Live Ops Game Designer

As a Live Ops Game Designer at Miniclip Netherlands, you will be part of the Product Team, working across the game portfolio to set up and boost Live Ops initiatives. The goal is to increase player engagement and monetization. Key responsibilities include designing new in-game experiences, configuring them in tools, iterating based on analytics, and integrating them seamlessly with game economies. You will collaborate cross-discipline to create high-impact content updates for existing live titles and articulate your designs to stakeholders.

Must Have

• Design new Live Ops experiences (e.g., in-game thematic player packs, missions, challenges) for engagement, retention, and monetization.
• Configure designed Live Ops experiences in tools, leveraging learnings across games.
• Iterate current Live Ops based on analytics data to improve results.
• Integrate new Live Ops initiatives seamlessly with core game economy, design, and progression.
• Collaborate across Product, Dev, Monetisation, and Live Ops teams.
• Participate as a key member of the Live Ops team for live titles, owning and creating high-impact content updates.
• Present and articulate designs across the team and with stakeholders.
• 3+ years experience of Live Ops and Event design on mobile, preferably on sports titles.
• Strong knowledge of the mobile game space and current game design techniques.
• Experience across the product life-cycle, from prototyping to live free-to-play game updates.
• Understanding of and experience with reviewing game analytics for design decisions.
• True passion for video games, knowledge of latest titles and industry trends, especially online components and Live Ops.
• Drive, initiative, and proactivity with effective self-management and an organised approach.

Good to Have

• High interest in sports, football in particular

What will you be doing at Miniclip?

As a in Miniclip Netherlands you will be part of the Product Team and work across our game portfolio to set up and boost different Live Ops initiatives with an aim to increase player engagement and monetisation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design new Live Ops experiences (e.g. in-game thematic player packs, missions, challenges,…) that deliver strong player engagement, retention and monetization, collaborating cross discipline to meet the desired goals.
• Configure the designed Live Ops experiences in the tools, leveraging learnings between the different games
• Iterate current Live Ops based on analytics data to push the results to the next level.
• Integrate the new Live Ops initiatives seamlessly with the core elements of each game economy, design and progression.
• Collaborate across Product, Dev, Monetisation and Live Ops teams to push the limits of the development of continuous Live Ops in a smart and efficient way, building and expanding on new ideas and smart usage of older content.
• Participate as a key member of the Live Ops team for our live titles, owning and creating high-impact content updates for our existing portfolio of games.
• Present and articulate your designs across the team and with stakeholders, upholding the design vision, limitations and rationale in a clear manner.

What are we looking for?

• 3+ years experience of Live Ops and Event design on mobile, preferably on sports titles.
• Strong knowledge of the mobile game space, with exceptional understanding of current game design techniques to deliver excellent engagement, retention, and monetisation.
• Experience across the product life-cycle, from prototyping, through production, to updating a live free-to-play game.
• Understanding of, and experience with reviewing game analytics, developing insights based on data to make better informed design decisions.
• True passion for video games, knowledge of latest titles and current trends in the industry, especially regarding online components and Live Ops
• Drive, initiative and proactivity with the ability to self-manage effectively with a highly organised approach.
• Preferable high interest in sports, football in particular