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About the Role

As the Lead Game Designer for a brand-new game team, you will champion the development of a new Merge 2 title, owning its creative vision, core loop, progression systems, and meta-game. You will transition the team into soft launch and live operations, overseeing economy balance, event pipelines, and monetization features.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the game's vision, aligning it with product goals and communicating it clearly to the team and stakeholders.
• Lead ideation and brainstorming, translating player motivations and behavior into user experience stories, wireframes, and optimal feature design.
• Mentor and grow a team of designers, fostering a collaborative, creative environment with clear goals and strong execution standards.
• Partner with product, engineering, and art to guide features from concept through implementation, reviewing and approving final designs.
• Improve design tools and processes to streamline the pipeline and boost team efficiency and productivity.
• Use live feedback and analytics to refine systems, maintain a balanced game economy, and champion design best practices across the studio.

Requirements

• Effective communicator with outstanding verbal, written, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Highly proficient with mathematical concepts and formula creation in a game environment.
• Proven history of designing systems that influence player behaviors and achieve key product performance indicators.
• Expert in crafting features, systems, core game loops, economies, and meta-designs to foster and enhance positive player behaviors.
• Excels in a live service game environment, adept at making adjustments based on feedback from an active community.
• Solid experience in the gaming industry in a design role, contributing meaningfully to multiple released titles.
• Extensive experience leading a diverse and skilled design team.
• Proven track record of successfully shipping games.

Location

• UK

Work Type

• Onsite

Experience Level

• Lead
• Senior

Salary/Compensations

• Highly competitive salary

Benefits

• Private medical care
• Company bonus scheme
• Relocation assistance
• Onsite chef serving breakfast, lunch, and treats
• Life insurance
• Favorable pension scheme
• Healthcare cash plan including dental and optical coverage
• Amazing tech to work with
• Consoles to play and relax with

About the Company

• Gram Games is the studio behind popular titles like 1010!, Six!, Merge Dragons!, and Merge Magic!, with more exciting projects in the pipeline.
• We are proudly part of the Zynga & Take-Two Interactive family.
• We do things differently here: we work in small self-managing teams, giving you an incredible amount of ownership, autonomy, and impact.
• At Gram, everyone is expected to have a razor-sharp focus on creating a tangible impact on their team, their work environment, and on the overall company strategy.
• If you are motivated by autonomy, constant improvement, collaboration, and a sense of belonging, this is the place for you.

Equal Opportunity

• We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization.
• Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.
• As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process.
• Please contact us at jobs@gram.gs to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position.