Lead Game Designer

Hutch; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative mobile games developer is seeking a Lead Game Designer to elevate their flagship title. In this role, you'll guide a talented team in creating engaging gameplay experiences while fostering a collaborative environment. You'll be at the forefront of game design, focusing on player engagement and system quality. The company values work-life balance, offering a 4-day work week with flexible hours and remote working options. Join a creative team dedicated to making impactful games and enjoy a supportive atmosphere that prioritizes employee well-being and development.

Benefits

4-Day Work Week

Flexible Working Hours

Remote Working 2 Days a Week

Private Health Care

Enhanced Maternity Leave

Enhanced Paternity Leave

Mental Health Initiatives

Free Snacks and Drinks

Social Events

Qualifications

• Deep experience in mobile free-to-play game design with proven success.
• Expertise in crafting engaging gameplay and social systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design process and manage the design team for high quality.
• Craft features and systems to enhance player engagement.

Skills

Mobile Game Design

Gameplay Systems Design

Player Psychology

Communication Skills

Prototyping

Line Management

Job description

Lead Game Designer | London | Full time

We’re Hutch, a mobile games developer & publisher with studios in central London, Dundee and Canada. Our mission is to build the most diverse and engaged automotive gaming community on mobile. Our games have been played by over 300 million people, with new titles in development.

We believe in putting our people first. Here you can make games without sacrificing quality time with family and friends. We strive to ensure our people are happy and healthy.

Our teams are small and empowered, they have the independence to take on creative and technical challenges together, to work collaboratively, to make great games and have fun along the way.

We believe in; Looking after our people, small empowered teams, complete transparency, test, learn repeat, community at the core and the freedom to focus on what truly makes a difference to our players.

We’re driven by our players! Come and Join the mission!

Lead Game Designer - F1 Clash

Hutch is looking for an experienced Game Designer to accelerate the growth of our flagship motorsports title - F1 Clash. As Lead Game Designer, you will be responsible for the features, loops, and meta experiences that build the habitual engagement to make our games endure, while managing and guiding our design team to new levels of success.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design process and seek methods for continuous improvement
• Set the standard for systemic, meta, and social design quality
• Mentor other designers in the systems design process and craft
• Manage the design team, ensuring high standards of design quality and team morale
• Craft new features and systems to boost engagement and conversion
• Guide the tuning and balance of the wider game economy to provide the highest quality player experience and amplify product performance
• Evolve and iterate on existing features or systems leveraging data insight

Requirements

• Deep, multi-year experience in mobile, free-to-play game design
• Proven ability to craft engaging gameplay, meta and social systems across multiple live service titles on mobile
• Expert knowledge of game design principles, player psychology and the economics of play
• Free-to-Play evangelist with a finger on the pulse of the market
• Strong ability to create mock-ups/flows/prototypes to showcase new concepts & ideas to a wide variety of audiences
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of various ideation methodologies that leverage group creativity
• Quality communication and cross functional working standards
• Get it done attitude, working in engine, sheets, or anywhere that's needed
• Line management experience

Benefits

Life at Hutch

Our HQ is in the heart of Shoreditch in central London. We have additional offices in Dundee and Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. We're an agile, creative team with people at the core of our values. We reward our employees with;

• Hutch is now a 4-Day Work Week company*
• Flexible working hours
• Remote working 2 days per week
• Excellent salary
• Private health care
• Enhanced Maternity (18 weeks) and Paternity leave (6 weeks)
• Access to mental health initiatives such as private mental health coaching
• Support to learn, develop and progress within Hutch
• Free snacks and drinks
• Social events, game launch parties, Thursday night drinks and much more

*This will mean that Hutch employees will work a maximum of 4 days per week (30 hours/week) Mon-Thurs, with zero reductions in pay (compared to a 5 day working week).

We value diversity and as an equal opportunity employer we encourage applications from all suitable applicants. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

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Come and find out more about Hutch. We make racing games, but it’s not the only thing that drives us - https://www.hutch.io/