Lead Game Designer
Job Summary
Job Description
Belka Games, a leading mobile game developer, is seeking a Lead Game Designer for their successful Match-3 game, Clockmaker. The role involves leading a team of designers, maintaining the game's vision, and owning the quality of new content and features. Responsibilities include contributing to strategic planning, analyzing player behavior, developing game economy and monetization, calculating balance, and improving design team processes. The ideal candidate will have over 2 years of experience as a Lead Game Designer, proven success in casual or Match-3 games, a strong understanding of the F2P market, and experience with game documentation and analytics tools.
Must have:
- Lead and inspire game designers
- Ensure game vision for new content
- Own feature quality
- Contribute to strategic planning
- Analyze player behavior
- Develop game economy and monetization
- Calculate balance and gameplay statistics
- Develop design team processes
- 2+ years as Lead Game Designer
- Experience in Match-3 or casual games
- Understanding of F2P market
- Track record of commercial projects
- Experience creating game documentation
- Passion for mobile games
- Ability to set goals and deliver results
- Extensive mobile game playing experience
- Familiarity with analytics tools
- Experience with prototyping tools
- Upper-intermediate English (B2) or higher
Perks:
- Remote/hybrid options
- Official employment in Georgia or B2B contract from select countries
- English lessons with an instructor
- Reimbursement for professional conferences
- Partial reimbursement for education
- Flexibility to switch positions/roles/projects
- Teamwork and valuing expertise
- Data-driven decision-making
- Official employment
- Health insurance
- Partial reimbursement for gym membership
5 skills required
Job Details
We are Belka Games—a leading mobile game developer ranked among Europe's top-grossing studios, according to data.ai. With over 110 million players worldwide, our titles frequently top the charts in the US and EU.
Clockmaker is a successful match-3 project with a history spanning more than 10 years. We're looking for a Lead Game Designer who will champion and expand the growth of one of our flagship games with massive potential!
What you'll be doing:
- Lead and inspire a team of game designers
- Ensure the overall game vision is maintained when developing new content, features, and gameplay mechanics
- Own the quality of features: from concept and ToR to measurable results
- Contribute to the product's strategic planning (KPI, Roadmap)
- Analyze player behavior (with the analytics team)
- Work closely with the producer, art department, development team, and other project specialists
- Develop the game's internal economy and monetization systems
- Calculate balance and analyze gameplay statistics
- Develop processes within the game design team: planning, reviews, and growth
What we need from you:
- 2+ years of experience as a Lead Game Designer
- Proven experience working on Match-3 or other casual game projects
- A strong understanding of the F2P gaming market and current industry trends
- A track record of successfully launched commercial projects
- Hands-on experience creating game documentation: concept docs, GDDs, and ToRs
- A genuine passion for developing mobile games
- Ability to set clear goals and stay focused on delivering results
- Extensive experience playing mobile games
- Familiarity with analytics tools and a solid grasp of product metrics
- Experience with prototyping tools (Figma, Miro, Sketch)
- Upper-intermediate English (B2) or higher
What you'll like about us:
- Remote/hybrid options: choose official employment in Georgia or work via a B2B contract from select countries
- Professional growth: we offer English lessons with an instructor, pay for trips to professional conferences, and partially reimburse employees for education
- Flexibility: sometimes you just want to try something new. We get it, so we'll support you if you decide you want to switch to a new position, role, or project
- Teamwork: we value the expertise of every member of our team, so we really listen to each other
- Data-driven decision-making: all our product-related decisions are ultimately based on metrics, not subjective feelings
- Plus all the standard stuff: official employment, health insurance, and partial reimbursement for your gym membership
The recruitment process will consist of three phases: an interview with our Recruiter, a test task, and a technical interview with our Game Producer.
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About The Company
Belka Games is a developer of casual mobile games with headquarters in Limassol, Cyprus. Belka Games was founded in 2017 and has offices in Belarus, Cyprus, and Lithuania. The company's portfolio includes titles like Clockmaker, Bermuda Adventures, and Solitaire Cruise, as well as other casual games. Belka Games focuses on developing engaging experiences for players, providing support, and updating their game lineup to ensure a wide range of options for its audience.
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