2K Games

Division: 2K China
Location: Shanghai

Job Description:

The Senior Game Designer is responsible for establishing and seeing through the creative vision for a project. This person will work with the producer, junior designers, and the rest of the team to assess goals, constraints, and priorities, and set and execute direction.

Responsibilities:

• Oversees all game design direction, documentation and execution through release and content updates.
• Works with Producer on development strategy, planning and delegating design work.
• Understands and executes successful data-driven design for monetization, virality, and player retention.
• Analyzes key data and metrics and directs the adaptation and content updates of the game accordingly.
• Concepts and pitches new game projects and contributes to strategic planning.
• Trains and mentors junior game designers by leading seminars and presentations and provides guidance and feedback.

Qualifications:

• At least 5 years of successful game industry experience with browser and social games.
• At least 2 successful social games released.
• Fluent in English and Chinese.
• Excellent communication, writing, documentation, and leadership skills.
• Excellent scripting skills or high level programming language.
• Experience with game systems, metric analysis, writing, balancing, and tuning.
• Has experience working easily with developers of all disciplines.
• Encyclopedic passion for and knowledge of games, especially on emerging platforms.
• Touchscreen platform experience a plus.
• Wide interests in game design and other creative work.

If you would like to apply, please send your CV (and sample code or demo reel when appropriate) to yue.yang@2kchina.com.