Studio: Zynga
Job Opening: Game Design Director – Midcore
Location: USA & Canada
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Own, drive, and communicate the vision for the game
- Lead and grow a team of designers
- Create, model, and tune sophisticated systems and economies
- Design and balance game pinches, inflows and outflows
- Work closely with all team members to design and prototype new gameplay and systems
- Create and improve tools to make the design pipeline faster and more efficient for the team
- Be the advocate of good design practices across the studio
- Create or adapt leading game features to work with an existing game
- Pitch new ideas to the team/ lead brainstorming sessions
- Analyze real-time feedback and metrics, and adjust game designs accordingly while maintaining a live game economy
- Work with product managers, developers and artists to lead all aspects of the implementation of new features and systems
- Write user experience stories and create wireframe screens and flows
- Remain up-to-date with Game Design literature and standard methodologies to be an evangelist for the craft of Game Design
Qualifications & Skills:
- Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Expert with math, levels, and formulas in game environment
- Possesses an extensive knowledge of games and strategies
- Solid knowledge of game balancing and pacing
- Translates direct consumer insights, market data, and analysis into creative design solutions
- Passionate gamer
- 2+ shipped games
