Lead Features Designer: Drive Live Mobile Game Features

Global Sports Jobs Limited; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentoring & training

Onboarding program

Continuous improvement

Job summary

Playdemic’s Golf Clash team seeks a Lead Features Designer to steer a skilled design group, shaping new features and systems from concept to launch and iteration. You will collaborate with Product, Production and Art to ensure features meet goals and player value, while mentoring teammates and guiding design priorities.

The role emphasizes balancing game economies, analyzing KPIs, and delivering high‑quality design across disciplines for a globally popular title.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a game development studio.
• Experience owning and delivering multiple features or systems within a live service release cadence.
• Strong experience designing features and systems for mobile free-to-play live service games.
• Experience mentoring or guiding other designers to improve team output.
• Strong experience balancing game systems and economies, with excellent Excel skills.
• Analytical mindset with understanding of KPIs and success metrics to drive design decisions.
• Knowledge of game development tools including Confluence and JIRA.
• Excellent communication and ability to articulate design goals across disciplines.
• Experience collaborating with Product and Production teams.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product to ideate new features and systems.
• Lead design and development of features from concept through launch and iteration.
• Define objectives, player value, and success criteria for features.
• Create and maintain clear feature documentation.
• Guide development through implementation with cross-disciplinary teams.
• Review design output to maintain high standards.
• Mentor designers to develop their skills.
• Prioritise feature development with Product and Production.
• Use data and feedback to evaluate performance and inform iteration.

Skills

Game design

Team leadership

Mentoring

Analytics

Excel

Confluence

JIRA

KPIs & metrics

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Degree level education

Tools

Confluence

JIRA

Job description

Playdemic’s Golf Clash team seeks a Lead Features Designer to steer a skilled design group, shaping new features and systems from concept to launch and iteration. You will collaborate with Product, Production and Art to ensure features meet goals and player value, while mentoring teammates and guiding design priorities.

The role emphasizes balancing game economies, analyzing KPIs, and delivering high‑quality design across disciplines for a globally popular title.