Lead Game Designer (Economy)

A multicultural Berlin-based mobile games studio creating story-driven casual games is now looking to expand its team! 

They are looking for a Senior or Principal Economy Designer and Manager. As a crucial member of the spirited Game Economy team you will become a gate-keeper for one of the most successful casual games on the market. You will lead your colleagues to create and maintain a healthy game economy that ensures that our players have a long-lasting and fun experience, while also further improving the game's monetization and other KPIs.

What are you working on?

• Genres: Casual
• Platforms: Mobile

For which tasks (responsibilities)?

• Work on a hidden object game that has millions of very happy players

• Create economy models that facilitate new features and event creation, while staying healthy in the long run

• Manage a small team of Economy Designers and help define their career development

• Leverage your data-driven mindset to ensure that our players have engaging, long-lasting and fun experiences

• Collaborate closely with LiveOps, Game Analysts, Customer Care, and Data Scientists to assess trends in the game economy and control its levers (which will be installed and maintained by you)

• Stay aware of new trends in the mobile game market (esp. hidden object). Reverse engineer solutions from competitive titles and learn from them.

What kind of professional are we looking for?

• Ideally, you have 5+ years of relevant design and live-ops experience

• You have at least 2+ years of management experience

• You have set up and iterated on a game economy to support expanded feature sets and live ops events

• You see economical dynamics as a natural part of the User Experience. You assess and understand these dynamics and use this knowledge to improve various KPIs

• You love data (SQL skills are a plus, but not required!)

• You dream of spreadsheets and are able to use them in very versatile ways (eg. as balancing tools, monitoring tools, LiveOps tools and much more)

• You are an excellent communicator (in English). You can visualize and present ideas in a clear and comprehensive way using a variety of tools

• You are a great employee who can work efficiently and manage your time

• You are constantly trying to improve your skills and are willing to accept and provide constructive criticism

• We need you to be an excellent team player, who fits into our multinational and über-friendly team of highly-motivated professionals

Why do we enjoy working here?

• Competitive compensation + quarterly bonus scheme!

• Generous relocation package and home search support if you are not already located in Berlin

• Significant education budget and extra days off for self-development

• Meet-ups, talks, brown bag lunches, internal trainings, workshops and many others

• German language classes for you and your significant other

• Equipment