Media molecule

Senior Systems Designer - contractor until Jan 2027

Media Molecule is seeking a talented Senior Systems Designer for a contract role until January 2027. This individual will be crucial in implementing and balancing game systems while upholding the overall vision. The role requires a passion for problem-solving and collaboration within an empowered team. The position is hybrid, requiring a minimum of 2 days per week onsite at the Guildford studio. The ideal candidate will have hands-on systems design experience, strong analytical skills, and a background in AAA console game development.

<p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">We are looking for a talented Senior Systems Designer to join our creative Design team on a contract basis (inside IR35). With a passion for problem-solving, you will play a key role helping to implement our systems and balance progression whilst guarding our overall vision.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">You will be working with an empowered team who inspires and challenges one another in a respectful and safe environment to achieve maximum results. This contract will require a minimum of 2 days per week onsite in the Guildford studio.</p><h1 class="text-3xl md:text-4xl font-extrabold mt-6 mb-4 text-gray-900 tracking-tight">Your Responsibilities...</h1><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Apply your sharp systems knowledge to refine & implement robust & scalable systems, spot edge cases early and highlight potential issues or synergies with other systems</li><li class="leading-relaxed">When necessary, create accessible prototypes & clear system user flows to illustrate your ideas and help inform design documentation</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Use your insights to identify data points to validate a design’s success or failure, and the dials required to adjust accordingly</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Own the balance of your systems and how they work within the overall game progression goals, in collaboration with the principal system designer and analytics team</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Continuously play the game and contribute insights on how to improve it</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Collaborate with Mm’s design and engineering teams to navigate technical limitations and proactively identify risks, and roadblocks. Propose innovative solutions and present progress against quality, scope and game vision alignment goals</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Provide technical reference for the wider design team, evaluate features, settings and share best practices in production workflows</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Rapidly respond to and iterate on player feedback & telemetry to increase the quality of the player experience, whilst maintaining the vision of the game</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Champion a mindset of innovation and continuous improvement, proactively reviewing, improving and evolving Mm’s design tools, processes and pipelines</li></ul><h1 class="text-3xl md:text-4xl font-extrabold mt-6 mb-4 text-gray-900 tracking-tight">You will…</h1><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Have hands on systems design experience and technical knowledge, including schema creation, in-engine implementation & tuning</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Be a strong critical and analytical thinker, with an eye for detail and opportunity, especially when it comes to tweaking the system or balancing for best effect</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Have shipped or worked on at least one AAA console game, built on a custom engine</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Be a self-starter with the ability to self- motivate and thrive in an agile environment</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Have been through the User Testing process, championing it alongside data informed design</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Be a great collaborator and communicator – you thrive when talking to the team, solving problems together and sharing the output of your combined work in a playable build</li></ul><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">This is a broad role that will appeal to experienced designers who enjoy thinking about psychology, UX, progression & pacing, as well as the ability to communicate clearly with designers, producers and engineers.</p>

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