Senior Game Designer, Idle Genre

Zeptolab is looking for an experienced Game Designer to join our Barcelona team!

We have a set of small teams that are working on fresh and unique f2p games. We are looking for a Senior Designer experienced in leading a small cross-functional team through all the stages of the development to the global release, to turn the game into a worldwide hit!

We have a flat structure, and we give our teams as much autonomy and responsibility as possible, as we believe this is the best way to get the best results.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a small development team working on a new project through prototyping, soft-launch and global release;
• Generate new ideas and concepts that fit today's market;
• Work closely with the Product Manager of your team on building the roadmap and proposing new features to improve specific metrics;
• Turn those features into documentation and tasks for developers and artists;
• Look into data together with Analyst and Product Manager to see what can be improved;
• Provide feedback to other game designers on their projects, and seek feedback for your project;
• Keep up to date on the state of the mobile industry, trends and inspirational games.

What we are looking for:

• Minimum 5+ years of experience as a Game Designer in mobile gaming;
• Broad understanding of f2p game mechanics and balancing game economies;
• Deep understanding of f2p idle mechanics and experience working on idle genre;
• At least one mobile f2p game successfully released;
• Team management experience of leading a small development team;
• Ability to come up with a fresh idea and lead it through prototyping, marketing tests, soft-launch, to make it a global hit;
• Ability to work in distributed teams;
• Communication skills in English, both written and verbal.

As a plus:

• Experience working with Unity;
• Basic knowledge of Adobe Photoshop.

Why join us:

• We do something magical and unique – we create great games – and we do it well;
• We operate in a challenging and rapidly growing mobile gaming industry;
• ZeptoTeam - is a cohesive team of enthusiastic professionals - so your input will be heard, and your role in the project will be weighty;
• Diversity and inclusion are important to us. ZeptoLab is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or disability.