Senior Game Designer
- Role
- Design
- Experience
- Senior
Open to Worldwide. Set where you work from to check your eligibility.
No BS summary
We are looking for a Senior Game Designer with strong experience in mobile PvP board/card games to help evolve and scale a successful live product. You will work on a live game with 1M+ monthly active users, improving core gameplay, matchmaking, progression, and monetization.
Required languages
Office: All geos
Are you passionate about your work and want to pursue your dreams?
Join the ZiMAD team, and let’s collaborate to create exceptional games together!
ZiMAD is a US mobile game publisher and developer that has been at the forefront of the gaming industry since 2009. We are a dynamic multinational team, speaking 15 languages and living in 63 cities across 17 countries. With an impressive portfolio of world-class free-to-play projects, including titles like Magic Jigsaw Puzzles, Puzzle Villa, Art of Puzzles, Dominoes, and many others, we constantly push boundaries and believe that games can be more than just entertainment.
We’ve forged partnerships with internationally renowned IPs (like Disney, Nickelodeon, LIFE, Sony Pictures etc.) and strive to develop games that sharpen mental well-being and deliver remarkable user experiences.
We are looking for a Senior Game Designer with strong experience in mobile PvP board/card games to help evolve and scale a successful live product.
You will work on a live game with 1M+ monthly active users, improving core gameplay, matchmaking, progression, and monetization. We are looking for someone who combines strong product thinking, hands-on game design skills, and a deep understanding of live operations in competitive mobile games.
Responsibilities:
- Design, improve, and balance core gameplay systems for a live mobile PvP game
- Develop features and content for user progression, competitive modes, live events, and retention
- Analyze player behavior, game performance, and feature impact to drive design decisions
- Create clear design documentation, specifications, and feature briefs
- Collaborate closely with product managers, analysts, artists, and developers throughout feature development
- Generate hypotheses, validate ideas through testing, and iterate based on data and player feedback
- Contribute to long-term product vision and identify opportunities for growth and improvement
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience as a Game Designer in the gaming industry
- Proven experience working on mobile PvP games
- Experience designing and balancing systems for live-operated mobile games
- Solid understanding of IAP monetization principles
- Strong analytical thinking and confidence working with product metrics and player behavior data
- Ability to communicate ideas clearly and create structured design documentation
- English sufficient for day-to-day communication, documentation, and design discussions
We offer:
- Opportunity to work for ZiMAD, a US company with a diverse portfolio of global free-to-play (F2P) projects with a multi-million monthly user base
- Involvement in the entire product development cycle
- Career growth prospects within an international company
- Remote work opportunities
- Flexible working schedule
- Bonuses based on the achievement of KPIs and financial results of projects
- Paid conferences, training (including language courses), and workshops
- Opportunity to have sessions with psychologists to improve your mental health and well-being
- Participation in charity projects
What you'll do
- Design, improve, and balance core gameplay systems for a live mobile PvP game
- Develop features and content for user progression, competitive modes, live events, and retention
- Analyze player behavior, game performance, and feature impact to drive design decisions
- Create clear design documentation, specifications, and feature briefs
- Collaborate closely with product managers, analysts, artists, and developers throughout feature development
What they require
- 5+ years of experience as a Game Designer in the gaming industry
- Proven experience working on mobile PvP games
- Experience designing and balancing systems for live-operated mobile games
- Solid understanding of IAP monetization principles
- Strong analytical thinking and confidence working with product metrics and player behavior data
Benefits
- Opportunity to work for ZiMAD, a US company with a diverse portfolio of global free-to-play (F2P) projects with a multi-million monthly user base
- Involvement in the entire product development cycle
- Career growth prospects within an international company
- Remote work opportunities
- Flexible working schedule
ZiMAD is a US mobile game publisher and developer founded in 2009, with free-to-play projects including Magic Jigsaw Puzzles, Puzzle Villa, Art of Puzzles, and Dominoes. The team speaks 15 languages and lives in 63 cities across 17 countries.