Senior Associate Game Designer

• Athena is a multi-national mobile gaming company which is creating and delivering products to users worldwide. Millions of users are enjoying our casual games every day. It creates a huge opportunity for us to grow but also creates great challenges to overcome and serve more and more users.
• Every day at Athena, we try to apply science and art into our products to make them beautiful, exciting, fun and useful. Our mission is to create 5-star products which entertain and enrich people’s life. We believe that when technology, art, and hard working come together, the masterpieces will be born.
• Athena team is a mix of talented people who are game producers, artists, data scientists, programmers, gamers, and dreamers. We offer lots of room for you to grow with the company and lots responsibility in your role. Beyond personal growth, you will make a great impact on Athena’s success as a whole.

• Research and select promising ideas to create prototypes that can bring great experience to players of the casual/puzzle genre and other game genres
• Detailing the gameplay ideas into Game Design Document
• The most critical task is designing and balancing the game system in-game economy, and difficulty progression.
• Design levels for puzzle games.

• Monitor and analyze game performance and user data to improve existing features and game KPI metrics.
• Leading the collaborative process with other designers, artists, and programmers to transform game concepts into high-quality products with solid player engagement, retention, and monetization.
• Continuously review development progress to ensure the final product quality meets high expectations.
• Strategic plan for game monetization and apply the good practices

• Leading the A/B Test effort to find out more insight, and share with others.
• Collaborate with data analysts/data engineers to analyze market data to get insight.

• Backlog Planning (Refine/Grooming)
• Break the Game Design Document into smaller components
• Set goals, and priorities and assign issues & related tasks for each sprint.

• Sprint Planning & Sprint review: Prepare the document before the meeting

• Knowledge about Game mechanics, game flow, and tool support for game designing.
• At least 3 years experience in Data Analytics, statistical, and probability skill
• Graduated from University that requires Math, Probability, and Logic skill
• Prototyping or ideation know-how
• Knowledge about Games statistic & tracking
• Plus points if you have:
• User psychology & biology
• A statistic in casual games (hybrid monetization model)
• Background in technical or programming
• Knowledge about the Mobile game market, game trending especially in the casual and puzzle genre

• Drive for results, Self-motivated & Self-organized
• Self-critique and accept outside critique
• Identify and solve issues proactively
• Meticulous
• Passion for playing and making games
• Sense of responsibility and teamwork spirit
• Blending between Player Focus + Innovation + Decision Making
• Superb communication skills, both verbal and written
• Business acumen
• Plus points if you have:

• Experience shipping one or more puzzle/arcade/casual games

• Ability to create a prototype by yourself with any creation software or game engine (Unity3d, cocos, Game Maker,...)

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