Game Monetization Designer

Playwing was founded in 2017 and is privately owned by the founders of Ubisoft, the Guillemot brothers.

Playwing Teams are composed of creative talents focused on delivering fresh and innovative gaming experiences accessible instantly by players.

What we do?

Playwing is a publisher focused creation and distribution of multiplayer, cross-platform, crossplay, and mobile games.

We have different High-quality products with complex logic and different content. We are distributing and we offer different types of markets and targets.

The company has operational offices in Rennes (France), Madrid (Spain), Bucharest (Romania), Kharkiv (Ukraine), and a sales office in San Diego (USA). We also count two partner studios, Mando Productions, in Paris (France) and Shinypix, in Bordeaux (France).

We are looking for a Game Monetization Designer to join our international development team for creating our F2P massively multiplayer online game - "Instant War".

https://www.instantwar.com/

What are you working on?

• The name of the project(s): Instant War
• Genres: Strategy
• Platforms: Mobile, iOS, Android

For which tasks (responsibilities)?

As a Game Monetization Designer, you will be responsible for the design and balancing of game features, economic systems, mechanics and content.

Your goal will be to design and manage all systems that will encourage the player to invest in a game in order to enhance their experience through acquisition, engagement, retention and monetization.

📌As such your main missions will be

- Optimize the main KPI’s of the game regarding monetization and retention: analyze these key indicators, identify the necessary evolutions;
- Design the game’s monetization systems, ensure their development and measure the impact on the game’s KPIs;
- Define a monetization strategy to improve game retention and revenues, while respecting the quality of the player experience and their expectations;
- Manage the economics, pricing and distribution of virtual goods in the game;
- Balance the propositions of the different types of content available, as well as the balancing of virtual currencies;
- Ensure consumer understanding and track community feedback (in collaboration with community management and marketing);
- Respond to feedback, analysis and test results in a constructive manner with suggestions, logical and reasoned solutions to improve the existing functionality of the economic system;
- Research and stay current on industry trends, including new game genres, design methods, game themes and F2P mechanics.

What kind of professional are we looking for?

📌Skills

- You ideally have experience in mobile play video game development, preferably 4x, in the design phase and in the “Live Ops” phase;
- BS/MS in Game Design / Level Design, Interaction Design, Business Design or similar;
- Very good knowledge and strong interest in designing multiplayer games such as 4X, MMORPG, RPG;
- Strong knowledge of game design and level design (gameplay, learning curve, staging, difficulty, balancing, pacing, reward, accessibility);
- Proven ability to design and improve F2P monetization features;
- You are creative, self-directed and efficient in order to achieve goals;
- Excellent logical, analytical and mathematical skills;
- Good understanding of F2P best practices (Acquisition-Retention-Monetization, Ads, analytical KPIs);
- Passion for designing F2P games and understanding what makes them fun;
- Good ability to provide feedback on existing business systems;
- Excellent communication and organizational skills (English spoken, read, written).

What is important for us in a person?

📌Additional skills appreciated

- Experience in designing multiplayer games such as MMORPG, RPG,4X;
- Developed sense of UI / UX, composition and typography;
- A broad culture of gaming, on all platforms (mobile, consoles, etc.) and for all audiences.

Why do we enjoy working here?

📌We offer

📆 Paid vacation, sick leave, and day-off (40 days per year);
⏰ Free morning schedule (start from 8 to 11 am);
🚀 Individual development plan;
💵 Payment for external training (not only professional);
📈 We provide access to the internal base of training, seminars and literature;
🏠 Assistance in setting up a home office;
🏢 Opportunity to work in a coworking space;
🏄 Compensation for sports activities and health care services;
🇺🇸 Free English classes and Speaking club from beginner to advanced lvl.