We are looking for a Junior Game Designer to join the Space Ape team. This is a rare opportunity to join a talented studio and team of designers. The successful candidate will get to work hands-on with one of our live games: Transformers, and will have close mentorship and support while growing in the role.
As a member of the design guild you will also get the chance to participate in wider design discussions across our entire portfolio of projects.
It’s an incredibly exciting time here at Space Ape Games with games in all stages of the development cycle. If you’d like to work in an environment that values growth and autonomy then please check out the skills and requirements below and get in touch. We look forward to hearing from you!
Skills & responsibilities:
- You regularly play, and are passionate about, mobile games
- You are able to break down and discuss part of a game’s design
- You are comfortable working in a game editor and being hands-on
- You’re able to clearly present and communicate your work
- You’re interested in game balancing and are familiar with spreadsheets as a game design tool
Requirements
- A portfolio that demonstrates your design experience. In particular, we are looking to see examples of work that show how you have tackled previous design challenges
- You’ve worked as part of a game team, perhaps on a game jam, university project or work placement, and are able to talk about your experience
- You’re able to tell us about your inspirations and how they influence your work
Why Space Ape is right for you
- Be a part of one of several small empowered teams who inspire and challenge one another in the pursuit of our mission
- Autonomy to make your own impact with the support to help it happen
- Designated ‘Ape Space’ creative time where you are free to work on game concepts and ideas away from your day to day
- The freedom to further your skill set the way you want with a generous training budget
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- An award winning studio that for the last 5 years in a row was crowned one of the best companies to work for in the UK by gamesindustry.biz.
- Help run and create games which bring joy to millions of players all over the world
- 4.7/5.0 Glassdoor rating - Check out our reviews
- Entered a long-term strategic partnership with Supercell in 2017
About Space Ape
At Space Ape we pride ourselves on our passion and the trust we place in our people. We look for driven, productive, team players who are relentless in their pursuit of our mission. There’s no bureaucracy here, we just get things done. Space Ape’s mission is to make the highest quality and most successful mobile games in the world. Founded in 2012 we’ve since launched five games: Samurai Siege, Rival Kingdoms, Transformers: Earth Wars Fastlane: Road to Revenge and Beatstar. To date our games have been installed by over 100 million people and generated over $250m revenue. We are part of the Supercell family, giving access to some of the most talented game makers on the planet.
Our studio is currently 110 strong and built around the belief that small empowered teams make the best games. This philosophy enables us to innovate, move faster and have the creative ownership required to make the greatest games on mobile.
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