Senior Roblox Game Designer

1 Week ago • 5 Years + • Game Design • Monetization • $130,000 PA - $145,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Sawhorse Interactive seeks a Senior Roblox Game Designer to build top-tier UGC games. This freelance role (initially 6 months, with potential for extension) involves defining creative vision, designing gameplay and monetization systems (including gacha, battle passes, etc.), and streamlining workflows. You'll lead game design from concept to live ops, maximizing retention and revenue. Collaboration with art, engineering, production, and strategy teams is crucial. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of game design experience, expertise in live service games, and a deep understanding of player psychology. Leadership, mentorship, and data-driven iteration are key responsibilities.
Must have:
  • 5+ years game design experience
  • Gameplay & monetization expertise
  • Live ops mastery
  • Player behavior insight
  • Leadership & workflow development
  • Roblox platform knowledge
Good to have:
  • Roblox Tower Defense expertise
  • Gacha system specialization
  • Cross-platform development
  • Mentorship experience

Job Details

Description

Sawhorse Productions is a Los Angeles based, Award winning full-service creative studio turning ideas into unforgettable experiences through captivating branded content, viral social moments, and groundbreaking interactive experiences. We partner with industry-leading brands, artists, and studios such as Walmart, Google, NBCUniversal, Fanatics, Toyota, Pepsi and Alo to deliver industry-leading, innovative multi-platform content. At Sawhorse, we believe in fostering a culture of collaboration, creativity, and relentless excellence while shaping the future of digital storytelling.

Our releases include: [Roblox, Fortnite, Rec Room, ZEPETO]

Sawhorse Interactive is searching for a driven and experienced Senior Roblox Game Designer to help us build best-in-class UGC games and interactive experiences. This role is central to defining creative vision, creating gameplay systems, designing monetization strategies, and streamlining workflows — with the ultimate goal of producing top 100 monetizing games on platforms like Roblox.

You’ll take ownership of game design from concept through live ops, building systems that maximize retention, engagement, and revenue. You'll collaborate cross-functionally across development, art, production, and strategy, and play a critical leadership role in mentoring a growing team.

This is a freelance role to start (6 months), with potential for longer-term or full-time opportunities.

Requirements

  • Creative Vision Leadership: Define and champion game creative visions, core loops, and features to deliver compelling, rewarding, and highly monetizable player experiences.
  • Gameplay Systems Design: Build replayable gameplay systems with a focus on player engagement, mastery, live events, and progression.
  • Monetization Systems Design: Design, build, and optimize monetization systems (gacha mechanics, cosmetic-driven economies, battle passes, etc.) focused on maximizing LTV while maintaining player trust and satisfaction.
  • Live Ops Development: Architect live ops systems including timed events, regular content drops, and player-driven progression mechanics to maximize engagement and revenue over time.
  • Documentation and Planning: Translate high-level creative concepts into clear, detailed design documentation and pipelines that support scalable execution.
  • Workflow and Process Building: Create internal workflows, templates, and processes to standardize and streamline game design and live ops planning across projects.
  • Player Behavior Expertise: Apply deep understanding of player psychology to design experiences that foster retention, emotional investment, and monetization without diminishing gameplay enjoyment.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with art, engineering, production, and strategy teams to ensure cohesive, successful execution of the design vision.
  • Leadership and Mentorship: Guide and mentor a small but growing design team, with the ability to scale workflows as the department expands.
  • Analytics-Driven Iteration: Collaborate with analytics and strategy teams to tune gameplay and monetization systems based on data insights and player feedback.

Qualifications

A strong candidate for this position should have the following qualities:

  • Full-Cycle Game Design Experience: 5+ years designing games from concept through live operations, ideally in UGC, mobile, or cross-platform environments.
  • Gameplay and Monetization Expertise: Deep expertise in gameplay system design, economy design, and monetization strategy with a portfolio demonstrating successful projects.
  • Live Ops Mastery: Proven experience building, operating, and optimizing live service games that maintain and grow player bases over time.
  • Player Behavior Insight: Expertise in player segmentation, motivation frameworks, and behavioral design principles to craft sticky, satisfying player journeys.
  • Leadership and Workflow Development: Ability to define team workflows, set up scalable processes, and mentor junior or mid-level designers.
  • Top-Performing Games Experience: Prior experience working on or contributing to games that ranked among the top 100 in monetization is highly preferred.
  • Roblox Platform Knowledge: Strong working knowledge of Roblox development pipelines and monetization systems is a major plus.
  • Mobile Crossover Knowledge: Experience designing for mobile games, including gacha, progression, and live event systems is highly desirable.
  • Self-Starter Mentality: Highly proactive, organized, detail-oriented, and driven to push projects forward with minimal supervision.

Nice to Have's

  • Roblox Tower Defense Expertise: Direct experience designing, tuning, or operating tower defense games on Roblox.
  • Gacha System Specialization: Deep familiarity with designing and monetizing dress-up, collection, and cosmetic-driven economies.
  • Cross-Platform Development: Experience building UGC content that spans across Roblox, Fortnite Creative, or mobile platforms.
  • Mentorship and Team Leadership: Prior experience mentoring associate or junior designers in a scaling studio environment.

Benefits

$60 – $70 per hour (Equivalent to full time salary of $130,000 - $145,000)

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About The Company

Welcome to Sawhorse.


We're a full-service production and post house specializing in branded content and commercials, as well as scripted and non-scripted series. We’ve built a diverse team of extremely talented people, committed to creating amazing content, all while having an awesome time doing it.


We were born in the digital era, but we put our focus in keeping everything under one roof. That way, we can maximize budgets and tell stories that both brands and audiences want. 


We have a fully built-out production and post department, a roster of talented directors, producers, and crew, and a full staff of editors. In short, we can handle anything from development through delivery, be it narrative, fashion, or non-scripted content.


Services include ideation, scripting, budgeting, production services, editing, color correction, sound design, VFX, GFX, 5.1/7.1 audio mixing, mastering and full network/broadcast delivery. We cover all aspects of production, from start to finish.


Additionally, Sawhorse's development arm is actively pitching and creating new scripted and unscripted stories for both digital and traditional outlets.  


Since opening our doors in 2012 we have curated great content and have excellent working relationships with companies like Netflix, NBCUniversal, YouTube, Gillette, Pepsi, TruTV, IFC, Fullscreen, VRV, Disney, Verizon, Cadillac, Netflix, Hewlett-Packard, Marriott, Hyundai, New Form, Lionsgate, NFL, NHL, Conde Nast, TRESemme, Tostitos, Chevrolet, GQ, H&M, Starz and Anchor Bay.

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