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Smoking Gun Interactive, a Keywords Studio, is an industry-leading game development studio founded in 2007 by award-winning industry veterans. SGI is fearless in creating IP and boldly partners with renowned brands to develop a wide range of world-class, immersive titles and interactive experiences that resonate with strategy gamers worldwide and entertain millions of casual players every day.

We offer competitive salaries, great benefits, and a creative and driven work environment with our passionate team of talented professionals on high quality projects.

Job Purpose:

As a Senior Game Designer with Smoking Gun Interactive (SGI), you’re a talented, passionate individual with at least 5 years of industry experience in game design. You have hands-on experience designing systems and balancing gameplay mechanics. A strong literacy in game design and the ability to clearly and concisely communicate ideas in both written and verbal forms is key. You can work independently with little supervision and collaborate with other disciplines to deliver a high quality product.

Requirements

In this role, you will:

  • Collaborate with a Lead Designer and Creative Director to deliver on the creative vision for the project;

  • Help evangelize and communicate the design vision to the team;

  • Build strong creative game designs that are original and imaginative;

  • Work independently to develop, build, tune and document gameplay mechanics to final quality while adhering to the design vision of the product;

  • Track and analyze game data, and create reports with suggested design changes based on gameplay data;

  • Adjust game mechanics designs and tune to balance gameplay mechanics based on gameplay analytics;

  • Collaborate with art and programming disciplines to achieve project goals;

  • Maintain a high proficiency in workflows and pipelines, collaborating to improve tools and methodologies;

  • Maintain a high level of quality in all aspects of their work;

  • Take initiative in creative problem-solving and collaborating as needed to facilitate effective resolutions;

  • Helping liaise between the design team and QA.

To be successful in this role, you must have:

  • 5 to 7 years experience as a game designer;

  • Shipped at least 3 titles as a game designer;

  • Experience tuning of complex gameplay system;

  • Experience with game analytics and running a live product;

  • Experience with freemium game mechanics and monetization strategies;

  • Demonstrable expertise in game mechanics design and tuning;

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to communicate ideas clearly;

  • Ability to accept and provide direction, work well under pressure, and handle multiple tasks;

  • Self-driven, take initiative and work independently without supervision;

  • Experience in understanding the market and target audience for mobile, online & console games;

  • Works well under pressure and able to meet deadlines;

  • Willingness to push the envelope and innovate within game parameters;

  • Display a positive attitude, and passionate about gaming and striving to improve the quality of games.

It would also be helpful if you had:

  • Direct experience creating, and tuning strategy titles;

  • Multi-platform development experience (ideally, with various mobile platforms);

  • A bachelor’s degree.

Benefits

  • Hybrid working

  • Training & Development

  • 10 days vacation leave

  • 5 paid days personal leave

  • 7 paid sick days

  • Life Insurance & Accidental Death & Dismemberment

  • Dependent Life Insurance

  • Long Term Disability (LTD)

  • Extended Healthcare Benefit

  • Dental Care