About Lion Studios
Lion Studios is a mobile games publisher that works with mobile developers to get their games discovered by players around the world. Headquartered in San Francisco, Lion Studios’ creative and strategy teams utilize their expertise to help game developers break through the noise and grow their businesses. Since launching in 2018, Lion Studios has driven 90% of its games to the Top 10 in the App Store and Google Play and helped drive 16 games to #1 in the US App Store’s Top Free chart. Many of the studio’s games hit the top 10 and the top 20 across both the App Store and Google Play. Collectively, the studio has driven hundreds of millions of downloads. Check out some of our hit releases: Mr. Bullet, Happy Glass, Save the Girl, and Slap Kings.
A Day in the Life
We seek a creative game designer to join our team and work on puzzle and hybrid casual games. As a game designer, you will be responsible for conceptualizing, designing, and implementing game mechanics, systems, and features that provide engaging and addictive gameplay experiences for our players.
The Impact You’ll Make
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Using the latest technologies, conceptualize and design gameplay mechanics, systems, and features for hyper and hybrid casual puzzle games.
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Create and iterate on game prototypes to test and refine gameplay mechanics and features.
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Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including artists, developers, and producers, to ensure cohesive game design and implementation, fine-tune game balancing, pacing, and feel.
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Analyze gameplay, user experience with available data, and external and internal playtesting.
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Stay on top of current mobile, PC, and console gaming trends.
Who You Are
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At least 4 years of experience as a game designer, focusing on hyper and hybrid casual games.
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Strong understanding of game design principles, mechanics, and monetization, particularly in the puzzle genre.
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Advanced analytical skills, ability to spot patterns and trends
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Experience with balancing game systems (difficulty, reward, economy, etc) and funnel optimization
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Experienced with creating mock-ups and design documents
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Experienced in communicating with programmers, leading them through the execution of your designs, and giving feedback
Additional Strengths
- Proficiency in Unity is a huge plus
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Familiarity with Figma or similar visual collaboration software
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Experience and general knowledge of working with AI tool
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Track record of publishing/working on a successful hypercasual, casual, or AAA title.
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To deliver on this mission, our global team is composed of team members with life experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives that mirror our developers and customers around the world. At AppLovin, we are intentional about the team and culture we are building, seeking candidates who are outstanding in their own right and also demonstrate their support of others.
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