Smoking Gun Interactive, a Keywords Studio, is an industry-leading game development studio founded in 2007 by award-winning industry veterans. SGI is fearless in creating IP and boldly partners with renowned brands to develop a wide range of world-class, immersive titles and interactive experiences that resonate with strategy gamers worldwide and entertain millions of casual players every day.

Job Overview:

As a Lead Game Designer with Smoking Gun Interactive (SGI), you're a talented, passionate individual with industry experience in game design for mobile products. You have hands-on experience designing systems, balancing gameplay mechanics and level design. A strong literacy in game design and the ability to clearly and concisely communicate ideas in both written and verbal forms is key. You can work independently with little supervision and collaborate with other disciplines to deliver a high-quality product.

Requirements

In this role, you will:

Collaborate with the Design Director to deliver on the creative vision for the project;
Help evangelize and communicate the design vision to the team;
Build strong creative game designs that are original and imaginative;
Work independently to develop, build, tune and document gameplay mechanics to final quality while adhering to the design vision of the product;
Track and analyze game data, and create reports with suggested design changes based on gameplay data;
Adjust game mechanics designs and tune to balance gameplay mechanics based on gameplay analytics;
Collaborate with art and programming disciplines to achieve project goals;
Develop all facets of the game design on small games and contribute to all facets on larger teams
Maintain a high proficiency in workflows and pipelines, collaborating to improve tools and methodologies;
Maintain a high level of quality in all aspects of their work;
Take initiative in creative problem-solving and collaborating as needed to facilitate effective resolutions;
Helping liaise between the design team and QA

To be successful in this role, you must have:

4 to 7 years of experience as a game designer with a strong background in designing mobile products
Experience with at least 2 shipped titles as a game designer
Demonstrable expertise in game mechanics design, level design, tuning and complex game play systems
Experience with game analytics and running a live product
Experience in understanding the market and target audience for mobile, online & console games
Willingness to push the envelope and innovate within game parameters
Display a positive attitude, and passionate about gaming and striving to improve the quality of games

It would also be helpful if you had:

Experience with freemium game mechanics, retention and monetization strategies
Multi-platform development experience (ideally, with various mobile platforms)
Experience working on AAA gaming projects
A bachelor's degree

Benefits

10 days vacation leave
5 paid days personal leave
7 paid sick days
Life Insurance & Accidental Death & Dismemberment
Dependent Life Insurance
Long Term Disability (LTD)
Extended Healthcare Benefit
Dental Care
RRSP matching
Hybrid working
Training & Development

Salary Range: $85,000 - $100,000 CAD

_Smoking Gun Interactive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran's status, age or disability.

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Studio: Smoking Gun

Location: Americas, Canada, Vancouver

Area of Work: Game Development

Service: Create

Employment Type: Full Time

Working Pattern: Remote