I. KEY JOB DUTIES

Strategic & Product Ownership

Define strategic direction and core design pillars for puzzle/casual products based on player behavior and business goals.
Collaborate closely with Producers and Product Owners to shape product strategies, define USPs, retention loops, and long-term content roadmap.
Proactively suggest new ideas, improve design workflows, or adopt new tools to enhance team efficiency.

Hand-on & execution

Detail the gameplay ideas into Game Design Document.
Design and balance game system including in-game economy and difficulty progression.
Strong skills in designing levels for puzzle games.
Represent the Game Design team in cross-functional meetings with engineering, product, and partners.
Organize and lead internal design reviews to ensure high design quality and foster a culture of learning.
Monitor and analyze game performance and user data to improve existing features and game KPI metrics.

Mentor & Coaching

Mentor and coach junior Game Designers: share knowledge, guide technical skills, and nurture systemic design thinking.

II. EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENT / SKILLS / ATTRIBUTES

KNOWLEDGE:

Knowledge about Game mechanics, game flow, tool support for game designing.
Knowledge about Mobile game market, game trending especially in casual and puzzle genre.
Proficiency in prototyping and ideation.
User psychology.
Wireframe Design tools (Figma, Photoshop, Basalmiq, etc).
AI tools (ChatGPT, Midjourney, Gemini, etc).
Design Thinking process
Mind mapping process
Level Design mindset for casual game ( difficulty progression, level funnel data, level KPI

Nice to have:

ABILITIES:

Hard skills:

Minimum 4–5 years of experience in Game Design, including 2+ years in a Senior or Lead role.
Game balancing, including in-game economies and difficulty progression.
Systemic design thinking and ability to guide design direction based on both creative vision and player data.

Soft skills:

Strong communication and logical thinking skills to clearly articulate and defend design decisions.
Experience mentoring, coaching or onboarding junior designers.
Self-critique and accept outside critique.
Keen eye for details.
Proficient in English.

Nice to have:

Proven experience designing or shipping at least one successful puzzle/casual title with solid retention & monetization KPIs.
Ability to create a prototype by yourself with any creation software or game engine (by AI, or Unity3d, cocos, Game Maker,...)
Blending between Player Focus + Innovation + Decision Making.
Passion for playing and making casual games.

III. WHY YOU’LL LOVE WORKING HERE

Professional, creative working environment and talented teams, equal-opportunities & agile culture
Great facility to work. You will have a MacBook and extra high definition screens
Electrical standing desk for most comfortable seat
Annual leave 12 days / sick leave 2 days / remote work 12 days
Paternity Leave policy offers more than 10 days of Paid leave, not including days-off.
Remaining Annual leave will be transferred to the next working year
Premium health insurance package for you and your relatives
Annual health check-up at premium clinic
Interesting workout activities: gym/fitness, yoga, kick-boxing, football after work
Annual bonus and project bonus
Reward program for engaged activities and volunteering
Annual company trip & quarter team bonding activities
Happy hours and awesome parties
Development opportunity: sponsorship for training courses
With regular discussions, you will have a lot of opportunities to learn from experts in their fields
International opportunity to expose and grow
At least one abroad travels every year. We often send our elites to international conferences like GDC, WWDC, Google I/O... to update the latest technology
Additional allowance & gifts for birthdays, giving-birth, weddings, illness, Mid-Autumn Festival, Lunar New Year, 1/1, 1/5, 1/6…
Pantry booster with food & beverages, game station & entertainment: PS4,...

IV. FURTHER INFORMATION

Working hour: from Monday to Friday (8:30 -18:00)
Address: 40A Lam Son, Ward 2, Tan Binh district, Ho Chi Minh city (currently located in Tan Son Hoa Ward, HCMC)

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