Game Meta Designer

MELBOURNE ONSITE ONLY – Must have Australian work rights - sorry no visa sponsorship Well established studio publishing console games with new Meta Game project Full time permanent role Join one of the oldest and largest game developers in Australia who develop premium titles for multiple platforms. Benefits : Central location in Melbourne, experienced team, daily lunches, Myki public transport card and professional development support. Applications and enquiries from women and other underrepresented developers encouraged. Meta Game Designer Looking for a highly talented and motivated Meta Game Designer to play a key role in the studio. The ideal candidate should have a keen interest in sports such as Cricket, AFL, Rugby and, Tennis. Creating and designing economies, gameplay systems, mechanics, and features to expand and enhance our existing offerings. The core areas of focus for this role are : Designing, prototyping, and iterating game systems and features in line with existing documentation. Communicate new design ideas to the wider team for feedback and implementation. Participate in discussions around developing game designs with the wider design team. Collaborate with multi-disciplined teams including product, UI / UX design, audio, artists, and programmers to define, design, and implement fun and innovative gameplay. Work with the Game Designers, Producers and, Development Director in creating and iterating on game designs based on the sports we are replicating, and data received from users during live ops. Work with design leadership to help form the direction for the game area or game and ensure that designs follow the product vision. Design complex systems and tune them for specific goals. Inspire and motivate the team to achieve high-quality results within constraints. Take a holistic approach to quality and delivery to ensure that the feature set and corresponding execution create the best possible product. Identify problems and opportunities and ideate to identify interesting solutions Investigate and analyse to validate ideas and opportunities. Create designs that target specific product metrics and gamer motivations. You will have : Experience within the games industry in a design or related role. Experience shipping at least 1 commercial title, either in Console or Mobile. Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills. Outstanding collaboration skills, great at working in a team and independently. Strong interest and belief a in data-driven approach to support & validate intuition. Experience with gameplay balancing, including crafting difficulty levels and gameplay progression curves A strong passion for creating and playing video games. Appreciation and understanding of a range of sports, including but not limited to, Cricket, Tennis, Rugby and AFL. Proactive and able to own design areas from initial creation through to implementation. Understand how to use the business model of the game, and how design and the business model work together. Understand why an idea will or won’t work, and how to design to hit specific goals. With extra consideration given to, but not required : Experience in mentoring other designers and providing insightful feedback on design efforts. Experience with console / AAA game development. Ability to create and develop math-based systems with extensive documentation to present to team stakeholders. You also need to be : Flexible and open-minded. Determined and self-motivated. Prepared to rise to a challenge. Always striving for quality. #J-18808-Ljbffr