Economic Designer

4 Months ago • All levels • Game Design

Job Summary

Job Description

As an Economic Designer at Ubisoft Shanghai, you'll design and balance in-game economic systems to encourage player investment. Responsibilities include planning, designing, and optimizing economic and commercial systems; designing rules and numerical systems for in-game resource generation and consumption; managing data configuration; collaborating with game design, programming, and art teams; and analyzing product data and user feedback to enhance the gaming experience. This role focuses on a casual party game and requires strong knowledge of online/multiplayer/free-to-play game economics and monetization strategies.
Must have:
  • Strong knowledge of online/multiplayer game economics
  • Experience with monetization and game balancing
  • High mathematical literacy and business acumen
  • Excellent communication and analytical skills
  • Experience with casual games preferred

Job Details

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

About Ubisoft & Shanghai Studio:

Ubisoft is a leading creator, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and services, with a rich portfolio of world-renowned brands, including Assassin’s Creed, Just Dance, Tom Clancy’s video game series, Rayman, Far Cry and Watch Dogs. The teams throughout Ubisoft’s worldwide network of studios and business offices are committed to delivering original and memorable gaming experiences across all popular platforms, including consoles, mobile phones, tablets and PCs. For the 2016-17 fiscal year Ubisoft generated sales of €1,460 million. 

Created in 1996, Ubisoft Shanghai studio, is a vibrant and exciting place where our 600+ talents get opportunities to either co-develop great AAA blockbuster games, create cutting-edge online games or produce fun mobile games.

To learn more, please visit: www.ubisoftgroup.com

JOB DESCRIPTION

About the Role 

As an Economic Designer, you will be responsible for designing and balancing features, systems, and game content that will encourage the player to invest in a game to enhance his experience. You will work closely with designers, producers, engineers, and artists during the production, launch and live operations of games. 
作为经济数值策划,你将负责设计和平衡功能、系统和游戏内容,鼓励玩家付费以提升游戏体验。 你将与其他策划、制作人、程序、美术密切合作,为游戏的研发,上线,运营服务。 

What you will do 

 

  • Responsible for the planning, design, and optimization of economic and commercial systems. 
  • Design rules and numerical systems related to in-game generation and consumption, as well as experience adjustments and optimizations 
  • Responsible for data-related configuration, ensuring accuracy and effectiveness. 
  • Collaborate with other teams, including game design, programming, art, to ensure the implementation of designs on time and with high quality. 
  • Analyze product data, user feedback, and competitor trends to continuously optimize and enhance the gaming experience. 
  • 负责经济和商业系统的规划、设计与优化。 

  • 设计与游戏内生成和消耗相关的规则和数值系统,并进行体验调整与优化。 

  • 负责与数据相关的配置,确保准确性和有效性。 

  • 与其他团队(包括游戏设计、编程、艺术等)协作,确保按时高质量地实施设计。 

  • 分析游戏数据、玩家反馈和市场趋势,持续优化和提升游戏体验。 

QUALIFICATIONS

What you will bring  

  • Strong knowledge and experience with online/multi-player/social games or free to play games. 

  • Solid experience with monetization, game balancing, social features, reward structure, viral aspects 

  • High level of mathematical literacy combined with business acumen, and have a solid foundation in statistics. 

  • Communicate clearly and efficiently, analytical thinking, problem solving mind-set 

  • Experience in large DAU casual game is preferred

  • Communication in Chinese is a must 

  • 对在线/多人/社交游戏的经济数值系统有一定见解 

  • 拥有扎实的货币化、游戏平衡、社交功能、奖励结构和营销传播方面的经验 

  • 具备高数学素养兼产品商业思维,有良好的统计学基础 

  • 能够清晰且高效地沟通,有分析思维和高效解决问题的能力 

  • 有以皮肤售卖为主要商业模式的大DAU休闲游戏品类经验者优先 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Why Ubisoft Shanghai?

Be a part of the most exciting and innovating video game company in China. Come to work in Shanghai, an amazing city renowned as “Paris of the East”.

Together with a team of multi-national professionals equipped with the cutting-edge technologies, you can be assured of an experience that is both aspirational and fulfilling.

By working in Shanghai studio, you will also be offered with an array of career development opportunities, an abundant training resources, and moreover, a stimulating and creative work environment.

If you’re looking for this kind of job opportunity, you’ll find it here at Ubisoft Shanghai.

Join us for an exciting adventure and make great games!

