Economic Designer

2 Hours ago • All levels • Game Design

About the job

Job Description

As an Economic Designer, you'll plan, design, and optimize economic and commercial systems for casual party games. This includes designing in-game generation and consumption rules, managing data configuration, and collaborating with game design, programming, and art teams. Responsibilities involve analyzing product data, user feedback, and competitor trends to improve the gaming experience. Experience in monetization, game balancing, social features, reward structures, and viral aspects is crucial. The role requires strong mathematical and analytical skills, and excellent communication is essential.
Must have:
  • Experience with online/multiplayer games
  • Monetization & game balancing expertise
  • Strong mathematical and analytical skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Data analysis and optimization abilities
Good to have:
  • Experience with large DAU casual games
  • Experience with skin-selling business models

Company Description

About Ubisoft & Shanghai Studio:

Ubisoft is a leading creator, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and services, with a rich portfolio of world-renowned brands, including Assassin’s Creed, Just Dance, Tom Clancy’s video game series, Rayman, Far Cry and Watch Dogs. The teams throughout Ubisoft’s worldwide network of studios and business offices are committed to delivering original and memorable gaming experiences across all popular platforms, including consoles, mobile phones, tablets and PCs. For the 2016-17 fiscal year Ubisoft generated sales of €1,460 million. 

Created in 1996, Ubisoft Shanghai studio, is a vibrant and exciting place where our 600+ talents get opportunities to either co-develop great AAA blockbuster games, create cutting-edge online games or produce fun mobile games.

To learn more, please visit: www.ubisoftgroup.com

Job Description

About the Role 

As an Economic Designer, you will be responsible for designing and balancing features, systems, and game content that will encourage the player to invest in a game to enhance his experience. You will work closely with designers, producers, engineers, and artists during the production, launch and live operations of games. 
作为经济数值策划,你将负责设计和平衡功能、系统和游戏内容,鼓励玩家付费以提升游戏体验。 你将与其他策划、制作人、程序、美术密切合作,为游戏的研发,上线,运营服务。 

What you will do 

 

  • Responsible for the planning, design, and optimization of economic and commercial systems. 
  • Design rules and numerical systems related to in-game generation and consumption, as well as experience adjustments and optimizations 
  • Responsible for data-related configuration, ensuring accuracy and effectiveness. 
  • Collaborate with other teams, including game design, programming, art, to ensure the implementation of designs on time and with high quality. 
  • Analyze product data, user feedback, and competitor trends to continuously optimize and enhance the gaming experience. 
  • 负责经济和商业系统的规划、设计与优化。 

  • 设计与游戏内生成和消耗相关的规则和数值系统,并进行体验调整与优化。 

  • 负责与数据相关的配置,确保准确性和有效性。 

  • 与其他团队(包括游戏设计、编程、艺术等)协作,确保按时高质量地实施设计。 

  • 分析游戏数据、玩家反馈和市场趋势,持续优化和提升游戏体验。 

Qualifications

What you will bring  

  • Strong knowledge and experience with online/multi-player/social games or free to play games. 

  • Solid experience with monetization, game balancing, social features, reward structure, viral aspects 

  • High level of mathematical literacy combined with business acumen, and have a solid foundation in statistics. 

  • Communicate clearly and efficiently, analytical thinking, problem solving mind-set 

  • Experience in large DAU casual game is preferred

  • Communication in Chinese is a must 

  • 对在线/多人/社交游戏的经济数值系统有一定见解 

  • 拥有扎实的货币化、游戏平衡、社交功能、奖励结构和营销传播方面的经验 

  • 具备高数学素养兼产品商业思维,有良好的统计学基础 

  • 能够清晰且高效地沟通,有分析思维和高效解决问题的能力 

  • 有以皮肤售卖为主要商业模式的大DAU休闲游戏品类经验者优先 

Additional Information

Why Ubisoft Shanghai?

Be a part of the most exciting and innovating video game company in China. Come to work in Shanghai, an amazing city renowned as “Paris of the East”.

Together with a team of multi-national professionals equipped with the cutting-edge technologies, you can be assured of an experience that is both aspirational and fulfilling.

By working in Shanghai studio, you will also be offered with an array of career development opportunities, an abundant training resources, and moreover, a stimulating and creative work environment.

If you’re looking for this kind of job opportunity, you’ll find it here at Ubisoft Shanghai.

Join us for an exciting adventure and make great games!

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About The Company

Ubisoft’s 21,000 team members, working across more than 30 countries around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences.


Their commitment and talent have brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come. 


Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves. 


If you are excited about solving game changing challenges, cutting edge technologies and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join our journey and help us Create the unknown.

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