Game Designer

Electric Manta Productions Limited; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Electric Manta Productions Limited is seeking an exceptional Game Designer for our mobile projects. You will work with remote game teams on Hybrid Casual games, analysing mechanics to drive acquisition, engagement and monetisation, and you will balance speed with quality in every iteration.

Handle ideation, concepting and design processes, produce quick and detailed mock-ups, and collaborate to create innovative game designs that can scale across platforms.

Qualifications

• Three or more years of mobile game design experience with core gameplay, level, and economy design.
• Excellent knowledge of mobile game design practices.
• Ability to iterate designs based on feedback.
• Strong market awareness of mobile trends.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a skilled team on internal games and prototypes.
• Define ideation, concepting and design processes.
• Create quick and detailed mock-ups for hybrid casual mobile games.
• Work with game teams to craft innovative game designs.
• Receive and provide feedback until designs are signed off.
• Stay aligned with mobile market trends and new tech.

Skills

Proven mobile/F2P experience

Excellent communication

Strong conceptual design

Team collaboration

Tools

Unity

Job description

Who We Are After

We are looking for an exceptional candidate to join us at Electric Manta as a Game Designer for our mobile projects. This role will work closely with the remote game development teams on Hybrid Casual games. You are a prolific game designer with excellent market knowledge, you leave and breath mobile games and are adept at analysing the game mechanics used within them to drive acquisition, engagement and monetisation. You are fast but produce quality first time executions. You eat creativity for nourishment and you breathe passion for your subject matter. You want to see everything you create come to life!

What's the Role?

• Work within a highly skilled team and individually on key internal games and prototypes
• Help define and refine ideation, concepting and design processes
• Produce quick and detailed mock-ups and designs for hybrid casual mobile games
• Work with the game teams to help create innovative game designs
• Give and receive feedback to iterate and improve design work until it is signed off
• Understanding where to make the best use of your time
• Keep up to date with the mobile game market trends and new technologies

Key Skills and Requirements

• Proven experience working on two successful mobile/F2P projects (in last 3 years)
• Skills in Unity
• 3+ years of mobile game design experience, excellent knowledge of core gameplay design, level design, game economy design
• Excellent communication skills
• Good sense of gameplay experience, and special attention to details
• Follows new game/media/technology/design trends and loves learning new things
• Excellent teamwork skills

Nice to Have Skills

• Unity

Why work for Electric Manta?

Are you interested in joining a funded start-up on the ground floor and creating a world-class studio that aims to deliver pioneering game experiences that can be played by millions of players?

Do you want to help create great games filled with unforgettable moments that players cherish, in games that are played for decades?

Are you interested in being part of a dynamic, fun loving, world class, remote first team?

People are our greatest asset and so fit for us is extremely important. We therefore need to understand a bit about who you are and what drives you.

Impress us with a cover letter that tells us about you and your passions will help spark our interest in taking things further.

Please read the job description carefully and make sure you have the required experience to take on the role and then tell us why you are the right person for the job.

We look forward to hearing from you.