This job listing expired on Dec 27, 2021
Job Description
Casual and Hyper casual gaming has seen unprecedented growth over the past years. While enforcing the expertise in our core gaming business, Gameloft doesn’t stay still, and has been moving swiftly with the trends. Gameloft Vietnam studios are trusted to develop these activities and are looking for talented Senior Game Designers to enforce and build our creation capacity.
Job holders will be part of our core team, and exert the following main responsibilities:
- Creating design documents that define the blueprint for the entire game, from the gameplay, the level design,… to the onboarding experience and the interface;
- Designing the mechanisms, the rules of the games, making sure that everything is balanced wisely;
- Collaborate with GED to ensure the game system follows the designs/level difficulty/ learning curve.
- Creating levels, missions, and other game aspects to create the best gaming experience for players, with creative, immersive, and addictive gameplay;
- Writing the game’s storyline, menu text, and narrative (if any);
- Creating wireframe.
- Following the full game development cycle to make sure the game design is fulfilled at expected quality and following the agreed planning;
- Providing proper support and guidance to other Game Designers to complete all ongoing and future prototypes/projects; organizing market updates, game reviews, initiatives to boost innovative ideas;
- Coaching, training, mentoring the assigned Game Designers to help them perform their assignments successfully, develop skills, driving them to the best commitment, work quality, and performance;
- Assisting Studio Lead Game Designer and Producers in all related-Game Design matters, within the scope of the assigned projects, or team/department; joining talent recruitment upon request.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will demonstrate the following skillset:
- 3+ years of proven experience in a Game Designer role with at least 2 shipped games (in any platform); and previous experience with a highly successful casual/hyper-casual game title is a big plus;
- Strong understanding of the market and target audience in mobile gaming;
- Solid Game Designer, with proven expertise/knowledge of game mechanics, level design, game balancing, UI/UX, successful game business models, monetization psychology and strategy, game reward systems, retention strategy;
- Creative thinking skills and good storytelling ability to make new Gameplay and address a diversity of game design matters;
- Basic programming knowledge to understand easily the scripts;
- Experience and interest in coaching others on best practices and design execution;
- Open-minded and fast learner;
- Great teamwork, strong commitment, easy to adapt to a new environment, and ability to work under pressure with a tight deadline.
- Know about some popular game engines such as Unity.
- Fluent in English.
And above all, motivation and a passion for video games!
Additional Information
Why join the Gameloft universe?
- Because you want to be part of an exceptional experience, within a company that is constantly growing!
- Because you want to work with talented people who are industry pioneers!
- Because you want to join a global company and meet great people around the world from all walks of life.
- Or, just because you’re looking for a great place to work!
What Else Can Gameloft Hanoi Offer You?
- 05 working days/ week: From Monday to Friday, applying flexible working time.
- Lunch Allowance: VND600,000/ month
- Health, Social and Unemployment Insurance (based on gross-based salary, according to Labor Code) and PTI Health Insurance
- Tet Bonus (13th-month salary) and Project bonus (twice/ year)
- Annual salary review
- Leave entitlement: 29 days (12 days annual leave, 5 paid days sick leave, 01 company leave, 11 days public holiday)
- Teambuilding activities & Company events across the year.
- Sport Clubs (Gym, Soccer, Pingpong), PS4 Game corner, Game Online Contest with attractive rewards.
- Free technical, soft skill, English and other language training courses (internal and external) for all employees.
- Opportunity to be trained and participate in at least 01 real game project with great titles such as Asphalt, Minion Rush, March of Empire, ...
- Opportunity to access international game making technology, with a huge knowledge base from Gameloft studios around the globe.
- Opportunities to work with a team of young, talented staff from countries around the world. A culture of relentless learning with free courses in specialized skills, soft skills, and English.
We can’t wait to find our next great talent!
- Please submit your CV, cover letter, or portfolio (if applicable) to the attached email.
- Please note that only selected candidates will be contacted and your CV will be saved in our files for a period of 6 months.
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