Game Design Lead

vor 3 Wochen

Hamburg, Hamburg, Deutschland AppLike Group Vollzeit
Game Design Lead

At AppLike Group, we're expanding our focus to hybrid and casual gaming sectors, seeking a seasoned Game Design Lead to drive our strategic evolution. As a key player in this exciting phase, you'll oversee game design, economy balancing, and monetization, ensuring a broader audience and engaging player experiences.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Hands-on game design expertise, driving decisions with in-depth knowledge of F2P game design, economy balancing, and monetization.
  • Lead, mentor, and expand the Game Design and UI/UX teams, ensuring alignment with each game's vision and the company's broader goals.
  • Guide and oversee the game design process, from ideation to live implementation, supporting existing Game Designers in designing and documenting game ideas and features.
  • Create templates and maintain a consistent documentation structure.
  • Understand the entire game development process and fine-tune cross-departmental workflows to enhance procedures.
  • Foster a culture of continuous improvement in game design practices, collaborating with Product Management.
  • Work with the Product team to prepare or revise long-term vision documents for individual games.
  • Leverage data-driven insights to enhance and innovate features across all games in the portfolio, maximizing player engagement and monetization.
  • Define and implement a clear, cohesive design pipeline for live games.
  • Analyze performance metrics to refine game balancing, pacing, and overall feel.
  • Stay abreast of market trends to keep our games competitive and innovative.
  • Recruit and evaluate new game design talent, ensuring a skilled and cohesive team dynamic.
  • Actively engage in creating and developing new game prototypes, providing strategic design guidance.
Requirements:
  • Proven leadership and mentorship skills with at least 5 years of experience in game design, including 2+ years managing design teams.
  • Strong proficiency with game mechanics, live operations, F2P strategies, and monetization.
  • Strong prototyping skills with an understanding of building modular and reusable features.
  • Robust analytical abilities with a solid understanding of mobile game KPIs.
  • Deep experience in balancing and economy design within F2P mobile games.
  • Proficient in Unity and familiar with tools like Figma or similar for collaborative design efforts.
  • Ability to pitch and deconstruct big features into manageable components.
  • Excellent communication and project management skills, fluent in English.
  • Adaptability to swiftly changing technology and player trends to keep our games at the cutting edge.
Why Join Us:
  • Competitive compensation package, including virtual stock options.
  • Flexible working hours, 2 remote days per week, 30 vacation days, and 3 weeks per year of remote work.
  • Relocation package, including visa and legal support, relocation bonus, and reimbursement of German Classes costs.
  • Happy Belly Package, including monthly company lunch, free snacks and drinks, and free breakfast & fresh pastries every Monday.
  • Physical & Mental Health Package, including in-house gym with a personal trainer, various classes, and free access to our EAP (Employee Assistance Program).
  • Activity Package, including regular team and company events, and hackathons.
  • Education Package, offering opportunities to boost your professional development with courses and training directly connected to your career goals.

At AppLike Group, you'll have the opportunity to lead a dynamic team and shape the strategic direction of a growing gaming portfolio. We offer a platform for you to innovate and influence the industry while working on games that reach millions worldwide. If you're driven to build, innovate, and lead, AppLike Group is your stage to excel.

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