DataSakura is looking for a world class, exceptionally skilled and enthusiastic Lead Game Designer to join our distributed international team!

We have a set of small teams working on various games in multiple genres. Mostly it's mobile f2p casual and mid-core games, but our portfolio is expanding fast. We are looking for someone who can come up with a new concept (Rapid prototyping), improve an existing game (LiveOps) or lead small teams through all the stages to global release, to turn the game into a global hit!

This hands-on role requires a deep understanding of how games engage and excite people.

We expect you to be self-motivated, goal-oriented and a positive team player. You take pride in your work and have a broad sense of ownership in delivering quality-focused products.

We have a flat structure, and we give our teams as much autonomy and responsibility as possible, as we believe this is the best way to get the best results.

Responsibilities:

• Lead game design area in a small development teams working on various projects through prototyping, soft-launch, global release and LiveOps;
• Work closely with the Product Manager of your team on building the roadmap and proposing new features to improve specific metrics;
• Turn those features into documentation and tasks for developers and artists;
• Generate new ideas and concepts that fit today's market;
• Look into data together with Analyst and Product Manager to see what can be improved;
• Provide feedback to other game designers on their projects, and seek feedback for your project;
• Keep up to date on the state of the mobile industry, trends and inspirational games.

Key competences:

• Work at a leading role in Game Design in big companies (lead game designer\ project owner);

• Development of hybrid casual, casual (not match3), midcore, multiplayer, innovative games;

• Release of commercially successful products;

• Work at all stages of game development - from idea generation to live ops;

• Knowledge of game mechanics, experience in game balancing;

• Ability to draw up project documentation;

• Ability to quickly assess shortcomings, generate ideas and combine different mechanics;

• English at C1 level for communication with customers;

• Love for games, constant self-development.

Will be a plus:

• Higher technical education and experience as a game developer;

• Experience in level design;

• Experience with Unity;

• Basic knowledge of Adobe Photoshop.

We offer:

• Permanent contract with a Cypriot company, paid vacation (20 working days), sick leave 70% of salary;
• Full employment, remote work without business trips or hybrid schedule;
• Salary in US dollars or USDT with annual review;
• Help in relocation in Cyprus or Serbia – legal and financial – after 3 months in the company;
• No bureaucracy and no micromanagement;
• Fixed hours without the use of time trackers, depending on the time zone and your wishes (we believe in work\life balance);
• Small, friendly agile teams;
• Courses and training (professional, conferences), online English courses and classes with a full-time teacher from Canada;
• Payment for co-working space rent and compensation for equipment costs.

The vacancy implies a small test task.