Senior Economy Designer

Big Fish

(Seattle, Washington)
Full Time
Job Posting Details
About Big Fish
Founded in 2002, Big Fish is the world's largest producer and distributor of casual games, delivering fun to millions of people around the world. Through its mobile and online distribution platforms, Big Fish has distributed more than 2.5 billion games to customers in 150 countries from a growing catalog of 450+ unique mobile games and 3,500+ unique PC games.
Summary
In this position, you will lead the design efforts to define the game economy of multiple projects with a constantly evolving live game service. Being a Senior Economy Designer in a highly successful studio, the candidate must demonstrate an ability to work both collaboratively as well as autonomously and have exemplary communication skills. Create the best-in-class game in this genre.
Responsibilities
* Work with cross functional teams to take each project to the next level of success, focusing on game economies and design mechanics * Become embedded into a specific team for several months to deep dive into all aspects of the game economy (examples include: rate of advancement, currency source and sinks, events, and in-app purchases) * Work closely with the lead game designer, product manager, game data analysist, and producer to make monetization a natural and integral part of the design * Model out the monetization impact of potential changes and opportunities for the games * Monitor the performance of all games in the studio and react on findings * Provide management and the game team with relevant insight into monetization best practices and competitive analysis * Work in a highly iterative environment where you will help design, release, test and change games based on ever-changing data and player behavior through both qualitative and quantitative data
Ideal Candidate
* 5+ years of professional game design and/or product management experience * At least 3 years of experience on successfully shipped titles * Strong mathematical and analytical skills coupled with a deep understanding of statistics * Demonstrable expertise at solving problems through collaboration, consensus, and prioritization * Deep passion for games and an innate desire to always learn * Curiosity and consistent drive for keeping up on the latest trends in F2P mobile games * Understanding of casual and midcore game design * Proficient in Excel and Tableau * Bachelors or equivalent degree required

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