target game's audience. Identify weak points of the game and propose solutions to solve them
• Analyze and understand levels data to deliver insights and propose improvements. Analyze economy to soften or adjust its impact (boosters, gold, etc)
• Ownership of the Process: Take ownership of the level creation process, collaborating with developers and artists to oversee the implementation of new features and systems.
• Production Process Optimization: Improve and streamline the production process and content creation pipeline, applying efficient methodologies. Document and track the level creation pipeline, and Bugs/QA.
• Strategic Decision-Making: Determine the level design strategy, including layout, timing, gameplay elements, difficulty, and the overall fun factor of the game.

What You Bring:

• Experience designing levels for free-to-Play (F2P) games, with strong expertise in level flow, pacing, and challenge balancing.
• Data-driven mindset, with experience using tools such as Tableau and Excel to analyze data and support design decisions.
• Working knowledge of Unity or Unreal Engine.
• Passionate gamer, with deep knowledge of casual F2P games and player motivations.
• Proactive, detail-oriented problem solver who can independently tackle design challenges.
• Collaborative team player with strong English communication skills.

Bonus Points:

• Experience in managing cross-functional project teams.
• Ability to manage and influence stakeholders at all level

What's in it for you as a Socialpointer?

• Hybrid working model: we ask you to come to our Barcelona office at least 2 days per week
• A generous 25 days of annual leave, plus public holidays
• Private medical insurance for you and your family to keep your health bar full
• Disability and life insurance
• Choose from the latest iOS or Android device when you join (phone or tablet)
• Free language lessons in English, Spanish and Catalan
• Spotify Premium to add the perfect soundtrack to your adventure
• Legendary social events and parties to let off some steam
• Take‑Two Interactive employee stock purchase plan (eligibility criteria applies)
• Professional development budget for skills training

Onsite Perks Include:

• State-of-the-art gym facilities
• Free breakfast, lunch, and specialty coffee
• Onsite physiotherapist and hairdresser (no wallet needed!)

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.

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