Economic Designer

2 Months ago • All levels • Game Design

Job Summary

Job Description

As an Economic Designer, you'll design and balance in-game economic systems to encourage player investment. Responsibilities include planning, designing, and optimizing economic and commercial systems; designing rules and numerical systems for in-game generation and consumption; managing data configuration; collaborating with game design, programming, and art teams; and analyzing product data and user feedback to optimize the gaming experience. Experience with online/multiplayer/social or free-to-play games, monetization, game balancing, and social features is crucial. The role requires strong mathematical and analytical skills, clear communication, and problem-solving abilities. Experience with large DAU casual games is preferred.
Must have:
  • Strong knowledge of online/free-to-play game economics
  • Experience in monetization, game balancing, and social features
  • High mathematical literacy and business acumen
  • Excellent communication and analytical skills
Good to have:
  • Experience with large DAU casual games
  • Experience with skin-based monetization models

Job Details

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!

Similar Jobs

Axinous - Senior Manager - Indirect Tax

Axinous

Hyderabad, Telangana, India (Remote)
3 Months ago
bytedance - Research Scientist, Code Generation

bytedance

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
7 Months ago
Palo Alto Networks - Consulting Director, DFIR, Reactive Services

Palo Alto Networks

New York, United States (Remote)
2 Weeks ago
Regent craft - Propulsion Design Engineer

Regent craft

North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Playtika - UX Researcher

Playtika

Israel (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Wargaming - Senior Game Designer (World of Tanks)

Wargaming

Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
house of how - Lead Game Engineer - Sweden

house of how

Boden, Norrbotten County, Sweden (On-Site)
6 Months ago
paxie games - Sr. Game Developer

paxie games

Göztepe, İstanbul, Türkiye (On-Site)
6 Months ago
Epic Games - Gameplay Designer

Epic Games

Porto Alegre, State Of Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil (On-Site)
1 Month ago
playrix  - Feature Owner (LiveOps)

playrix

Ukraine (Remote)
7 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Similar Skill Jobs

Blinkhealth - Call Center Representative

Blinkhealth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Head Digital Works - Data Scientist

Head Digital Works

Hyderabad, Telangana, India (On-Site)
10 Months ago
cirrus logic - ESD Engineer

cirrus logic

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
6 Months ago
bytedance - Student Researcher (Doubao (Seed) - Foundation Model - Vision and Language) - 2025 Start (PhD)

bytedance

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
7 Months ago
Headout - Account Executive

Headout

Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (On-Site)
1 Week ago
Circles - Senior Software Engineer, Android

Circles

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (On-Site)
8 Months ago
Forescout - Professional Services Engineer

Forescout

Milan, Lombardy, Italy (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Canva - Senior Computer Vision Engineer - Photo AI

Canva

London, England, United Kingdom (Remote)
2 Months ago
bongfish - Senior Gameplay Programmer (m/f/d)

bongfish

Graz, Styria, Austria (On-Site)
9 Months ago
PayPal - Global & Strategic Account Manager

PayPal

New York, New York, United States (On-Site)
3 Days ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Jobs in Shanghai, Shanghai, China

NVIDIA - Senior AI Video Architecture Engineer

NVIDIA

Shanghai, Shanghai, China (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Qualcomm - Machine Learning & AI Applications Engineer

Qualcomm

Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China (On-Site)
2 Weeks ago
Electronic Arts - VFX Artist

Electronic Arts

Shanghai, China (On-Site)
2 Weeks ago
Paper games - Event Gameplay Planner - Infinity Nuan Nuan (2025 Spring Recruitment)

Paper games

Shanghai, China (On-Site)
4 Days ago
Tencent - Senior Technical Artist UE5

Tencent

Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China (On-Site)
5 Months ago
sony global (Games) - Integrated Communication PIC

sony global (Games)

Shanghai, China (On-Site)
2 Weeks ago
eBay - Commercial Underwriting Teammate

eBay

Shanghai, Shanghai, China (On-Site)
8 Months ago
Qualcomm - Compute Performance Software Test Engineer

Qualcomm

Chengdu, Sichuan, China (On-Site)
1 Week ago
Virtuos - Executive Producer

Virtuos

China (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Springer Group - Associate or Senior Editor (environmental carbon cycle)

Springer Group

Shanghai, China (Hybrid)
2 Weeks ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Game Design Jobs

GoReel - Senior Game Mathematician

GoReel

Bratislava Region, Slovakia (Remote)
2 Months ago
flying wild hog - Senior Technical Game Designer

flying wild hog

(Remote)
3 Months ago
PlayStation Global - Senior Designer (Environments)

PlayStation Global

Guildford, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
Smilegate - [D&I] 게임 접근성 테스터(장애인 채용/인턴)

Smilegate

Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea (On-Site)
5 Months ago
paxie games - Game Developer

paxie games

Göztepe, İstanbul, Türkiye (On-Site)
6 Months ago
hutch - Lead Game Designer

hutch

London, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
Peak - Game Developer

Peak

(On-Site)
10 Months ago
Niantic - Game Designer, Pokémon GO

Niantic

Tokyo, Japan (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
panteon games - Game Designer

panteon games

Ankara, Ankara, Türkiye (On-Site)
6 Months ago
Schell Games - Experienced Game Designer

Schell Games

Pennsylvania, United States (Hybrid)
2 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

About The Company

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Hybrid)

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Hybrid)

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

Pune, Maharashtra, India (Hybrid)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Hybrid)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Hybrid)

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Hybrid)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Hybrid)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Hybrid)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Hybrid)

View All Jobs

Get notified when new jobs are added by Ubisoft

Level Up Your Career in Game Development!

Transform Your Passion into Profession with Our Comprehensive Courses for Aspiring Game Developers.

Job Common Plug