Senior Economy Designer - Cup Heroes

1 Month ago • 4 Years + • Game Design • Game Economy

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Economy Designer at Voodoo, you'll be instrumental in shaping the in-game economy for Cup Heroes, a promising mobile game. Responsibilities include defining and implementing the game's economy, encompassing soft and hard currencies, upgrade systems, reward loops, and monetization. You will design A/B testing strategies to optimize economic systems and collaborate with game designers for balanced meta systems. You'll establish best practices for economy design, tracking, and balancing, working with product and data teams. This role requires a strong understanding of F2P mobile game economies and a creative approach to blending economic insight with creative thinking.
Must have:
  • 4+ years experience as game economist or systems designer
  • Deep understanding of F2P mobile game economies
  • Data literacy and A/B testing experience
  • Creative mindset and systems thinking
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills

Job Details

Founded in 2013, Voodoo is a tech company that creates mobile games and apps with a mission to entertain the world. Gathering 800 employees, 7 billion downloads, and over 200 million active users, Voodoo is the #3 mobile publisher worldwide in terms of downloads after Google and Meta. Our portfolio includes chart-topping games like Mob Control and Block Jam, alongside popular apps such as BeReal and Wizz.

Team

You will be an integral part of a newly established internal studio, a dynamic and focused team dedicated to elevating some of the most promising game concepts emerging from our innovative prototyping teams. This studio is specifically chartered to take high-potential prototypes and evolve them into successful, market-ready titles.

In this exciting role, your focus will be on Cup Heroes, a game that has already demonstrated significant promise and captured our attention with its compelling core mechanics and engaging gameplay. This is a unique chance to join a project with established momentum while still having a significant impact on its future direction within a dedicated and agile studio environment.

Role

    • Define and implement a smart, engaging in-game economy for Cup Heroes, from soft and hard currencies to upgrade systems, reward loops, and monetization flow.
    • Design A/B testing strategies to optimize economic systems and difficulty pacing across the player journey.
    • Collaborate with game designers to create balanced meta systems that support long-term progression and retention.
    • Set best practices for economy design, tracking, and balancing, working closely with the product and data teams to ensure every system is measurable, responsive, and scalable.
    • Actively contribute to the game’s overall direction by blending economic insight with creative thinking.

Profile

    • 4+ years of experience as a game economist or systems designer, with meaningful contributions to at least two successful, live mobile games.
    • Deep understanding of F2P mobile game economies, monetization design, and progression balancing, preferably in midcore or RPG titles.
    • Data-literate and comfortable building hypotheses, running experiments, and iterating based on insights.
    • Creative mindset with a strong sense for systems thinking and player motivations.
    • Comfortable working in fast-paced environments, able to manage multiple systems and adapt quickly to feedback or shifting priorities.
    • Strong collaboration and communication skills, and fluent in English (written and spoken).
    • Self-motivated and accountable, you take full ownership of your systems and see them through from idea to execution.
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