Senior/Lead Economy and Engagement Designer - Games
As a Senior/Lead Economy and Engagement designer at Embark, you will be responsible for designing and implementing systems and mechanics that are deep and interesting for our players to engage with and retain them, short, medium and long term, as well as sustainable and player-friendly monetization features and models, that provide real value to our players, in a fair way.
You will join the team on ARC Raiders and collaborate closely with the directors of the project, in refining concepts and ideas into tangible designs, prototypes and features, as well as Production leadership helping in articulating and establishing estimates, project scope and timelines. You will share your insights and knowledge in shaping relevant performance indicators, as well as validation methods using telemetry data and simulations.
As a senior member of the design team we would like you to act as a coach and mentor to some of the other designers on the project, and possibly take on direct managerial responsibilities, if relevant and suitable. Inspiring and helping more junior designers with design methodology, documentation practices, etc.
You will also own and spearhead game features directly, and work hands-on in cross disciplinary teams while implementing features and tools for running a successful and smooth live service game, including community events and other types of events.
Example of responsibilities
- Design, implementation and evaluation of our monetization strategy including quantitative and qualitative analysis, as well as any available automation and simulation strategies.
- Responsible for in-game virtual store including recommendations and contributions towards catalog and pricing strategy for micro-transactions.
- Joint optimization with marketing, acquisition and crm teams for the entire user journey.
- Be a key stakeholder in game frontend presentation and flow for engagement and game economy features.
- Design and collaborate on metagame, progression and economy systems for long term player retention and engagement.
- Analyze the impact of changes in the game, identify opportunities that will have a positive impact on monetization and engagement in development and post launch.
- Help defining key performance indicators (KPIs) related to monetization, analyze KPI reports and share information with the team and stakeholders to identify and predict trends.
- Monitor trends on monetization in order to identify best practices, achieve optimal results and innovation.
We would love if you have
- A creative and curious mind.
- 5+ years or more experience in equivalent roles.
- An understanding of acquisition, retention and monetization concepts.
- Understanding of AAA gameplay and game design, including player psychology, UX design, gameplay design.
- Proficiency with the Unreal Engine and experience with Blueprints and scripting.
- Ability to design and continuously improve the optimization process of any given game.
- Experience with experimental design and/or AB Testing for data driven designs.
- Experience of coaching more junior members of the team.
- Professional English communication skills.
At Embark we offer competitive salaries, passionate colleagues to share knowledge with and much more, but most of all we invite you to take part of a journey into the unknown, to build creative, surprising and beautiful experiences together.
We welcome game makers of all sex, class, colour, age, gender identity, education, religion, opinion, culture, nation of origin, language, sexual orientation, shape, size, and ability.
Did we leave anyone out? Well, we welcome you, too! We think that the gaming industry is made better when everyone has a seat at the table.
Be yourself at Embark and make games while doing so. Please apply with confidence. We can’t wait to hear from you (in English)!
If this role doesn't quite match what you're looking for, feel free to apply to us via our "Open Application."
We empower everyone to create games
To realize this dream of ours, we explore and apply the latest technology, and we reimagine what games can become and how they should be built. All of us at Embark take part in shaping our culture. We succeed together, we fail together, and we learn together. If you’re passionate about games and our mission, bring your expertise, your enthusiasm, your crazy ideas, and let’s change the games industry forever. At Embark we offer a journey into the unknown, to build creative, surprising and beautiful experiences together.
Senior/Lead Economy and Engagement Designer - Games
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