Senior/Lead Meta Game Designer (Cross-Platform Project)

Nekki is a game development studio, the creator of Shadow Fight 4: Arena, Shadow Fight 3, Shadow Fight 2, and Vector. The total number of registered users for our games exceeds 1 billion worldwide. We develop and release games for PC, consoles, and mobile platforms.

Ninja Party is our brand new PvP action game, where players compete with each other by using parkour, fighting and physics. In the future players will receive an opportunity to create their own levels, rules and even mini-games by using the built-in editor.
The game is cross-platform - for mobile devices, PC, and consoles.

We are looking for a skilled Meta Game Designer to join our team. This position would be perfect for senior level specialists who would like to transition to a leading role and are interested in management-related tasks, while preserving your feature-ownership skills. Accomplished team leads are also more than welcome.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze the main gameplay cycle and meta-mechanics of a recently released game.

• Look for points of growth within existing meta game design and suggest ways to realize them.

• Create interesting and captivating progression systems and goals.

• Write documentation and conduct reviews of other team members.

• Own the process of feature creation from concept to implementation while collaborating with programmers and other departments.

• Analyze project's metrics.

• Participate in creation of plans for the game's future development.

Requirements:

• Experience working as a meta game designer on at least two released titles.
• Ability to express thoughts clearly and concisely. Both in writing and verbally.
• Love for mobile games and a habit of keeping your reference base up to date.
• Experience playing PvP games or games with prevalent social mechanics.

Would be a plus:

• Familiarity with UGC market (Roblox, Fortnite, Minecraft, etc.).

We offer:

• A great team with a friendly and informal work environment (we share colleagues' interests, play video games together, and organize internal game jams).

• Support of professional development, participation in specialized conferences and educational events.

• Remote work from all over the world.

• Working hours from 10 AM to 7 PM (GMT+3) with the possibility of adjustment.

• Competitive salary (depending on professional qualifications).