Game Designer

• Job Title - Game Designer

• Reports Into - Senior Game Designer

• Location - Hybrid / Leamington Spa

A Little Bit About Kwalee…

Kwalee is a games publisher and developer based in Leamington Spa, UK, which boasts more than 1 billion installs on mobile platforms with games such as Teacher Simulator, Draw it, Bake It, Shootout 3D, Rocket Sky! and Line Up: Draw the Criminal. The company also publishes a growing catalogue of PC and console titles including Eternal Hope, Tens, Scathe, and Wildmender along with the upcoming titles ROBOBEAT, The Precinct and The Spirit of the Samurai.

Founded by games industry icon and Codemasters co-founder David Darling CBE, who is joined by a fast-growing team of global gaming experts with studios in the UK, India, Portugal and China and remote team members all over the world, Kwalee is on the lookout for high-quality games to publish on all platforms and encourages developers to get in touch.

Outside of its games, Kwalee is also highly active in the industry, as an ambassador of not-for-profit organisation Women in Games and a regular supporter of the charity SpecialEffect.

What’s In It For You?

• Hybrid working - 3 days in the office, 2 days remote/ WFH is the norm
• Flexible working hours - we trust you to choose how and when you work best
• Profit sharing scheme - we win, you win
• Private medical cover - delivered through BUPA
• Life Assurance - for long term peace of mind
• On site gym - take care of yourself
• Relocation support - available
• Quarterly Team Building days - we’ve done Paintballing, Go Karting & even Ninja Warrior
• Creative Wednesdays - come together to play games, share the latest trends and celebrate the success of teammates

Are You Up To The Challenge?

As a Game Designer you have a talent to create fun, exciting game experiences for our players. You’ll have an impressive track record of designing successful casual hypercasual or hybridcasual games .

Your Team Mates

Your team is a diverse and creative group of designers from all around the world. Some are based in one of our offices, while others are working remotely. Instead of just being small cogs in a big machine, designers are given a large degree of freedom and responsibility over every game we make.

What Does The Job Actually Involve?

• Working as part of the design team, taking responsibility for multiple mobile game projects, from an initial pitch all the way to global launch.
• Keeping track of market trends and coming up with game ideas that will be well received by the ever-changing hybridcasual gaming audience.
• Designing compelling game mechanics using modern mobile design principles.
• Creating, balancing and tuning game mechanics, game difficulty and UI flow.
• Creating levels and additional content using Unity, for new and existing games.
• Evolving and adapting game designs based on play testing, feedback and live metrics.
• Driving long term player engagement by understanding mobile players needs and motivations.

Your Hard Skills

• A minimum of 2 years experience in a game design role with at least one published relevant game
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work creatively in a demanding team environment.
• Absolute passion for playing and making video games, especially mobile games.
• Strong creative ideas and imagination, able to entertain players with challenges, humour, surprises and fun.
• Positive attitude, self driven, able to work alone or as part of a team.
• Knowledge of mobile free-to-play game monetisation and advertising techniques.

Your Soft Skills

Kwalee has grown fast in recent years but we’re very much a family of colleagues. We welcome people of all ages, races, colours, beliefs, sexual orientations, genders and circumstances, and all we ask is that you collaborate, work hard, ask questions and have fun with your team and colleagues.

We don’t like egos or arrogance and we love playing games and celebrating success together. If that sounds like you, then please apply.

A Little More About Kwalee

Founded in 2011 by David Darling CBE, a key architect of the UK games industry who previously co-founded and led Codemasters, our team also includes legends such as Andrew Graham (creator of Micro Machines series) and Jason Falcus (programmer of classics including NBA Jam) alongside a growing and diverse team of global gaming experts.

Everyone contributes creatively to Kwalee’s success, with all employees eligible to pitch their own game ideas on Creative Wednesdays, and we’re proud to have built our success on this inclusive principle.

We have an amazing team of experts collaborating daily between our studios in Leamington Spa, Lisbon, Bangalore and Beijing, or on a remote basis from Turkey, Brazil, Cyprus, the Philippines and many more places around the world. We’ve recently acquired our first external studio, TicTales, which is based in France.

We have a truly global team making games for a global audience, and it’s paying off: - Kwalee has been voted the Best Large Studio and Best Leadership Team at the TIGA Awards (Independent Game Developers’ Association) and our games have been downloaded in every country on earth - including Antarctica!