Game Designer

Job Description

Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India

We're EA-the world's largest video game publisher. You're probably familiar with many of our titles-Madden, FIFA, The Sims, Need for Speed, Dead Space, Battlefield and Star Wars, to name a few. But maybe you don't know how we're committed to creating games for every platform-from social to mobile to console-to give our consumers that anytime, anywhere access they demand. What does that mean for you? It means more opportunities to unleash your creative genius, be inspired by those around you and ignite your path in any direction you choose.

Capital Games is a world-class mobile studio, best known for creating the most successful Star Wars game of all time - Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. We're game makers first, telling stories through some of the most beloved IPs in the world, and igniting players' imagination and competitive spirit. We believe in a culture of excellence, constantly driving to be the industry leader in mobile RPG and encouraging a team atmosphere of learning, collaboration, and creativity. Most importantly, we never forget that making games and entertaining our passionate players is fun!

As a Senior Game Designer reporting to the Associate Game Design Director, you will create content that aligns with business and design goals with unwavering attention to theme, quality, and the needs of our players.

You have experience working on a live mobile game. You will demonstrate an understanding of games and player compulsion and will be well-versed in games of all types and genres. You will be a die-hard Star Wars fan with a history of creating quality, thematic content, and features. You are curious, creative, collaborative, and have a preference for using telemetry to validate your design thinking. Additionally, you are an advocate of design culture and thinking who excels in a diverse environment.

Come work at an amazing studio and share your passion for Star Wars with the world!

Responsibilities:
• Play the game and become an expert in the game.
• Create and tune IP-correct content that yields accessible yet deep experiences for players.
• Build new units, gear, and events for players by using internal tools and editing game data in XML directly.
• Provide design and technical coaching to junior designers, and supervise the ramp-up process for new hires.
• Present progress on tasks to stakeholders, and proactively reach out with any issues along the way.
• Partner with other disciplines to ensure your content and features are delivered to the highest quality.
• Work within existing systems and expand on them, including integrating feedback from user experience testing.
• Guide change through research and live data.
• Prototype design ideas in-game and iterate through playtesting.

Qualifications:
• Have 3+ years of game design experience.
• Are an active player of mobile turn-based RPGs.
• Experience working on a mobile F2P game.
• Demonstrable content creation skills.
• Remain current on industry trends, including new game genres, new game design methods, and new platforms.
• Unity, Perforce, and scripting experience preferred.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d2w105-18-118-121-240-42 in your application.