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WE MAKE FUN...FUNNER.

We are Full Circle, and we're all about having fun and making great games that people want to play with their friends. As the developers of Skate™, we are set to deliver an experience that embraces and builds upon everything our community found special about the previous games. We believe in creating an inclusive world inside and outside of our games for our players and our team. 

As our Senior Mobile Game Designer, you will drive the development of our cross-play mobile experience. You will define what a best-in-class mobile free-to-play experience looks like and lead the team to bring it to life, balancing the complexities of a multi-platform title. Your expertise in mobile game design and live operations will drive player engagement and retention across devices.

The Senior Mobile Game Designer reports to the Lead Technical Designer.

Responsibilities

• Work with a mobile strike team to ensure key core-loop  feature parity between mobile and other platforms and a cohesive cross-platform player experience

• Design solutions and propose alternatives for features that are not possible or supported on mobile

• Oversee the ongoing integration of new features and mechanics, ensuring quality and consistency across platforms by representing the needs of the mobile player to the wider team

• Work alongside mobile input / gameplay designers to ensure moment-to-moment experiences align with metagame expectations

• Design and refine mobile-specific FTUE (First Time User Experience) and onboarding flows

• Partner with the Design Director and Lead Designers to advocate for the mobile player experience within the overall metagame and progression systems

• Partner closely with UX and UI designers to ensure cohesion and consistency in the mobile experience

• Establish and maintain structured content guidelines for mobile, including evaluating the need for bespoke content and managing the impact of difficulty discrepancies between platforms

• Design and implement strategies for integrating seasonal content on mobile, ensuring consistency and fairness in cross-progression and cross-platform play

Qualifications

• 5+ years game design experience, or show equivalent knowledge

• At least 3 years of experience in mobile designing and implementing features

• Strong understanding of mobile onboarding and retention and how to design an experience that fits into a player’s daily routine

• Experience with what makes mobile free to play games successful through current free-to-play mechanics, fundamentals, and trends

• Nice to Have: Strong interest in skate and social sandbox games with an understanding of how they work