Job Title: Senior Game Designer
We are seeking a seasoned and highly skilled game designer to join our team.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, crafting, and optimizing in-game experiences that engage and surprise players. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and work closely with various tools to innovate and iterate player-centric designs.
You'll have the opportunity to shape the game's overall direction, mentoring junior designers and refining the development process to raise the bar for quality.
Responsibilities
* Design exciting champion kits, including new cards, powers, items, relics, and constellations that thrill players.
* Create content that challenges these champions, such as adventures, event mechanics, and quests.
* Develop production-ready implementations of your designs using scripting languages like Python.
* Work collaboratively with a tight-knit team to implement content on a live service cadence.
* Provide high-quality feedback to peers and contribute to upleveling content quality across the team.
* Execute on design goals within established frameworks, adapting to constraints while maintaining player-centric outcomes.
* Identify gaps in tools, workflows, or documentation and propose actionable improvements.
* Collaborate with engineering, product, and art partners to align on design requirements and implementation constraints.
Requirements
* 5+ years of professional experience in game design on at least one live service game.
* Demonstrated ability to execute within established design structures and contribute meaningfully to ongoing live operations.
* Operates with a high degree of autonomy, staying aligned with design direction set by leads.
* Thrives in small team environments, creating high-quality player experiences from limited resources.
* Strong implementation skills, able to prototype and build content with sustainable, production-ready execution.
* Exceptional clarity in communication, conveying concepts to remote and interdisciplinary teammates effectively.
Desired Qualifications
* Deep player experience with strategy or card games, especially Legends of Runeterra or other deckbuilding roguelikes.
* Experience designing for hero collector or strategy mobile games.
* Experience mentoring or providing design process feedback.
* Experience with developing games in Unity.
* Experience with scripting languages, preferably Python.
To succeed in this role, you'll find success through craft expertise and a collaborative spirit that prioritizes player delight.
We value dedicated individuals with a personal relationship with games who embody player empathy and care about players' experiences.
If you're passionate about delivering high-quality player experiences, this is the perfect opportunity for you.