Principal Feature Designer - Unannounced Project
Job Summary
Job Description
Scopely seeks a Principal Feature Designer for an unannounced cross-platform Strategy/MMO title. Responsibilities include owning and driving technical, creative, and strategic vision; leading new initiatives from concept to completion; crafting engaging player experiences; optimizing features based on data insights; and partnering with cross-functional teams to meet KPIs. The ideal candidate possesses 8+ years of experience in feature design or product management within the mobile gaming industry, a passion for game design, and a data-driven approach to creative problem-solving. This role involves shaping game structures for long-term player engagement and contributing to roadmap prioritization.
Must have:
- 8+ years Feature Design/Product Management experience
- Mobile game experience (pre & post-launch)
- Expertise in designing game features, systems, and economies
- Data-informed creative design
- Stakeholder management
- Understanding of progression systems and reward structures
Good to have:
- Monetization experience on live games
- System-driven player-owned narrative background
- Prototyping experience
- Knowledge of event-driven live operations
- Mentoring experience
- F2P strategy game player
5 skills required
Job Details
Description
Scopely is looking for a Principal Feature Designer to join our unannounced project in Barcelona on a hybrid basis 3 days a week from the hub or remotely in any of our locations in the UK, Portugal and Ireland.
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.
We are in the early stages of development on an ambitious, unannounced, cross-platform Strategy/MMO title, creating a team of talented and passionate game makers to join us on this exciting journey!
What You Will Do
Have expertise in owning and driving the technical, creative, and strategic visions for best-in-class mobile free-to-play games. As a Feature Owner, your responsibility is to lead new initiatives, shaping an engaging and rewarding player experience from concept through to completion. You will thrive on crafting and optimizing features that delight millions of players by improving qualitative and quantitative insights and experiences.
This includes:
- Be a driving force for smart feature design and slick innovation
- Be responsible for the successful delivery of features on a world-renowned title
- Partner with Product Management, Production, and creative teams to develop designs and optimizations that achieve KPI targets
- Craft game structures that support 5+ year player lifecycles
- Contribute to the prioritization of feature and optimization roadmaps, working closely with Game Leadership
What We’re Looking For
- A deep passion for games and for making games
- 8+ years of experience as a Feature Designer or Product Manager
- Experience working on games in pre and post-launch development environments
- A positive, confident, open-minded, and inspirational attitude
- Extremely proactive mentality and a solution-oriented mindset
- Solid understanding of progression Systems and reward structures
- Experience in Stakeholder Management
- Demonstrated expertise in designing game features, systems, and economies toward product outcomes in a data-informed creative environment
- A comprehensive understanding of the mobile games marketplace paired with an unwavering obsession for tracking new trends and evolving your design philosophy
- Incredible energy and the ambition to build the next blockbuster mass-market game
- Outstanding organizational agility - the ability to partner with a variety of specialists and personalities to work towards your goals
Bonus Points
- Monetisation Experience on Live Games
- Understanding of system-driven player-owned narrative
- Background in Design, Tech, or Art
- Prototyping experience and proficiency in mocking up systems/user flows
- Strong knowledge of event-driven live operations in live games
- Experience in mentoring
- An avid player of F2P strategy games
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!
About Us
Scopely is a global interactive entertainment and mobile-first video game company, home to many top, award-winning experiences such as "MONOPOLY GO!," “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “Stumble Guys,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” and “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” among others.
Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer™ experience across multiple platforms--from mobile, web, PC and beyond.
Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami that supports one of the most diversified portfolios in the games industry.
Recognized multiple times as one of Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies,” Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years.
Scopely has global operations in more than a dozen markets across Asia, EMEA, and North America, and is home to many internal game development teams, referred to as Scopely Studios, with additional game studio partners across four continents.
Scopely was acquired by Savvy Games Group in July 2023 for $4.9 billion, and is now an independent subsidiary of Savvy.
For more information on Scopely, visit: 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.
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.
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