Main challenge
Own the game economy and progression so that players always have something meaningful to work toward, without the game turning into a grind or a currency treadmill. Create a robust economy that can last for years, support live ops, and make room for product managers to create offers (if the model permits it).
What it means on a daily basis
- Be responsible for the in-game economy: currencies, resource flows, progression speed, content consumption, and related systems.
- Design economy systems, including specifications, edge cases, flow mockups, and expected success KPIs. Follow up on progress with each related department.
- Work with design to ensure economy systems are aligned with other systems, not just co-existing.
- Build Excel models to track and predict how players progress over time.
- Design test setups and player profiles to compare expected vs. actual progression.
- Find issues in progression systems, such as pacing problems, broken rewards, or dead loops.
- Define what data needs to be tracked to better understand player behavior.
- Use data to adjust balancing and improve retention and long-term engagement.
- Keep an eye on how other games solve similar problems—both inside Gameloft and outside.
What success will look like
- Players don’t just follow quests - they set their own short and mid-term goals
- The economy gives a reason to engage with multiple systems, not just one dominant loop
- Progression feels consistent and readable, without sudden walls or meaningless rewards
- New content (dragons, features, expansions) plugs into the economy without breaking it
- We avoid both extremes: players running out of things to do or feeling forced to grind
Who you would be working with
- Creative Director
- Game Designers
- Product Managers
- Product / Monetization stakeholders
- Data / Analytics
- UI/UX
- Production
Your recruitment journey
- First interview: discussion around experience and approach
- Test: progression / economy case
- Second interview: deep dive on your thinking and tradeoffs
- Final interview: alignment on how you approach player experience vs business needs
Where this role can take you
- Senior / Lead Economy Designer
- Ownership of progression and economy across a live product
- Strong influence on product and liveops decisions
What you need to succeed
- Experience as Game Economy Designer / Balancer
- Strong analytical thinking - able to break problems into variables and relationships
- Ability to model progression in Excel
- Understanding of different economy models (F2P, premium, hybrid)
- Ability to interpret data and turn it into concrete changes
- Experience working with tracking data
Who you are
- You think in player behavior and systems, not just numbers
- You’re comfortable saying “this will break the game economy” even if it’s unpopular
- You understand that progression design is often about tradeoffs, not perfect balance
- You can work in an environment where things change and assumptions get invalidated
- You don’t default to copying F2P patterns if they don’t fit the game
What's in it for you
Benefits
- Short Friday schedule, so you can start your Weekend at 4pm!
- Hybrid work (2 days /week from the office)
- Medical insurance package, in partnership with Regina Maria Clinic
- 2 months/year of full remote to work from anywhere you want!
- Monthly budget for My Benefits platform
- Extra days off for your birthday, your children`s birthday and company’s anniversary. Everyone is celebrated!
Life at Gameloft Bucharest
- Flexibility around core studio hours
- Book your free massage @office, every Tuesday and Thursday!
- Unique creative and professional work culture that values diversity
- Supportive working climate, a team with a free communication style
- Bookster (borrow books for free, delivered in the office)
- All the usual perks: free coffee, free fruits, relaxation area
How to proceed
We can’t wait to find our next great team member! Please apply with your CV in English.
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