Game Designer: Live Ops & Economy (Mobile)

Miniclip; Zoetermeer; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ownership over what you build

informal studio with flat structure

Time set aside for personal developmen

Job summary

Miniclip is a global leader in mobile gaming and the team behind OSM – Online Soccer Manager. A Game Designer on OSM will own features and the economy from concept through balance, and work daily with product managers, producers, UX designers, developers and analysts in a small cross-functional team.

We seek someone with several shipped titles who can own a feature with minimal hand-holding. Miniclip emphasizes fast shipping, real ownership, and time for personal development.

Qualifications

• 3+ years designing gameplay and economy for live mobile free-to-play games.
• Experience across the full cycle, from prototype to production to running a game post-launch.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Design features and content for OSM, from concept to detailed specification, that improve engagement, retention and monetisation.
• Design and tune the in-game economy, including pricing, progression, rewards and sinks, and monitor how it behaves once live.
• Prototype and playtest ideas early, and use what you learn to kill or reshape them.
• Balance and iterate on live features after release, using analytics and player feedback to decide what changes and what stays.
• Present your designs and the reasoning behind them to the team and to stakeholders, and defend the parts worth defending.
• Keep an eye on competitors and the wider sports and management genre, and bring back what's inspiring.
• Work with developers to improve the internal tools and config systems designers rely on.

Skills

Gameplay design

Economy design

Live ops planning

Job description

Miniclip is a global leader in mobile gaming and the team behind OSM – Online Soccer Manager. A Game Designer on OSM will own features and the economy from concept through balance, and work daily with product managers, producers, UX designers, developers and analysts in a small cross-functional team.

We seek someone with several shipped titles who can own a feature with minimal hand-holding. Miniclip emphasizes fast shipping, real ownership, and time for personal development.