// Open Role at Smoking Gun Interactive
Join Smoking Gun Interactive as a Senior Game Designer to craft immersive mobile titles. Leverage your expertise in systems, UI/UX, and live product design while collaborating with a talented team on world-class experiences.
Company Description
Smoking Gun Interactive, a Keywords Studio, is an industry-leading game development studio founded in 2007 by award-winning industry veterans. SGI is fearless in creating IP and boldly partners with renowned brands to develop a wide range of world-class, immersive titles and interactive experiences that resonate with strategy gamers worldwide and entertain millions of casual players every day.
Job Overview:
As a Senior Game Designer with Smoking Gun Interactive (SGI), you’re a talented, passionate individual with industry experience in game design for mobile products. You have hands-on experience designing systems, balancing gameplay mechanics, level design, puzzle design and visual/interactive elements of UI. A strong literacy in game design and the ability to clearly and concisely communicate ideas in both written and verbal forms is key. You can work independently with little supervision and collaborate with other disciplines to deliver a high-quality product.
Requirements
In this role, you will:
To be successful in this role, you must have:
It would also be helpful if you had:
Benefits
Salary Range: $80,000 - $95,000 CAD
Smoking Gun Interactive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, age or disability.
Keywords Studios is dedicated to following a well-established Equal Opportunities Policy. We endeavor to create a workplace which provides for equal opportunities for all employees and potential employees.
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY
By providing your information in this application, you understand that we will collect and process your information in accordance with our Applicant Privacy Notice. For more information, please see our Applicant Privacy Notice at https://www.keywordsstudios.com/en/applicant-privacy-notice.
Role Information: EN
Studio: Smoking Gun
Location: Americas, Canada, Vancouver
Area of Work: Game Development
Service: Create
Employment Type: Full Time
Working Pattern: Remote
Collaborate with Lead Designer and Design Director on creative vision. Work with UI/UX Designer, Producer, and Client for best-in-class experiences. Build strong design documentation. Evangelize and communicate design vision. Independently develop, build, tune, and document gameplay mechanics to final quality. Track and analyze game data, creating reports with suggested design changes. Adjust game mechanics based on analytics. Collaborate with art and programming. Develop all facets of design on small games and contribute to larger teams. Maintain proficiency in workflows and pipelines. Maintain high quality in all aspects of work. Take initiative in creative problem-solving. Liaise between design team and QA. Must have 3-5 years experience as a game designer. Experience with at least 2 shipped mobile and PC titles. Experience designing for UI centric games. Experience tuning complex gameplay systems. Experience with game analytics and running a live product. Demonstrable expertise in game mechanics design and tuning. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to accept and provide direction, work under pressure, and handle multiple tasks. Self-driven, takes initiative, and works independently. Experience understanding market and target audience for mobile, online, and console games. Willingness to push the envelope and innovate. Positive attitude and passion for gaming. Helpful to have experience with freemium game mechanics, retention, and monetization strategies. Multi-platform development experience (Mobile, PC, Console). Experience working on AAA gaming projects. Basic knowledge of web development (HTML, CSS, Javascript). A bachelor’s degree.