Ubisoft’s 19,000 team members, working across more than 30 countries around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their commitment and talent have brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come. Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves. If you are excited about solving game-changing challenges, cutting edge technologies and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join our journey and help us create the unknown.
As Ubisoft’s first production studio in China, Ubisoft Shanghai opened its door in 1996 and has been at the forefront of the Chinese game industry. It has been working on major Ubisoft brands such as Splinter Cell®, Assassin’s Creed®, Might & Magic®, Just Dance®, Far Cry® and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora™.
With our mission to leverage our presence in China, bring a stronger long-term added value to the group, 600+ talents from around the world have jointly developed a world-class expertise in development of open world and wildlife in AAA games, as well as mobile games and live operations.
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Job Description
About the Role
As a Game Designer, you will focus on developing and optimizing the core systems of party casual mobile games, providing players with a smooth, stable, and immersive gaming experience. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to drive the overall progress of the project from a systems perspective.
System Feature Development and Optimization: Design and implement various system features within the game, such as character attributes, equipment systems, item systems, achievement systems, etc.
Cross-Team Collaboration and Communication: Work closely with gameplay designers, artists, engineers, operations, and other teams to ensure alignment between system design and the overall goals of the game.
System Balancing and Testing: Participate in testing system features, collect feedback, promptly address issues, and optimize system performance.
Project Management: Develop and track project timelines, ensuring high-quality delivery of design solutions within budget and timeframe.
Market and Player Research: Analyze market trends and player needs, continuously optimize game design to enhance user engagement and retention
Qualifications
Experience Requirements:
Minimum of 3 years of experience in game core system design, with a preference for casual party game expertise.
Professional Skills: Proficient in game design tools and prototyping software, with a wealth of game design and innovation capabilities.
Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills, able to effectively coordinate collaboration among cross-functional teams.
Market Insight: Sharp insight into the gaming market, able to predict and capitalize on player trends and demands.
Nice to Have:
Passionate party game enthusiast.
Love for trendy music, dance, and sports.
Additional Information
Benefits and Perks from Ubisoft Shanghai:
We believe that working location flexibility is essential to employee engagement and contributes to our high value of work-life balance
A minimum of 15 days paid annual leave
Monthly meal and snack allowance
Premium medical insurance plan and free annual health check
Game Package: free access to Ubisoft games on PC plus a rich and expanding library of games & books
Employee Assistance Program: wellbeing solutions, emotional support, and life coaching
Jumpstart your growth: A rich resevoir of premium and exclusive learning resources to support your continuous learning, expand your skillset, and advance your career.
10+ staff clubs featuring weekly sports and gaming activities and events
Ubisoft CSR commitment
Making a long-lasting positive impact for our players, our teams, our partners and our planet.
In Ubisoft, we are working to enrich players’ lives through unique and memorable gaming experiences and by improving the positive impacts of our games. To get there, we are creating a safer, more inclusive work environment, we are giving back to the communities where Ubisoft operates by working with local non-profit partners and by working to reduce the environmental impact of our business.
