Games Designer (Publishing)

World leading independent Online Games Studio, Jagex Ltd, is looking for an experienced game designer to join their in-house Third party publishing team.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the design of key game features; guiding the production of their systems and content from original concept, to creation & prototyping, through final polish and community feedback.

This amazing opportunity to be a key contributor to a world class team from a successful and stable developer/publisher demands high levels of expertise, experience, passion and commitment

Key Duties Include:

• Work with development teams to concept, iterate and deliver feature design documents
• Reviewing design documents and providing feedback
• Liaise with production to agree goals and requirements for each feature
• Communicate progress and design pitches to development teams
• Ensure features you are responsible for are developed to scope and time requirements
• Consistently monitor the game during development and provide feedback

Essential Requirements:

• Proven commercial experience designing game mechanics and user interfaces for apps or browser based games.
• Excellent communication skills allow you to work with a number of different specialists and acting as a bridge between production, design and development.
• Ability to use tools such as MS office, development and other tools
• Strong understanding of game design principles
• Experience in app or mobile games design, current trends and latest design principles

 
Desirable Requirements:

• Strong knowledge of classic games, popular games and current trends
• Good knowledge of game mechanics, control interfaces and business models for a broad range of games
• Prior experience with different toolsets such as Unity, Gamemaker, Flash, Blitz, Mediawiki, MS office