Senior Meta Designer - Unannouced Project
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Job description
Meta Designer at NaturalMotion's London studio, designing and managing metagame, live, and progression features for a first-person shooter mobile title. The role owns metagame features from conception through live, working with design, art, UX, engineering, and product management.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Hybrid · London, United Kingdom
What you'll do
- Ownership of designing, prototyping, and implementing progression, economy, and engagement features that align with the creative vision of the game
- Help define, analyze, and take action on analytics, feature data, and KPIs
- Work closely with live and product management teams to define goals and implement solutions to boost engagement
- Collaborate closely with art, animation, audio, design and engineering teams to build content and solve problems in a multi-disciplinary environment
- Develop and balance in-game economies across many different metagame features
- Work closely with UX and engineering to ensure features are implemented in ways that meet the engagement goals
- Analyse player data, feedback, and behaviours to identify and fix metagame issues and retention barriers
- Work concurrently on multiple features at varying stages of development, managing priorities effectively as content pipelines run in parallel
- Document and communicate metagame feature concepts clearly to ensure alignment across all development teams
What we're looking for
- Previous experience in Metagame / Progression / Engagement Design or an equivalent role in the video game industry
- At least one shipped title in a design role for a live service title
- Experience designing and implementing progression, economy, or engagement features for live games
- Knowledge and experience analyzing KPIs and player behaviour data
- Familiarity with the Unreal game engine
- Ability to analyse gameplay data and player feedback to inform and balance design decisions
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively across cross-disciplinary teams
- The ability to manage multiple designs in a fast-paced development environment
- Passionate about action games with a deep understanding of what makes enemy designs engaging and memorable
Nice to have
- Background in mobile games with an understanding of mobile player behaviour and market leaders
- Experience with visual scripting or rapid prototyping tools
- An avid gamer with a genuine enthusiasm for crafting engaging progression and metagame features and motivating players over a long period of time
Your team
NaturalMotion London studio
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- 2007
- California
- interactive entertainment
- Games have been downloaded over 6 billion times
- Connecting players in 175+ countries
- A proud label of Take-Two Interactive
- Teams span North America, Europe, and Asia
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