Gamification Designer

Social Discovery Group (SDG) is a global technology company that builds apps at the intersection of dating, social, and entertainment. The company's portfolio includes 70 social discovery platforms with a focus on AI, game mechanics, and video streaming. We actively support and invest in social discovery startups worldwide through our CVC fund.

More than 500 million people in 150 countries enjoy our products, and we strive to have ten times as many.

SDG invests in social discovery technology startups around the world. Our Investments include Open AI, Patreon, Flo, RAW, EVA AI, Clubhouse, Magnet, Woebot, Flure, Astry, Coursera, Academia, Harbour, Space, Auto1, DocSend, AppAnnie, Rapyd, Boom Supersonic, Trading, View, K-Health and many others.

We solve the problem of loneliness, isolation, and disconnection with the help of digital reality.

Our digital nomad team of more than 1200 professionals works all over the world. Together, we are solving the prevalent problem of loneliness and shaping Social Life 3.0 — a new digital reality where people will be able to fulfil their needs for communication and attention from other people and artificial life forms.

Our teams of digital nomads live and work remotely from Cyprus, Malta, the USA, Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, Poland, Israel, Turkey, Latvia and many others.

We are looking for a talented Gamification Designer to join one of our most rapidly growing AI products.

Your main tasks will be:

• Development of concepts for new characters and interaction scenarios for chatbots. Approval with content and design departments.
• Collaboration with the AI team and design team for integrating new ideas into the technical capabilities of the bots.
• Coordination of creative sessions with the content team for idea generation.
• Designing gamified elements in dialogues with bots considering user engagement and retention perspectives.
• Analysis of user experience and suggesting improvements.
• Control over the implementation of new mechanics. Ensuring that the implementation of mechanics aligns with the initial plans and goals.
• Testing of characters.
• Creating 'seasonal events' and thematic campaigns to maintain user interest.
• Conducting tests on the target audience to assess engagement and interest levels.
• Searching and analyzing new appealing characters and trends (oriented towards the USA). Forecasting future trends in media and AI.

We expect from you:

• 5-7 years in the gaming/animation industry or in the field of content creation for entertainment.
• Experience in creating characters for interactive products, understanding of gamification and user engagement
• Knowledge of game design principles
• Basic understanding of LiveOps

What do we offer:

• REMOTE OPPORTUNITY to work full time;
• Vacation 28 calendar days per year;
• 7 wellness days per year (time off) that can be used to deal with household issues, to lie down and recover without taking sick leave;
• Bonuses up to $5000 for recommending successful applicants for positions in the company;
• Full payment for professional training, international conferences and meetings;
• Corporate discount for English lessons;
• ​Health benefits. If you are not eligible for corporate medical insurance, the company will compensate you with up to $ 1,000 gross per year per employee, according to the paychecks. This can be spent on self-purchase of health insurance or on doctor’s fees for yourself and close relatives (spouse, children);
• ​Workplace organization. The company provides all employees with an equipped workplace and all the necessary equipment (table, armchair, wifi, etc.) in our offices or co-working locations. In the other locations, the company provides reimbursement of workplace costs up to $ 1000 gross once every 3 years, according to the paychecks. This money can be spent on the rent of the co-working room, on equipping the working place at home (desk, chair, Internet, etc.) during those 3 years;
• Internal gamified gratitude system: receive bonuses from colleagues and exchange them for time off, merch, team building activities, massage certificates, etc.

Sounds good? Join us now!