Game Designer (Spades)

3 Months ago • All levels • Game Design

Job Summary

Job Description

ZiMAD seeks an experienced Game Designer to contribute to their Spades game. Responsibilities include developing game features, improving balance and mechanics, implementing monetization strategies, testing features, collaborating with designers and developers, creating design documents, conducting A/B tests, analyzing game data, and monitoring competitor apps. The ideal candidate possesses experience with released board/card/casino games on the App Store or Google Play, understands free-to-play monetization, and is proficient in game metrics (DAU, ARPPU, Retention). Intermediate+ English is required.

Must have:

Experience with released board/card games
Free-to-play monetization knowledge
Game metric understanding (DAU, ARPPU)
Develop game features and improve balance
Support feature implementation & testing

Perks:

Remote work
Flexible schedule
Bonuses based on KPIs
Paid conferences & training
Voluntary health insurance
Mental health support
Charity project participation

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Job Details

Are you passionate about your work and want to pursue your dreams?

Join the ZiMAD team, and let’s collaborate to create exceptional games together!

ZiMAD is a US mobile game publisher and developer that has been at the forefront of the gaming industry since 2009. We are a dynamic multinational team, speaking 15 languages and living in 63 cities across 17 countries. With an impressive portfolio of world-class free-to-play projects, including titles like Magic Jigsaw Puzzles, Puzzle Villa, Art of Puzzles, Dominoes, and many others, we constantly push boundaries and believe that games can be more than just entertainment.

We’ve forged partnerships with internationally renowned IPs (like Disney, Nickelodeon, LIFE, Sony Pictures etc.) and strive to develop games that sharpen mental well-being and deliver remarkable user experiences.

We are currently looking for an experienced Game Designer to reinforce our team.

Responsibilities:

Develop game features and improve balance, game mechanics, and monetization
Support the implementation of the features, participate in regular team meetings, and communicate with designers and developers
Test and verify the implemented game features
Clearly formulate your ideas in the form of concepts and design documents
Develop a/b tests to verify the hypotheses
Permanently perform game analytics and analyze the results of the new mechanics
Monitor competitor apps and search for potentially worthy features in games of different genres

Requirements:

Experience working on board/card/casino games that have been released on the App Store or Google Play
Experience working with free-to-play monetization
Knowing and understanding game metrics (DAU, ARPPU, Retention, etc.)
Ability to work with analytical data
Intermediate+ level of English

We offer:

Opportunity to work for ZiMAD, a US company with a diverse portfolio of global free-to-play (F2P) projects with a multi-million monthly user base
Involvement in the entire product development cycle
Career growth prospects within an international company
Remote work opportunities
Flexible working schedule
Bonuses based on the achievement of KPIs and financial results of projects
Paid conferences, training (including language courses), and workshops
Opportunity to choose voluntary health insurance (VHI) programs and receive compensation for their associated costs
Opportunity to have sessions with psychologists to improve your mental health and well-being
Participation in charity projects