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WHAT IMPACT CAN A LEAD GAME DESIGNER HAVE AT ESG?

East Side Games is looking for a dynamic, multi-talented Lead Game Designer to join our team. You (yes, you!) are the brain behind the story, & are passionate about creating hit mobile idle games that are played daily by millions of people. You love to take responsibility and share credit and have a well-developed understanding of what makes a successful social & mobile game. You are able to guide a project through from concept to launch, and understand that the real work begins when the game goes live! You understand how to design a game for Live Ops so that it can remain profitable for years. You are excellent at balancing the creative and analytical aspects of game design and have an equal understanding of the business needs of the project and the needs of the audience.

You understand your own strengths and weaknesses and know how to build a team that compliments your skillset. You are able to get the most out of people and work with leads and other team members to hit deadlines, learn from experiments, and constantly improve the game’s metrics and the players’ experience.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

  • Adapt an existing, successful idle game design to a high profile, mass audience IP.
  • Design flexibly for a Live Ops environment: test and measure results.
  • Support the producer in executing the product vision.
  • Work with the IP holder to realize the best-branded experience for the fans.
  • Identify and prioritize project risks and facilitate and guide appropriate solutions (rapid prototyping, analytics, paper design, etc).
  • Communicate the present and future design to the team, keeping everyone on the same page as things change throughout Live Ops (manage a living design doc).
  • Support, mentor, and inspire intermediate and junior game designers.
  • Develop a robust and flexible Live Ops plan and prove it out in soft launch to meet business goals.
  • Research competitors’ products and player experience and metrics of our games.
  • Constantly improve knowledge and practices around social mobile games in the studio.

WHAT YOU NEED

  • Excellent interpersonal, communication, and documentation skills.
  • A passion for making free to play idle games.
  • Deep knowledge of social mobile game design and business trends in a Live Ops environment.
  • Extensive experience and knowledge in the mobile game industry, including a very solid understanding of the leaders in the space and what makes them tick.
  • The ability to lead both by example and through effective delegation and team building.
  • An ability to connect the Big Picture to the details, especially across disciplines and when connecting systems with content.
  • The ability to guide and manage writers and connect the narrative to gameplay efficiently.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO WORK AT ESG?

We are East Side Games – a pillar in beautiful Vancouver’s gaming community. Our mission is to create games that are easy to pick up, hard to put down, and don’t suck! We put players at the heart of our evolution, independence, and profitability. With their help, we’ve defined the narrative, idle gaming space with huge IPs that reach the lives of millions globally… And we’re just getting started!

Culture rules here, and that’s what makes us unique. We put people at the core of what we do. We believe that you can steer the ship of your career, and we anchor through support, trust, and connection. Tackle your challenges, share your learnings, then share a drink with the studio in our weekly Cheers Friday Announcements. Have we piqued your curiosity? Then check out our amazing Culture and Benefits! We note that our culture is not a monolith, and is ever-changing based on the folks holding space at East Side Games.

WE’RE BUILT ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

East Side Games are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We welcome and encourage people of all backgrounds to apply, and will utilize the strengths you bring to foster your growth and the studio’s growth.

If this sounds like everything you hoped for and more, and you’re enthused to build genre-defining narrative idle games, click the “Apply Here” button below. If now is not the right time for you but you know someone who would be a great match for us at East Side Games, check out our referral bonus here! Let’s build great games together.