Senior Game Designer

2 weeks ago

London United Kingdom King Full time

Craft:
Games Design & Production

Job Description:

Please note this is a 12 month fixed term contract.

Are you a Game Design Maestro and a multiplayer specialist? How would you like to help shape a beloved game that impacts countless peoples' lives every day through engaging social experiences?

We are looking for a talented and creative Senior Game Designer interested in designing compelling social interactions and community features for our players. You will get the opportunity to be part of a great team, working with an industry-leading and genre-defining game with over 200 million active players

Your role within the Kingdom

As a Senior Game Designer in the Social team of Candy Crush, you will be working with varied stakeholders in a fun, dynamic, and fast-paced environment. You'll own and drive the design process to create social experiences that enhance player to player interactions and foster a vibrant community.

Key Responsibilities

  • Drive the development of new social features that encourage player interaction and enhance the community feel of the game.
  • Design and implement systems that facilitate player collaboration, competition, and communication.
  • Actively seek and analyze quantitative and qualitative data to generate insights on player social behavior and motivations.
  • Work with product managers, UX designers, data scientists, and production teams to deliver engaging, high-quality social experiences for our players.
  • Provide clear feature documentation.
  • Collaborate with data analysts and operators to fine tune balancing and maximize the impact of live social events and features.
  • Keep up with free-to-play game trends related to social features and best practices. Share learnings with the team.
  • Work collaboratively with the rest of the game design team to ensure social features integrate well with the entire game ecosystem.

Skills
  • Innovative - Ability to conceptualize, document, and develop innovative ways to make players play together and drive community building.
  • Track Record - Have a consistent record of designing high-performing features for live games, especially in f2p mobile games.
  • Analytical Thinker - Ability to analyze player interactions with the game and with other players, generate insights, and make recommendations based on player data.
  • Player focused - Strong desire to get what you are working on in front of players as quickly as possible to learn what works and what needs to be improved for a perfect experience
  • Communication and people skills - Effective communicator who can rally a multidisciplinary team behind your vision.

Bonus points
  • Previous experience in casual puzzle games
  • Experience in social networks or social gaming platforms
  • Education in social psychology or related fields


About King

At King, we're Making the World Playful. Heard of Candy Crush? We're the creators behind it. With game studios in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona and Berlin, and offices in Dublin, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, and Malta, we have a 20-year history of delivering some of the world's most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry and are on a mission to level-up the little moments for our more than 200 million active monthly users. But we aren't just crushing it with candies, we're also behind Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch, Pet Rescue and loads of other sweet games. As a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, King is part of Activision Blizzard, which was recently acquired by Microsoft.

A Great Saga Needs All Sorts of Heroes

King strives to be a place where everyone can be their most authentic self. We recognize that diversity, equity and inclusion is a vital and continuous conversation, and that change only happens when we all come together. It's our mission to build a diverse and inclusive Kingdom for our people, players, and community.

Making the World Playful

Making the World Playful is our mission - it's the thread that connects our people, our players, and our passion for our games. Let's face it, who doesn't love a bit of fun?

Kingsters are seriously playful: creative thinkers who balance art and science to bring moments of magic to millions daily. But our players aren't the only ones that can level-up. We're always looking for ways to champion each other and make what's already great, even better.

So, if this feels like a fun way to spend your days, and you share our passion, our values, and our hunger to shape the future, join us in Making the World Playful.

Applications need to be in English.
Discover King at careers.king.com

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