Similar Jobs

Milestone - Inside Channel Manager

Milestone

North Brabant, Netherlands (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Assystems - Bridge Design Engineer

Assystems

Dhaka, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh (On-Site)
7 Months ago
Netomi - Technical Customer Success Manager

Netomi

Canada (Remote)
1 Month ago
Playtika - Manual QA Engineer

Playtika

Ukraine (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Mozilla - Senior Business Development Lead

Mozilla

Canada (Remote)
1 Week ago
Gunzilla - Lead Technical Designer

Gunzilla

Kyiv, Kyiv City, Ukraine (On-Site)
2 Months ago
5minlab - [5minlab] [딩컴 투게더] 레벨디자이너

5minlab

Seoul, South Korea (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Probably Monsters - Principal Player Combat & Gameplay Designer

Probably Monsters

Washington, United States (On-Site)
6 Months ago
Niantic - Producer, New Geolocation-Based Mobile Game

Niantic

Tokyo, Japan (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Paradox Interactive - Senior Game Designer, Hearts of Iron

Paradox Interactive

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden (On-Site)
2 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Similar Skill Jobs

Vimeo - Account Executive I

Vimeo

New York, New York, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
London stock Exchange - Post Trade Solutions Operations, Senior Associate

London stock Exchange

Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines (On-Site)
2 Weeks ago
2K - Senior Gameplay Animation Engineer

2K

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada (Hybrid)
1 Week ago
Illuminia - Senior Oncology Sales Specialist

Illuminia

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (On-Site)
5 Days ago
Zscaler - Financial Representative, Expense Reimbursement

Zscaler

Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab, India (Hybrid)
1 Week ago
Luxoft - Senior Software Support Engineer

Luxoft

(Remote)
6 Months ago
GoMotive - Computer Vision Engineer

GoMotive

Pakistan (Remote)
2 Months ago
matchgroup - Analyst, Security and Intelligence

matchgroup

Los Angeles, California, United States (Hybrid)
2 Weeks ago
bytedance - Tech Lead, Software Engineer, Distributed Storage System

bytedance

Seattle, Washington, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
outer dawn - Senior Game Designer

outer dawn

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand (On-Site)
1 Week ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Jobs in Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Haleon - EC and Emerging Channel Director

Haleon

Shanghai, China (On-Site)
1 Week ago
Riot Games - Manager, Software Engineering

Riot Games

Shanghai, China (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Philips - Software Test Engineer

Philips

Shenyang, Liaoning, China (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Tencent - Senior 2D Character Concept Artist - Global AAA Action Game

Tencent

Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China (On-Site)
3 Months ago
sony global (Games) - Senior HR Specialist

sony global (Games)

Beijing, China (On-Site)
1 Week ago
Paper games - NOVA Training Camp - Character Illustration - Love and Deepspace

Paper games

Shanghai, China (On-Site)
5 Days ago
Moloco - Growth Manager

Moloco

Beijing, China (On-Site)
2 Weeks ago
Paper Stacking games - HRIS

Paper Stacking games

Shanghai, China (On-Site)
3 Weeks ago
Paper games - NOVA Training Camp: Scene Original Painting - Infinite Warmth

Paper games

Shanghai, China (On-Site)
1 Week ago
MIQ Digital - Sales Manager/Director

MIQ Digital

Beijing, China (On-Site)
1 Week ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Game Design Jobs

Playtech - Game Presenter with Polish Language Skills

Playtech

(On-Site)
4 Months ago
Smilegate - Sandbox Test Engineer (Contract)

Smilegate

Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Gearbox Software - Senior Gameplay Programmer

Gearbox Software

Frisco, Texas, United States (On-Site)
6 Months ago
GoReel - JavaScript Developer (PixiJS)

GoReel

Masovian Voivodeship, Poland (Remote)
1 Month ago
Rocksteady Studios - Game Director

Rocksteady Studios

(Hybrid)
3 Months ago
Handy games - Level Designer

Handy games

Giebelstadt, Bavaria, Germany (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Ubisoft - Economic Designer

Ubisoft

Shanghai, Shanghai, China (On_site)
4 Months ago
Wargaming - Senior Game Designer (World of Tanks)

Wargaming

Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
Airlab Inc  - Game Designer (Mobile)

Airlab Inc

Quebec, Canada (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Meta4 Interactive - Senior Technical Game Designer

Meta4 Interactive

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Remote)
9 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

About The Company

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Hybrid)

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Hybrid)

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

Pune, Maharashtra, India (Hybrid)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Hybrid)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Hybrid)

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Hybrid)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Hybrid)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Hybrid)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Hybrid)

View All Jobs

Get notified when new jobs are added by Ubisoft

Level Up Your Career in Game Development!

Transform Your Passion into Profession with Our Comprehensive Courses for Aspiring Game Developers.

Job Common Plug