Senior Game Designer

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🕒 3 days ago

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟠 Senior

✍️ Designer

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Exient

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51 - 200 employees

🎮 Gaming

🛍️ eCommerce

👥 B2C

Gaming • eCommerce • B2C

Exient is an independent developer and publisher of mobile free-to-play games based in the UK and Malta. The company specializes in licensed intellectual properties and offers Games as a Service. Exient focuses on creating high-quality games for mobile, handheld, PC, and console platforms, with notable titles like 'Dancing With The Stars' and 'Lemmings' that attract millions of players globally. The company prides itself on providing a supportive work environment with creative freedom and no crunch time, making it an appealing partner for IP holders who want to engage a broad audience without the financial risks associated with game development.

📋 Description

• Own feature and systems design for live free-to-play games from concept through implementation-ready documentation and post-launch tuning • Design against data and player behaviour, collaborating with Product, Analytics, and Production on KPIs, retention, revenue, A/B testing, and actionable design decisions • Deliver seasonal and event content for live-ops games • Work across Exient's portfolio, including Lemmings and live and partner titles • Contribute to GDDs, proposals, concept pitches, competitive analysis, and project scoping • Design features meeting compliance and regulatory requirements • Advance AI-assisted design workflows • Collaborate with artists, engineers, and producers to deliver polished, integrated features • Prototype and playtest ideas through rapid iteration • Lead autonomous work, raise quality standards, and support and mentor colleagues

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum of five years' game design experience, the majority within a mobile games company • Demonstrable track record of shipping and operating live mobile titles • A degree in Games Design, Interactive Media, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience • Experience working on complex design projects in a fast-paced, multi-project environment • Portfolio or case studies showing senior-level design thinking across mechanics, economy, and player experience • Strong command of core-loop, meta-game, game balance, economy, and monetisation models • Excellent understanding of UI/UX and game flow, pacing, and player experience • Ability to conceptualise, prototype, and implement game concepts using a range of tools • Practical, hands-on experience integrating AI tools into a design workflow • Proficiency with Figma, Unity, Git, Jira, Confluence, and Claude • Ability to read analytics, form hypotheses, and use KPIs to guide balancing decisions • Broad knowledge of games, with passion for casual, mobile, and classic arcade genres • Self-motivated, organised, and able to deliver reliably while working largely autonomously • Clear written and verbal communication in English • Ability to collaborate across disciplines and time zones • Strong accountability and ownership, with openness to self-critique and constructive feedback • Comfortable moving between projects and adapting quickly to shifting priorities

🏖️ Benefits

• Independent supplier/contractor engagement under a contract for services • Remote work • Autonomous working methods and ownership of deliverables