Lead Game Designer - Monopoly GO!
Job Summary
Job Description
Scopely seeks a Lead Game Designer for their Monopoly GO! title. This hybrid/remote role (Ireland, Israel, Spain, Portugal, or UK) involves deeply analyzing player data and feedback to inform design choices. Responsibilities include developing innovative features, translating high-level concepts into detailed plans, creating game design documentation, collaborating with art, UX, and product teams, and staying updated on market trends. The ideal candidate will design engaging player interactions, enhance social connectivity, develop friendship systems, foster community growth, and balance competition and collaboration within the game, iterating based on player feedback and data. The role focuses on a social aspect of game design within a casual game environment.
Must have:
- Deep player data analysis
- Innovative feature development
- Game design documentation
- Collaboration with cross-functional teams
- Market trend awareness
- Social game design experience
Good to have:
- Casual social game experience
- Social casino game background
- Level design experience
4 skills required
Job Details
Description
Scopely is looking for a Lead Game “Social” Designer to serve on and elevate our new game Monopoly Go! This is a hybrid/remote role open to candidates in either Ireland, Israel, Spain, Portugal or the UK on a hybrid/remote basis!
At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play, every day - whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues, or through our deep connections with our communities of players. We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing and innovating the mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.
Monopoly GO! is our new casual game and a key franchise that has just become one of Scopely’s largest games enjoyed by millions of players. The team is based in Europe and the US, and works every day to create captivating new experiences for our players.
What You'll Do
- Deeply analyze and understand player data and feedback to advise design choices
- Maintain a Product Owner attitude, ensuring all designs align with player needs, franchise strategy, and business objectives
- Utilize your creative skills to develop innovative features and generate valuable insights
- Translate high-level concepts into detailed and actionable game design plans
- Build comprehensive game design documentation including feature specifications, user flows, and prototypes
- Continuously update working feature specs to maintain clarity and precision, ensuring they are accessible to the entire development team
- Stay abreast of market trends and processes to improve our game design and introduce fresh ideas
- Work closely with Art, UX and Product teams to maintain a cohesive visual style and identity across game features
- Partner with UI artists to craft clear, engaging, and visually appealing user interfaces
- Collaborate with artists, technical artists, and engineers to refine and optimize the design implementation process
What We're Looking For
- Design engaging player interactions: Develop systems and mechanics that foster meaningful connections between players within the game
- Enhance social connectivity: Create innovative features that encourage players to connect and interact, such as chat, gifting, or collaborative tasks
- Develop a friendship system: Conceptualize and implement systems that build and reward in-game friendships, promoting ongoing engagement and social bonding
- Foster community growth: Build mechanics and features that encourage the formation of vibrant in-game communities, enhancing the social experience for all players
- Encourage cooperative gameplay: Design multiplayer and co-op features that enable players to work together and share memorable experiences
- Support retention through social engagement: Drive player retention by integrating social dynamics that inspire players to return and interact regularly
- Balance competition and collaboration: Create game elements that allow for friendly competition while strengthening bonds through cooperative interactions
- Iterate to greatness: Analyze player behavior to refine social systems and improve community-building features based on feedback and data insights
Bonus Points
- Experience drafting casual social games with deep customization and meta progression systems
- Background in social casino games
- Level design experience
About us
At Scopely, we create games for everyone - and want to ensure that the people behind our games reflect that! We are committed to creating a diverse, supportive work environment where everyone is treated with respect. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and welcome individuals from all backgrounds to join us & embrace the adventure!
For more information on Scopely, visit: scopely.com.
Notice to candidates: Scopely, Inc and its affiliates will never request payment or ask for financial information as a condition for applying to a position or receiving an offer of employment.All official Scopely, Inc. recruiters only use email domains that end with @scopely.com.
Our official website is www.scopely.com. Please only apply to positions posted on our official website and ensure the recruiter only communicates via the official email domain.
Should you have any questions or encounter any fraudulent requests/emails/websites, please immediately contact recruiting@scopely.com.
Employment at Scopely is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications. Scopely does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law.
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