Game Designer (Mobile)

3 Months ago • 5 Years + • Game Design

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Game Designer, you will work directly on the mobile team writing and product owning feature designs. You will collaborate with designers, producers, programmers, and artists, leading the creation of features to engage users and meet KPI goals. Responsibilities include designing features, analyzing data, and mentoring other designers. You will be expected to have a depth of knowledge across existing systems and determine experience goals. You must be resourceful, solve problems, and collaborate with all team disciplines to guide a project from initial design to final production. You will become an expert on the game and our community. Finally, you will help establish best practices and lead by example.
Must have:
  • 5+ years of game design experience
  • 2+ years of live service game experience
  • Understanding of live service games
  • Excellent creative and organization skills
  • Ability to write detailed design documentation
  • Understanding of UI/UX
  • Ability to create designer wireframes & mocks
  • Experience with designing for Engagement, Retention, or Monetization goals
  • Technical proficiency
Good to have:
  • Shipped a AAA HD title
  • Knowledge or passion for football or basketball
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Expertise with MS suite, Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Miro, Visio, JIRA, and Confluence

Job Details

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen. Game Designer (Mobile) Please note: this role requires on-site (hybrid) work from our Orlando studio. Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen. EA SPORTS is one of the leading sports entertainment brands in the world, with top-selling videogame franchises, award-winning interactive technology, fan programs, and cross-platform digital experiences. EA SPORTS creates connected experiences that ignite the emotion of sport through industry-leading sports video games, including Madden NFL football, FC Soccer, NHL® hockey, and EA SPORTS UFC. As a Game Designer, you will work directly on the mobile team responsible for writing and product owning feature designs for upcoming releases. Reporting to the Design Director, the Game Designer will be responsible for shepherding large features across all aspects of our games live service elements; from Ultimate Team to full game modes. Responsibilities: * Oversee design vision and implementation, collaborating directly with designers, producers, programmers, artists, and other cross-functional members of game development teams. * Lead the creation of features and programs to engage users and meet KPI goals. * Develop the vision and lead a set of features or a large subsection of the game or of the live service. * Work with PMs on qualitative and quantitative metrics to help support and guide feature direction. * Use the combination of data insights, user research and design intuition to design features that grow the live services of our games * Support the creative vision as set by the Creative Director and Product Managers * Mentor and educate content designers on upcoming features and how they impact content creation. * Establish a depth of knowledge across existing systems, being able to oversee the entire suite of live service features and train/support junior members of the team on them. * Determine experience goals for designs, and tune features to meet those goals. * Be an active member of the development team using inclusive collaborative frameworks with diverse teams to decide on goals and establish the stories players want to tell within a given release * Be resourceful and solve problems using the tools and time/scope available to create unique and fun experiences for players. * Collaborate with all team disciplines, including artists, testers, economy, engineers and producers to get support from the team and guide a project from initial design to final production. * Become an expert on the game and our community, drawing from our large, varied player base and our past games to make and defend intelligent design choices going forward. * Have an eye for establishing and improving processes to make life easier for the Design team. * Help establish best practices for the team and lead by example. Qualifications * At least 5 years of game design experience on a video game development team, or the ability to demonstrate equivalent knowledge * At least 2 years of real experience in an active live service game. * Demonstrated understanding of Live Service games as an interconnected web of systems that make up the entire player experience - including the ability to predict how changes in one system will affect the entire experience * Excellent creative, analytical and organization skills * Demonstrated ability to write and relentlessly maintain detailed design documentation. * In-depth understanding of UI/UX and its relationship to system design * Ability to create designer wireframes & mocks to effectively communicate your designs * Experience with designing features to target Engagement, Retention or Monetization goals * Technical proficiency when directly implementing design content either via scripting or database languages. * Open-minded and collaborative thinking while remaining energetic and motivated to overcome challenges with practical solutions. * Champion a design and get the team excited to work on it. * Sense of ownership and responsibility combined with experience prioritizing multiple tasks. * Effective at working both autonomously and in groups of different profiles. * Knowledge of and enthusiasm for gaming: playing, deconstructing and creating. * Experience with sports games as a designer or a passionate player. Desirable Skills * Shipped a AAA HD title. * Knowledge or passion for football or basketball * Bachelor's Degree or equivalent. * Expertise with MS suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Miro, Visio, JIRA, and online collaboration suites such as Confluence.

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