Game Economy Designer

4 Months ago • 2 Years + • Game Economy

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Game Economy Designer at Playtika's Amsterdam studio (Youda), you'll be responsible for designing and implementing the in-game economy for titles like Governor of Poker 3 and Monopoly Poker. This includes managing in-game currencies, pricing, rewards, and progression systems to optimize player engagement and revenue. You'll leverage data analysis to understand player behavior, adjust the game economy, and create new monetization features. Collaboration with various teams (product, marketing, UX/UI, analytics, data science, and development) is crucial. The role involves A/B testing, predictive modeling, and identifying purchase drivers to improve game performance and long-term player satisfaction.
Must have:
  • 2+ years big data analysis experience
  • Excellent Excel skills
  • Design & build free-to-play game economy
  • Analyze data and report on performance
  • Balance player experience and revenue
Good to have:
  • SQL/R knowledge
  • Experience with online/multiplayer games
  • Knowledge of mobile F2P games
Perks:
  • Hybrid work
  • Competitive salary
  • Bonus incentive
  • 26 vacation days
  • Pension plan

Job Details

Join us at Playtika (NASDAQ: PLTK), where we're driven by the belief life needs play. We’re on a mission to deliver infinite ways to play using cutting-edge technologies like AI and machine learning to craft immersive experiences that connect, inspire and entertain millions of players worldwide. 

From our start as a small mobile games company founded in Israel to our current position as a publicly traded company and industry leader, we continue to be a dominant force in interactive entertainment. With a diverse portfolio of award-winning, category-leading Casual and Social Casino-themed games, including nine of the top 100 highest-grossing mobile games in the US, we're setting the standard for excellence. 

Our success story is co-authored by a dynamic team of storytellers, strategists, creators and data scientists who thrive on innovation. We are home of the best, advancing an inclusive culture that embraces our core values and reflects our agile DNA. 

With a strong financial foundation, disciplined operations, unwavering player-focused approach and  relentless can-do spirit, we're well-positioned for sustained growth. If you're ready to join the driving force behind the evolution of interactive entertainment, we invite you to come play with us.  

Playtika is all about making fun happen! We’re a big name in interactive entertainment, bringing personalized, immersive experiences to millions of loyal players across a bunch of awesome games.

We kicked things off in 2010 and were one of the first to dive into free-to-play social games on platforms like Facebook—then we took the party to mobile. Our HQ is in Herzliya, Israel, but we’re everywhere: from Ramat-Gan to Berlin, and from Helsinki to Amsterdam.

With over 3,500 creative and passionate people on our team, our mission is simple: entertain the world and keep the good times rolling in infinite ways

We are on the hunt for a super talented Game Economy Designer to join our studio in AMSTERDAM. Better known as the Youda studio.

From our studio in Amsterdam, we supply the world with Governor of Poker 3 and Monopoly Poker to players around the world.

We make games people can’t put down. That’s our mission, plain and simple. And with a team full of creative and passionate people, we pull out all the stops to make it happen.

Our studio is in Amsterdam, right by Schiphol Airport. Easy to get to by car or public transport.

ABOUT THE JOB!

As a Game Economy Designer, you’ll be the mastermind behind in-game currencies, pricing, rewards, and progression—basically, the one making sure everything feels just right. You'll work with data, study player behavior, and adjust the game’s economy to keep players engaged and entertained while ensuring a balanced experience. If you're passionate about games, analytics, and understanding what keeps players interested, this is your opportunity to shape the economy of our games.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Fully ownership in designing and building a free-to-play game economy, for different virtual products that the game offers, define different metrics that allow you to measure and keep improving.
  • Understand how a game works and how different customers behave in it.
  • The challenges are to identify and develop the purchase drivers and challenges in the game economy context, create new segments on design, and optimize the pricing to improve the game performance.
  • Once the Feature is launched, you’re able to analyze the data collected and report which are the performing/underperforming aspects of the game economic model.
  • Recommend rewards and monetization game features to create an economic system to fulfill player needs. 
  • Create new features that improve long-term player satisfaction and provide more monetization opportunities.
  • Design the economic systems to drive players to play and enhance their game experience.
  • Manage the economy and pricing of virtual goods, balance between free content vs. paid currency in the game economy. 
  • Balance customer experience and revenue opportunity for in-game currency and virtual goods.
  • Collaborate with product owners, marketing managers, UX/UI designers, analytics teams, data scientists, and development teams. 
  • Investigate different macroeconomy models for different segments of users.
  • Build and analyze simulations and predictive models to proactively forecast the results of changes to content.
  • Plan A/B testing plans and analyze their effectiveness.

REQUIREMENTS:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or a quantitative field.
  • 2+ years of experience with big data analysis - MUST
  • Excellent excel knowledge - MUST
  • SQL\ R knowledge - big advantage.
  • Enjoy working with numbers, formulas, data analysis, and excellent skills in Excel.
  • A strong interest in gaming.
  • An interest in mobile F2P games.   
  • Knowledge and experience with online/multi-player/social games or free-to-play - advantage.

Here’s what we offer you:

  • Hybrid ways of working between home and the office
  • A competitive monthly salary
  • Lunch benefit
  • Bonus incentive
  • Monthly Phone Allowance
  • 26 vacation days
  • 6 long weekends (6 extra days off)
  • 1 day off for your birthday
  • Christmas, Birthday & Special events gifts
  • Participation in our pension plan
  • A challenging role in a diverse, international and fast-growing organization with lots of career opportunities

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.  

If you feel the above describes you perfectly - Apply now! 

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