Lead Game Designer
Job Summary
Job Description
Lead Game Designer responsible for the entire game design process, from concept to live operations. Lead the design team, drive feature development, and ensure high-quality game design aligned with player needs and business goals. Create and maintain detailed design documents, including game mechanics, progression systems, and monetization strategies. Collaborate with other teams to ensure the game is visually appealing, runs smoothly, and meets technical requirements. Daily monitoring, reporting on issues, user testing, and staying updated on industry trends are crucial. Experience in Web3 technology is essential.
Must have:
- 5+ years Meta/Systems Design experience in mobile games
- Lead design teams & own feature delivery
- Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
- Data-driven mindset
- Excellent communication & Web3 experience
Perks:
- 100% remote work
- Unlimited holidays & sick days
- Impactful work on a promising game
- Comfortable schedule & stable workload
- Professional development support
- Competitive salary & equity options
6 skills required
Job Details
We are looking for a talented and highly driven Lead Game Designer to join our team and take full ownership of the game design process, from ideation to live operations. You will be responsible for leading the design team, driving feature development, and ensuring that all aspects of the game are of the highest quality. You’ll work closely with the Product Lead and development team to make sure our games are engaging, polished, and aligned with player needs and business goals. You will also be responsible for ensuring that our games are designed with Web3 technology in mind, and that they take full advantage of the capabilities that this technology offers.
All the responsibilities we'll trust you with:
- You’ll own the design vision for the game, especially around core gameplay, progression, and meta systems
- You’ll lead the creation and implementation of features from concept to live, ensuring top-tier quality throughout
- You’ll be responsible to create design features from concept and guide the development team during implementation
- You’ll create and maintain detailed design documents, including game mechanics, progression systems, economy models and monetization strategies.
- You’ll lead daily design stand-ups, oversee your team’s workload, and maintain clear task tracking and progress visibility in JIRA.
- You’ll work with the development team to ensure that the game is designed with Web3 technology in mind, and that it takes full advantage of the capabilities that this technology offers.
- You’ll collaborate with artists, programmers, and other team members to ensure that the game is visually appealing, runs smoothly, and meets technical requirements.
- You’ll play and monitor the game daily, reporting and following up on any issues that impact the player experience, and will participate in user testing and feedback sessions to refine the game design and ensure that it is engaging and fun.
- You’ll stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices, and use this knowledge to inform your design decisions.
What you'll bring to the team:
- At least 5 years of experience in Meta/Systems Design, with a track record of delivering successful mobile games.
- Experience leading or mentoring other designers and owning feature delivery end to end.
- Strong attention to detail, with the ability to ensure that all aspects of the game design are polished and engaging.
- Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify issues and develop effective solutions. Self starter and proactive approach.
- Ability to perform outstanding competitor benchmarks, extracting key takeaways and applying them efficiently to our game.
- Ability to break down complex designs into small, easily measurable changes. Having a data-driven mindset is critical to the success of this role.
- Excellent English to communicate with our international team.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate design concepts to team members and stakeholders.
- A passion for gaming and a desire to push the boundaries of what's possible in mobile game design.
- Experience, knowledge or strong interest about the Web3 space.
Why you'll love working with us:
- We’re 100% remote, work wherever you want forever!
- We offer unlimited holidays and sick days. Take as much time off as you need, to spend time with your family and friends or just because you feel like playing games all day. We trust our team and want to offer a modern work life balance that allows you to thrive both at work and in your personal life.
- You’ll be able to make an impact, to work closely with the rest of the team and its leads to work on one of the most promising upcoming games in the mobile gaming industry and the Web3 space.
- You’ll have a comfortable work schedule and stable workload. With a variety of tasks that will allow your constant professional development.
- We want our team to grow personally and professionally and support learning opportunities, especially with a focus around new AI tools and methods.
- We have a culture that puts our people first. We believe in open communication, creativity and the value of unique contributions from everyone in the team.
- We offer a competitive salary in addition to equity option plans.
About Gameplay Galaxy
Gameplay Galaxy is the team behind Trial Xtreme, one of the world’s leading bike racing mobile games with over 300 million downloads!
Building on that incredible success, and supported by $24 million in funding, we’re excited to work on our new game, Trial Xtreme Freedom. With this project, we aim to transform the gaming landscape through innovative blockchain technology and engaging, immersive gameplay.
We’re a fully remote and diverse team of around 55 talented individuals based in more than 20 different countries, bringing together unique perspectives that drive our innovation.
Curious about our game? Take a sneak peek by checking out and learn all about our vision !
Building on that incredible success, and supported by $24 million in funding, we’re excited to work on our new game, Trial Xtreme Freedom. With this project, we aim to transform the gaming landscape through innovative blockchain technology and engaging, immersive gameplay.
We’re a fully remote and diverse team of around 55 talented individuals based in more than 20 different countries, bringing together unique perspectives that drive our innovation.
Curious about our game? Take a sneak peek by checking out and learn all about our vision !
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About The Company
We are building the first Web3 competitive games decentralised ecosystem. Gameplay Galaxy is the team behind Trial Xtreme, one of the world’s leading bike racing mobile games, with more than 250,000,000 downloads! We’re now ready to take it to the next level following the natural gaming evolution and embracing concepts from Web3, Esport and the fast-growing world of UGC with our new game Trial Xtreme Freedom! We are optimizing our games and ecosystem with new innovative gaming concepts, capabilities and ground breaking technologies to create and build massive gaming projects that will become the natural space for our players, competitive gamers and guilds of players, supported by the biggest brands and sport names from all over the world.
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