Senior Economy Game Designer

SENIOR GAME ECONOMY DESIGNER (MOBILE/FREE-TO-PLAY)

Full time remote within a distributed team

In the world, there are approximately:

• 9 million animal species
• 3 trillion trees
• 1,000,000 mobile games
• 8.2 billion humans

Carbon Counts is on the hunt for exceptional humans! We’re looking for a senior level GAME ECONOMY DESIGNER in Production who is partial to trees, animals, games, the earth, and impactful experiences. Are you the human we’re looking for? If so, you believe in the power of technology to solve problems and to make the world a better place.

ABOUT CARBON COUNTS (THE COMPANY)

Carbon Counts is an early-stage, multi-country, for-profit company on a bold mission to re-green the earth. We believe in the power of people, play, community, and innovation and we are creating memorable, delightful experiences that will have a positive impact on the planet. Our Flagship game EverForest is currently live globally on iOS and Android. In EverForest, the more players play, the more real trees get planted in reforestation projects around the world!

ABOUT YOU (AS A HUMAN)

You are a highly analytical and detail-oriented Senior Game Economy Designer with a passion for free-to-play mobile gaming and a deep understanding of mobile game economy and monetization strategies. You have a track record of success in laying the foundation (in spreadsheets of course) for how a game feels and plays. For how it twists and turns so the player can enjoy a rhythmic game experience that is both captivating and rewarding.

You are a collaborative team player who can work effectively with cross-functional teams, including game design, UX, marketing, UA, data, player support and engineering. You have a passion for being highly organized, thoughtful, communicative, and most of all collaborative.

You’ve taken a mobile game full-cycle from design to live release and then into live service. Overall, you love being a results-driven, balance master who is committed to delivering exceptional player experiences while driving revenue growth for EverForest - our play-to-plant mobile game!

YOUR ROLE & IMPACT AS SENIOR GAME ECONOMY DESIGNER

You are responsible for every number in the game. The main game and LTE economies: the items, quantity and prices of everything in the in-game store, the difficulty curve, the pinch points, the quests, the real world tree economy, leaderboards, the relative value of everything in $USD…. It’s all yours. We will help build you the tools you need to execute a compelling game experience, informed by data and tuned to feel. You will be working closest with and greatly supported by the Executive Producer, Senior Game Designer and SVP, Product.

Role overview:

• Design and Implement Game Economy Systems: Develop and balance in-game economic models, including currencies, resources, and progression mechanics, to enhance player engagement and monetization.
• Player Progression & Meta Game Balance: Design and iterate on player progression systems to ensure an optimal experience and maintain economic health over time.
• Data Analysis: Utilize key performance indicators (KPIs) and player feedback to refine game balance and optimize features.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with game designers, artists, and developers to ensure economic considerations are seamlessly integrated into all aspects of game development.
• Documentation: Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation and spreadsheet models to effectively track and manage economic systems.
• Market Awareness: Stay updated on modern mobile free-to-play (F2P) market trends and incorporate relevant insights to improve the game.
• Player Focused: Craft experiences that are enjoyable to a range of player types, while monetizing on specific segments. Balances should be both easy to engage but deep enough for core players to strategically min/max.
• Test and Learn: Create multiple LTE balance archetypes and continually iterate based on which curves work the best
• Business Orientation: Manufacture pinch points in the game around specific currencies at appropriate times and provide targeted solutions for the player that are clear.
• Take Initiative: Propose monetization improvements based on AB tests, experiments and data analysis.

Professionally you have:

• 5+ years of experience in game economy design and balancing on live mobile titles; preferably in the hybrid casual category and on merge, match 3, simulation, or puzzle games.
• A strong understanding of game design principles and in-game economies, with a focus on monetization and player engagement.
• Experience building monetization strategy and roadmaps for Mobile F2P games.
• Understanding of player psychology and gaming motivations, and how they relate to game design and monetization.
• Excellent analytical skills, with a data-driven mindset and experience using tools such as Unity, Google Suite, and JIRA.
• Ability to document economy maps, and use modeling tools to design and simulate economic models
• Experience working with mobile game analytics platforms (e.g., Adjust, Appsflyer, Firebase) is a plus.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across diverse teams.
• Ability to respond to feedback, analyze test results, and propose logical solutions to improve existing economic systems.
• Passion for mobile gaming and a deep understanding of the free-to-play market and its trends.
• Expertise in rapid deployment and experimentation—analytics, A/B testing, user testing, and market research
• Experience working in an agile software development environment

ABOUT THE JOB

As a full-time employee (40 hrs per week), you’ll report directly to the Executive Producer and collaborate with creative, engineering, QA and product teams to design the game’s economy and monetization strategies for a purpose-driven mobile game that engages, converts and retains players.

ABOUT THE CARBON COUNTS TEAM

Biodiversity is the word for the varied animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and other life forms that are connected and intertwined within an ecosystem. The more biodiversity, the stronger the ecosystem. We’re obsessed with the idea of biodiversity—for the planet, and for the team! Currently, we’re a small, mighty team with different, varied roots in different realms. Some of us have come from entertainment (think Disney). Some from game dev (think EA, Adventure Capitalist, and Club Penguin). Some from tech (think Google). Some are in conservation (think Rare.org). All of us are inspired by the possibility of changing the world, one moment, one laugh, one step, one community—one tree at a time. We know our players will come from all walks of life—and so do we. We’re hiring exceptional people from a wide variety of backgrounds—it’s the right thing to do and it makes Carbon Counts stronger. If you share our values and love for trees, animals, and nature, please consider applying!

WHY YOU’LL LOVE IT HERE (COMPENSATION & BENEFITS)

• Very competitive salary
• Excellent employee benefits
• Stock option participation and you’ll have a stake in what you’ll help make!
• Flexible paid vacation
• Remote / Work from home / Flexible hours

DO I NEED TO MEET ALL CRITERIA TO APPLY?

Definitely not! If you share our mission of creating memorable, delightful experiences that will have a positive impact on the planet, we’d love to meet you and see what is possible!