Electronic Arts

Game Designer

We’re looking for a creative and dedicated senior game designer to be an important member of the team shaping our games to satisfy our player community with a mind towards driving commercial success on a free-to-play business model.

As an important member of the team reporting to the Senior Live Producer, you need to have a mix of event design knowledge, live operational experience and event balancing in the mobile game industry. You will work with several function and design leads in creating game events and features for the FCMobile game, to achieve operational goals for each milestone that meet user needs and maintain the health of the game's economic system. You will become an important source of real-world inspiration and crucial in translating real world and hyper local soccer events into the game.

Responsibilities

• You will work with Senior Live Producer to establish strategic roadmap plans for EA Sports FCMobile features & live services.
• You will be a part of the feature design team understanding the what and the why, how to measure its success, and frequently communicating status.
• Craft Mastery: You will work with live producers in the creation of features and events. Set the bar for excellence in game design and documentation, deliver player-first experiences with creativity. Create game design documents, event specifications and event balancing.
• Football Knowledge: You will translate real-world events into live game events, which may sometimes require flexible work hours to mirror real-world calendar.
• Live Service Mentality: You know how to create systems that can withstand the test of time, and keep our game interesting all year.
• Innovate & Iterate: Use market insights, player feedback, your own experiences and data analytics to identify opportunities for innovation in game modes, progression, competitive and collection systems. You are expected to pitch and bring features to the team.
• Partner with Production Leads: Collaborate with production leadership to ensure feature quality and scope align with development timelines and goals.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional game design & live service experience
• Experience delivering priorities and timelines independently
• Conceptualize real-world events into live service content
• Passion with football and deep insights to football culture/community.
• In-depth knowledge of the mobile free-to-play gaming market 
• High Proficiency in English - both verbally and written
• Chinese Mandarin proficiency will be a big plus.
• Ability to work with international teams with some travel required