Junior Game Designer

Job Description

Playrix is ​​one of the most successful mobile game development companies in the world. In terms of mobile application revenue, we rank first in Europe and are in the top 3 worldwide. Our games have been installed 2.3 billion times (that’s a third of the world’s population!) and more than 30 million people around the world play them every day.

Team, about the role

We’re looking for passionate Match-3 players – Junior Game Designers who aspire to become future Game Producers ! This is your chance to join an expert team, gain hands-on experience, and rapidly grow your career – even if you’re starting from scratch. At Playrix, you’ll create games enjoyed by millions of players worldwide every day . If you’re ready to turn your passion into a profession, this is the opportunity you’ve been waiting for!

Playrix’s team of game designers is a strong community of professionals. We set trends in the casual games market and strive to create top-quality products. Our decisions are based on expertise, creativity, and objective analytical data.

Tasks

• Develop game event concepts and features
• Control the development process and planning of project development from the point of view of game design
• Develop internal economy and monetization of the game
• Analyze statistics and set high-level balance

Requirements

• Interest in casual (especially Match-3) projects
• Understanding of the trends in the mobile gaming market
• Experience participating in game jams and contests

In your application, indicate the number of Match-3 levels you have completed in our games, please

Preferred

• 1+ years of experience as a Game Designer
• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Art or relevant field

We offer

• An opportunity for continuous professional development on an expert team of game designers and producers: we have a huge knowledge base and a mentoring system that allows you to adapt quickly.
• Virtually unlimited resources and access to leading specialists from any department to solve the most complex problems.
• Cross-product initiatives. For example, we are constantly experimenting with and introducing new technologies : AI to speed up pre-production and to calibrate the difficulty of levels using bots on neural networks, ML to introduce personalization of the gaming experience.
• The ability to move between areas and not only within one product (LiveOps development, new games in production, marketing creatives), and the opportunity to participate in the development of cross-product initiatives that reach the level of the entire company.
• The freedom to switch out processes and approaches for more efficient ones without lengthy approvals or bureaucracy.

Our Perks

Flexibility at work

• For most positions we offer a flexible schedule, and employees can work from anywhere in the world. You can do your work however and wherever you like – we only evaluate your results.

Caring for health and well-being

• We provide voluntary health insurance for employees and their children, and reimbursement online sessions with a psychologist.
• We offer fully paid vacation days and sick leave. In certain circumstances, you can request additional days off.
• We support leading a healthy lifestyle and reimburse the cost of gym memberships and fitness app subscriptions.

Professional development and education

• We pay for participation in specialized conferences and courses and hold our own internal conferences.
• We cover foreign language courses.

Events and merch

• We regularly hold offline events like team meetings, big corporate parties, and informal office parties.
• We also regularly organize fun competitions, quizzes, hackathons, and online fitness challenges.
• We have a merch store with an internal currency you can use to buy unique gifts. We give out this currency as a gift for significant dates, and you can earn more by participating in events and company activities.