Game Designer Playables

1 Month ago • 2 Years + • Game Design • 2D Art

Job Summary

Job Description

Playrix's Playable team seeks a Game Designer to craft new game mechanics and manage the entire development lifecycle of playable ads. This role involves designing mechanics, overseeing production (collaborating closely with artists and programmers), analyzing released playables and competitor offerings. The successful candidate will directly impact revenue and attract millions of new players by creating entire games, unlike contributing to a larger project. Responsibilities include conceptualizing playable ad mechanics, providing feedback during key development phases, and analyzing playables and market trends.
Must have:
  • 2+ years game design experience
  • Feature system design expertise
  • New mechanic creation skills
  • Mobile gaming market understanding
  • Production management experience
Good to have:
  • Full game creative production understanding
  • Game creative market knowledge
Perks:
  • Flexible work schedule (work from anywhere except Russia and Belarus)
  • Health insurance (employee and children)
  • Psychologist reimbursement
  • Paid vacation and sick leave
  • Gym memberships and fitness app reimbursements
  • Paid conferences and courses
  • Language course discounts
  • Company events and merch

Job Details

Game Designer Playables

About the company

Playrix is ​​one of the most successful mobile game development companies 
in the world. In terms of mobile application revenue, we rank first in Europe 
and are in the top 3 worldwide. Our games have been installed 2.3 billion times (that's a third of the world's population!) and more than 30 million people around the world play them every day.

Team, about the role

Our Playable team is changing the rules of the game! We create playables with exciting gameplay. We're constantly trying something new, are not limited in resources, and are ready to make big spends. In 2024, our playables brought over 50 million players to our. Every US resident has seen our creatives 20+ times—that's more than the advertising campaigns of popular movie franchises.

We invest heavily in the development of playables and are looking for a Game Designer who will be responsible for creating new game mechanics and the full cycle of our playable ads development. 

On this team, your contribution will be truly tangible—instead of working on a small part of a large project, you'll create new games and directly influence the income of a global hit and attract millions of new players.



Tasks

  • Working out the mechanics for new playable ads, for example,

  • Production control: providing feedback at key stages of development, including close interaction with artists and programmers

  • Analyzing released playables and our competitors' market

Requirements

  • 2+ years of experience as a game designer 

  • Experience in feature system design and the creation of new mechanics

  • Understanding of the trends in the mobile gaming market

  • Experience in managing the production of new features or games

  • Portfolio of released games or marketing creatives

Preferred

  • Understanding of the full cycle of game creative production, from idea creation to final renderings and voice acting

  • Understanding of the game creative market

Our Perks

Flexibility at work

  • For most positions we offer a flexible schedule, and employees can work from anywhere in the world (except for the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus). You can do your work however and wherever you like — we only evaluate your results.

Caring for health and well-being
  • We provide voluntary health insurance for employees and their children, and reimburse online sessions with a psychologist.
  • We offer fully paid vacation days and sick leave. In certain circumstances, you can request additional days off.
  • We support leading a healthy lifestyle and reimburse the cost of gym memberships and fitness app subscriptions.
Professional development and education
  • We pay for participation in specialized conferences and courses and hold our own internal conferences.
  • We offer discounts on English language courses and courses for the languages of the countries in which the company operates.
Events and merch
  • We regularly hold offline events like team meetings, big corporate parties, and informal office parties.
  • We also regularly organize fun competitions, quizzes, hackathons, and online fitness challenges.
  • We have a merch store with an internal currency you can use to buy unique gifts. We give out this currency as a gift for significant dates, and you can earn more by participating in events and company activities.

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