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Lead Game Designer

Hutch

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vor 15 Tagen

We’re Hutch, a mobile games developer & publisher with studios in central London, Dundee and Canada. Our mission is to build the most diverse and engaged automotive gaming community on mobile. Our games have been played by over 300 million people, with new titles in development.

We believe in putting our people first. Here you can make games without sacrificing quality time with family and friends. We strive to ensure our people are happy and healthy.

Our teams are small and empowered, they have the independence to take on creative and technical challenges together, to work collaboratively, to make great games and have fun along the way.

We believe in; Looking after our people, small empowered teams, complete transparency, test, learn repeat, community at the core and the freedom to focus on what truly makes a difference to our players.

We’re driven by our players! Come and Join the mission!

Lead Game Designer - F1 Clash

Hutch is looking for an experienced Game Designer to accelerate the growth of our flagship motorsports title - F1 Clash. As Lead Game Designer, you will be responsible for the features, loops, and meta experiences that build the habitual engagement to make our games endure, while managing and guiding our design team to new levels of success.

Responsibilities

As a lead you’ll be responsible for the leadership of design standards, people, and the craft of game design within the F1 Clash team.

Lead the design process and seek methods for continuous improvement
Set the standard for systemic, meta, and social design quality
Mentor other designers in the systems design process and craft
Manage the design team, ensuring high standards of design quality and team morale
Craft new features and systems to boost engagement and conversion
Guide the tuning and balance of the wider game economy to provide the highest quality player experience and amplify product performance
Evolve and iterate on existing features or systems leveraging data insight

Requirements

You’ve got the experience to jump in, make an impact on both the products and people at Hutch.

Deep, multi-year experience in mobile, free-to-play game design
Proven ability to craft engaging gameplay, meta and social systems across multiple live service titles on mobile
Expert knowledge of game design principles, player psychology and the economics of play
Free-to-Play evangelist with a finger on the pulse of the market
Strong ability to create mock-ups/flows/prototypes to showcase new concepts & ideas to a wide variety of audiences
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Knowledge of various ideation methodologies that leverage group creativity
Quality communication and cross functional working standards
Get it done attitude, working in engine, sheets, or anywhere that's needed
Line management experience

Benefits

Life at Hutch

Our HQ is in the heart of Shoreditch in central London. We have additional offices in Dundee and Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. We're an agile, creative team with people at the core of our values. We reward our employees with;

Hutch is now a 4-Day Work Week company*
Flexible working hours
Remote working 2 days per week
Excellent salary
Private health care
Enhanced Maternity (18 weeks) and Paternity leave (6 weeks)
Access to mental health initiatives such as private mental health coaching
Support to learn, develop and progress within Hutch
Free snacks and drinks
Social events, game launch parties, Thursday night drinks and much more

*This will mean that Hutch employees will work a maximum of 4 days per week (30 hours/week) Mon-Thurs, with zero reductions in pay (compared to a 5 day working week).

Our Values

Transparent - Being transparent and open helps us to be trusted and fosters integrity.
Humble - When we are humble we show humility, we let go of egos and we are self-aware.
Collaborative - We value teamwork, the spirit of collaboration and the results of working together.
Driven - We have drive and ambition and always push for the best results rather than settling.
Adaptable - Demonstrating the ability to adapt ultimately helps us grow and helps us thrive in different situations

We value diversity and as an equal opportunity employer we encourage applications from all suitable applicants. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

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Come and find out more about Hutch. We make racing games, but it’s not the only thing that drives us - https://www.hutch.io/

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