Hutch is a dynamic games studio based in Central London. Founded on a wealth of traditional game development experience, blending a bunch of people who are talented and passionate about making the best free to play games. Our goal is to create the best racing games for mobile. We believe small, focused and empowered teams build the best games and we work hard to maintain an open, transparent and self-determined culture. Founded in 2011, we have released 8 games including Smash Cops, MMX Racing, Hot Wheels:Race Off and MMX Hill Climb with over 300 million players across the world.

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Hutch is seeking a Senior Game Designer for their London team, focusing on an existing project. This role involves designing levels, game features, mechanics, and balancing gameplay for a live game. You will collaborate with various teams including design, art, programming, QA, and analytics, manage external contractors, and iterate on features using data insights. Strong experience in mobile game design and familiarity with Match-3 games are essential.

<h2 class="text-2xl md:text-3xl font-bold mt-10 mb-4 border-b pb-2 text-gray-800">Description</h2><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">We’re Hutch, a mobile games developer & publisher with studios in central London, Dundee and Canada. Our mission is to build the most diverse and engaged automotive gaming community on mobile. Our games have been played by over 300 million people, with new titles in development.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">We believe in putting our people first. Here you can make games without sacrificing quality time with family and friends. We strive to ensure our people are happy and healthy. Our teams are small and empowered, they have the independence to take on creative and technical challenges together, to work collaboratively, to make great games and have fun along the way.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">We believe in; Looking after our people, small empowered teams, complete transparency, test, learn repeat, community at the core and the freedom to focus on what truly makes a difference to our players.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">We’re driven by our players! Come and Join the mission!</p><h3 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-bold mt-8 mb-3 text-gray-800">Senior Game Designer</h3><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">Hutch is looking for a Senior Game Designer to join the team in London, working on an existing Hutch project. Reporting directly to the Creative Director, you will be responsible for designing levels, game features and mechanics, and gameplay balancing for one of our live games.</p><h3 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-bold mt-8 mb-3 text-gray-800">Responsibilities</h3><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Collaborate and drive overall game design and feature development</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Collaborate with the design team to create new and intuitive Match-3 levels</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Work with the broader game team of artists, programmers, quality assurance and analysts</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Look through gameplay data to help address user experience issues</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Work with and manage external contractors to support development</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Evolve and iterate on existing features or systems leveraging data insight</li></ul><h2 class="text-2xl md:text-3xl font-bold mt-10 mb-4 border-b pb-2 text-gray-800">Requirements</h2><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Strong experience with game design in the mobile games industry</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Strong design mentality and intuition for game mechanics and systems</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Familiarity with Match-3 mobile games, casual puzzle games and their mechanics (F2P)</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Ability to work independently and efficiently as part of a small, fast-moving team</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Excellent communication and collaboration</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Experience with Unity</li></ul><h3 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-bold mt-8 mb-3 text-gray-800">Bonus Points</h3><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Experience working on Match-3 projects</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Game Economy balancing and management</li><li class="leading-relaxed">An understanding of Lean development</li></ul><h2 class="text-2xl md:text-3xl font-bold mt-10 mb-4 border-b pb-2 text-gray-800">Benefits</h2><h3 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-bold mt-8 mb-3 text-gray-800">Life at Hutch</h3><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">Our HQ is in the heart of Shoreditch in central London. We have additional offices in Dundee and Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. We're an agile, creative team with people at the core of our values. We reward our employees with;</p><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Hutch is now a 4-Day Work Week company*</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Flexible working hours</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Remote working 2 days per week</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Excellent salary</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Private health care</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Enhanced Maternity (18 weeks) and Paternity leave (6 weeks)</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Access to mental health initiatives such as private mental health coaching</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Support to learn, develop and progress within Hutch</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Free snacks and drinks</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Social events, game launch parties, Thursday night drinks and much more</li></ul><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">*This will mean that Hutch employees will work a maximum of 4 days per week (30 hours/week) Mon-Thurs, with zero reductions in pay (compared to a 5 day working week).</p><h3 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-bold mt-8 mb-3 text-gray-800">Our Values</h3><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed"><strong>Transparent</strong> - Being transparent and open helps us to be trusted and fosters integrity.</li><li class="leading-relaxed"><strong>Humble</strong> - When we are humble we show humility, we let go of egos and we are self-aware.</li><li class="leading-relaxed"><strong>Collaborative</strong> - We value teamwork, the spirit of collaboration and the results of working together.</li><li class="leading-relaxed"><strong>Driven</strong> - We have drive and ambition and always push for the best results rather than settling.</li><li class="leading-relaxed"><strong>Adaptable</strong> - Demonstrating the ability to adapt ultimately helps us grow and helps us thrive in different situations</li></ul><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">We value diversity and as an equal opportunity employer we encourage applications from all suitable applicants. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">Please see Hutch <a href="https://www.hutch.io/privacy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 hover:underline transition-colors duration-200">Privacy Policy</a> for details on how Hutch uses your personal data.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">Come and find out more about Hutch. We make racing games, but it’s not the only thing that drives us - <a href="https://www.hutch.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 hover:underline transition-colors duration-200">https://www.hutch.io/</a></p>

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