Looking for a new challenge?
Yodo1 is a global games company on a mission. We partner with developers and studios to develop and localize games as well as optimize in-game purchases and advertisements. Our games reach millions of players worldwide.
We need a Chinese- and English-speaking Game Designer to help us innovate our game design and monetization strategies and bring a new game to more players around the world.
You will have the opportunity to learn and grow by:
- Testing your designs on a new genre combination: female romance story x match 3
- Working with mega-publisher ByteDance to reach a global audience
Successful candidates will advance to a team lead position.
What does success look like?
At Yodo1, our first question is always WDSLL: What Does Success Look Like? For your role, success looks like this:
- Frequently sharing your insights on game design and monetization with the team; contributing suggestions and making decisions on how to enhance our games;
- Independently conducting game design, analyzing performance, and proactively refining the game;
- Continuously improving your skills and creating higher-value content.
What you’ll be doing:
- Designing the core gameplay and overall settings;
- Identifying players’ goals in the game, so as to optimize the design of numbers, game balance, and game systems;
- Managing design documentation in terms of conception and design quality;
- Monitoring product quality from design and development through to the launch and beyond, continuously optimizing the game.
Must-have skills:
- Experience: 5+ years of experience in game design, including 3+ years of experience as a chief game designer; experience in dress-up games (with gacha) and/or match-3 games is preferred;
- Business acumen: good knowledge of global audience interests and needs in match-3 titles and games for a female audience.
- Game insight: in-depth experience and insight into the Western game markets; able to analyze and improve the game based on data;
- Language: fluent Chinese and English as working languages is a must to negotiate with many Chinese partners and to study our global audience.
Qualities that will make you a great fit for our global team:
- Communication: You’ll be working with colleagues and clients in multiple countries and must be able to communicate clearly, concisely, and proactively and present your ideas verbally and in writing;
- Scalable thinking: Yodo1 is on the fast-track to expansion; if you think scalably, you’ll advance quickly;
- Entrepreneurial spirit: We love (and support) entrepreneurship among our staff.
We pay based on qualifications, experience, and fit for the role. We’re looking forward to working with some amazing people!