Lead Game Designer - Monopoly GO!
Job Summary
Job Description
Scopely seeks a Lead Game Designer for its Monopoly GO! team. Responsibilities include deeply understanding player needs to guide design decisions, translating high-level ideas into well-structured designs, developing creative features, staying updated on industry trends, ensuring clear communication via UI/game elements, collaborating with UX/UI artists, writing game specs, iterating based on feedback, optimizing features using post-launch data, maintaining consistent user flow, and working closely with art and product leads. The ideal candidate possesses lead game design experience in F2P mobile games (casual game experience is a plus), a proven track record of impactful live game features, strong collaboration and communication skills, and experience with A/B testing and data-driven improvements.
Must have:
- Lead game design experience in F2P mobile games
- Experience launching games from ideation to success
- Strong collaboration, communication skills
- Experience with A/B testing and data-driven improvements
Good to have:
- Experience in casual games
- Experience designing Core, Meta, and Social systems
Perks:
- Healthcare benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Pet insurance
- Paid holidays
- Paid Scopely free days
- Unlimited paid time-off
- Equity
- Bonus
3 skills required
Job Details
Description
Scopely is looking for a Lead Game Designer to join our Monopoly GO! game team in our Culver City studio hub, or remotely within the US!
At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play, every day - whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues, or through our deep connections with our communities of players. We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing and innovating the mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.
Monopoly GO! is our casual game and a key franchise that has become Scopely’s largest game, enjoyed by millions of players. The team is based in Europe and the US, and works every day to create captivating new experiences for our players.
What you will do
- Deeply understand players' needs to guide design decisions
- Turn high-level ideas into well-structured designs, develop creative features and extract key learnings
- Stay updated on industry trends to improve designs
- Ensure clear communication with the player through UI and game elements. Collaborate with UX & UI artists
- Write concise, effective, game specs with enough detail for the team
- Iterate based on player and team feedback for improvement. Optimize features using post-launch user data
- Maintain consistent user flow across gameplay features
- Work closely with art and product leads on a unified visual style
What We're Looking For
- Lead game design experience in F2P mobile games
- Experience in casual games is a big bonus
- Experience in launching games from ideation to success
- Proven track record of impactful live game features
- Thrives in a dynamic, cross-discipline team environment
- Strong collaboration, communication, and feedback skills
- Skilled in designing Core, Meta, and Social systems
- Experience with A/B testing and data-driven improvements
- Self-motivated, adaptable, and agile mindset
For candidates in CA, CO, MD, NJ, NY and WA, the annual salary range is $130,900 - $193,000 plus equity, bonus and benefits including healthcare benefits, retirement benefits, pet insurance, paid holidays, paid Scopely free days, and unlimited paid time-off. Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
At Scopely, we create games for everyone - and want to ensure that the people behind our games reflect that! We are committed to creating a diverse, supportive work environment where everyone is treated with respect. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and welcome individuals from all backgrounds to join us & embrace the adventure!
Employment at Scopely is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications. Scopely does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
This role will have access to sensitive and/or confidential employee or customer personally identifiable information (PII) and/or Company financial information, and therefore will be subject to background checks upon receiving a conditional offer of employment.
About Us
Scopely is a global interactive entertainment and mobile-first video game company, home to many top, award-winning experiences such as "MONOPOLY GO!," “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “Stumble Guys,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” and “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” among others.
Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer™ experience across multiple platforms--from mobile, web, PC and beyond.
Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami that supports one of the most diversified portfolios in the games industry.
Recognized multiple times as one of Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies,” Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years.
Scopely has global operations in more than a dozen markets across Asia, EMEA, and North America, and is home to many internal game development teams, referred to as Scopely Studios, with additional game studio partners across four continents.
Scopely was acquired by Savvy Games Group in July 2023 for $4.9 billion, and is now an independent subsidiary of Savvy.
For more information on Scopely, visit: scopely.com.
Notice to candidates: Scopely, Inc and its affiliates will never request payment or ask for financial information as a condition for applying to a position or receiving an offer of employment.All official Scopely, Inc. recruiters only use email domains that end with @scopely.com.
Our official website is www.scopely.com. Please only apply to positions posted on our official website and ensure the recruiter only communicates via the official email domain.
Should you have any questions or encounter any fraudulent requests/emails/websites, please immediately contact recruiting@scopely.com.
Notice to candidates: Scopely, Inc and its affiliates will never request payment or ask for financial information as a condition for applying to a position or receiving an offer of employment.All official Scopely, Inc. recruiters only use email domains that end with @scopely.com.
Our official website is www.scopely.com. Please only apply to positions posted on our official website and ensure the recruiter only communicates via the official email domain.
Should you have any questions or encounter any fraudulent requests/emails/websites, please immediately contact recruiting@scopely.com.
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