Senior Game Designer
Jackbox Games
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • Florida • United States
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Salary
💰 $105,393 - $126,512 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead game design efforts from initial concept through final production across Party Pack titles
- Create original game concepts and pitch new ideas for future Party Packs
- Design core game loops, progression systems, and player engagement mechanics
- Establish design best practices and maintain consistency across multiple titles
- Conduct and analyze playtests to iterate on game mechanics and player experience
- Collaborate with Creative Directors, artists, engineers, and audio teams to bring designs to life
- Balance gameplay to ensure casual player accessibility while maintaining competitive depth
- Present design concepts and game pitches to stakeholders and executive leadership
- Champion player-first design through user research and data analysis
- Able to create engaging gameplay with only a few, easy to understand rules
- Ability to take accessible ideas and make them a bit wacky, or take wacky ideas and make them accessible
Requirements
- 6+ years of game design experience with multiple shipped titles
- Proven track record designing successful multiplayer or social games
- Strong understanding of party game dynamics and social play patterns
- Familiarity with scripting languages for rapid prototyping
- Experience leading design teams and mentoring other designers
- Demonstrated ability to create original game concepts and mechanics
- Strong analytical skills for interpreting player feedback and metrics
- Experience with rapid prototyping and iterative design processes
- Deep understanding of game balancing and player progression systems
- Passion for creating inclusive, accessible gaming experiences
Benefits
- 401(k) with matching and medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance options.
- Flexible work schedule and environment. Currently, our employees are encouraged to work where they feel the safest and most productive.
- Flexible PTO. Take time off when you need to recharge, take a trip, or just catch up on life.
- Annual stipends for therapy, growth, wellness, and home office equipment to encourage our employees’ lifelong learning pursuits and support mental and physical health.
- Creative work environment. We are lucky to work in a place that is full of talented and innovative folks.
- Free food either virtually or in the office.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
game designmultiplayer gamessocial gamesscripting languagesrapid prototypingiterative designgame balancingplayer progression systemsgame mechanicsplaytesting
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringanalytical skillscollaborationcommunicationcreativityuser researchdata analysispresentation skillsplayer-first design