Ready for your next adventure?!
We are Socialpoint, a world-renowned mobile games studio based in sunny Barcelona. Our games are positioned in the top rankings of both iOS and Android, and they are played and loved by millions of fans all over the world. We are proud members of the Take-Two & Zynga family, and we are on a mission to offer a great gaming experience and bring fun to everyone!
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What will you do at Socialpoint?
As a Senior Level Designer at Social Point, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the level design strategy for a Free-to-Play (F2P) game based on levels. Your responsibilities include:
- Benchmarking and Quality Goals: Conduct benchmarking of similar games in the industry, extracting best practices, and setting clear quality goals.
- Level Creation: Create new levels using different tools, following high-level objectives set by the Product Leads.
- Continuous Improvement: Learn quickly to achieve expected quality and "fun factor" for the target game's audience.Identify weak points of the game and propose solutions to solve them
- Analyze and understand levels data to deliver insights and propose improvements. Analyze economy to soften or adjust it impact (boosters, gold, etc)
- Ownership of the Process: Take ownership of the level creation process, collaborating with developers and artists to oversee the implementation of new features and systems.
- Production Process Optimization: Improve and streamline the production process and content creation pipeline, applying efficient methodologies. Document and track the level creation pipeline, and Bugs/QA.
- Strategic Decision-Making: Determine the level design strategy, including layout, timing, gameplay elements, difficulty, and the overall fun factor of the game.
Requirements:
- Professional: Passionate about video games, proactive, and detail-oriented.
- Team Player: Able to work collaboratively in a team environment.
- Problem Solver: Capable of addressing challenges and finding effective solutions.
- Data-Driven: Always backup your ideas with available data points.
- Gamer: Games are a central part of your daily thoughts and activities.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in designing levels for F2P games
- Strong knowledge of level design, flow, pace, and challenge balance
- Usage and understanding of tools to get and process data (Tableau, Excel…)
- Unity or Unreal Engine knowledge.
- High proficiency in English.
- Passionate gamer with in-depth knowledge of casual F2P games
Nice to have:
- Management skills with experience in managing a team.
- Experience in managing cross-functional project teams.
- Ability to manage and influence stakeholders at all level
What's in it for you as a Socialpointer?
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, we have employed a hybrid working from home/office system. So, what does this mean? All we ask is that you live within commuting distance of our office so you are able to come into the office for important meetings/events.
We have a hybrid working from home/office system. So, what does this mean? All we ask is that you live within commuting distance of our office so you are able to come into the office once a week or when you have important meetings/events.
- Relocation support to help you move to Barcelona (if you’re not already here).
- An impressive 25 days annual leave, plus a week in December (not including public holidays).
- Monthly meal allowance at the office. Breakfast, Lunch and snacks included.
- Private medical insurance for you and your family, to keep your health bar full.
- Choose from the latest IOS or Android device upon joining (phone or tablet).
- Free language lessons (English, Catalan & Spanish ).
- Spotify Premium to add that special soundtrack that every adventure deserves.
- Legendary social events & parties to let off some steam.
- Players develop…Oops, sorry! People development is key for us: an amazing budget just for you to spend skilling up your abilities & knowledge to achieve real growth opportunities!
Coming to work in the office? Don’t worry - we have you covered. Check out some of our onsite benefits:
- State of the art gym facilities so you can level up your build stats.
- Book an appointment with our onsite physiotherapist for your aches and pains.
- A massive gaming room equipped with all consoles and games you could ask for.
- Drop by our onsite hairdressers for a trim (and forget your wallet; it's a Guild perk).
- Amazing catering for Breakfast and Lunch with our specialty coffee
- Wellness room.
- Gaming room.
Intrigued? We’d love to hear from you. Please click “apply” to level up and submit your application in English.
Socialpoint is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. You’re welcome on the team no matter where you’re from, who you like, what you look like, or if you prefer Xbox over Playstation. It’s a trick question – mobile wins every time! We hire based on your qualifications and demonstrated ability to perform job responsibilities. Our games are for everyone, and so is our workplace.
