Sr. Game Designer

Requisition Number: 160192

Position Title: Sr Game Designer

External Description:

Pogo is building the world’s best online casual games destination, a place of playful relaxation and joy for millions of gamers across all walks of life. Our talented global team delivers state-of-the-art HTML5 games across the top casual genres, which support increasingly sophisticated metagames and social interactions. Pogo’s loyal fans and long-time subscribers count on us for fresh content, daily challenges, great events, and new games. Our live service delivers!

About this Position

We are looking for a Sr.Game Designer who can design, spec, and deliver fresh takes on classic games, invent original game mechanics, and create new experiences for a casual audience on web and mobile while coaching other designers and reviewing the work of other creatives.  You may not know the exact rules to every game -- Canasta, Pinochle, Farkle, Pyramid, Bubble Shooter, etc --  but you have fond memories and personal experiences playing some favorites around the table with friends or family, and you’re experienced working on cross-discipline development teams to deliver them in software. You will report directly to the Product Director and have a high level of interaction with other leads and team members.

 What You Will Do 

• Partner with Product Owners to shape and implement the product’s long-term vision.
• Spearhead the design of new games and metagames.
• Author new content and review the work of others.
• Create fun and accessible systems that lead to high engagement.
• Collaborate across disciplines to create compelling, high-quality experiences.
• Create and maintain documentation of design solutions.
• Prioritize design solutions dynamically, based on product and team needs.
• Articulate design choices in terms of the player experience and motivations.
• Keep abreast of design trends.

What You Bring

• 7+ years of design experience, with shipped titles in casual/mobile.
• Experience with freemium/F2P design, including MTX and social features.
• Solid understanding of gameplay mechanics and systems.
• Strong affinity for the casual gaming audience.
• Ability to work effectively by yourself, while leading a small design team
• Evidence of work in an agile environment, negotiating live service deliverables.
• An organized and detail-oriented approach to design and authoring.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Readiness to work with a globally distributed development team
• Knowledge of the game industry, trends, competition, platforms, and market.
• A passion for crafting amazing casual games & experiences!

What’s in it for you? 

A creative environment, engaging work, excellent benefits and lots of great perks. Plus, the chance to shape the gaming habits and lifestyles of everyone you know – not just the gamers in your family, but all types of players. It takes dedication to deliver never-ending content for Pogo’s top-tier game service. Do you have the game breadth of knowledge and depth of design talent to tackle this challenge? 

About Pogo

Pogo has been the leader for online casual games since 1998. We are the ultimate online community to play free casual games, including classic card and board games, modern puzzle and match games, plus great original content. Our unique service provides countless hours of fun to millions of Pogo fans, and we are determined to grow that fanbase even bigger -- without gouging their pocketbooks, grinding their fingers numb, or wasting their brainpower with needless layers of complexity.

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Electronic Arts Inc. ist ein weltweit führender Anbieter interaktiver Unterhaltungssoftware. EA bietet Spiele, Inhalte und Online-Dienste für internetfähige Spielkonsolen, Personalcomputer, Mobiltelefone und Tablets an.

EEOText: EA engagiert sich für Chancengleichheit und Gleichstellung. Alle Personalentscheidungen werden unabhängig von Ethnie, Hautfarbe, Herkunft, Abstammung, Geschlecht, Geschlechtsidentität oder ausgelebtem Geschlecht, sexueller Orientierung, Alter, genetischer Information, Religion, Behinderung, Krankheit, Schwangerschaft, Familienstand, Veteranenstatus oder anderer durch das Gesetz geschützte Charakteristiken getroffen. Wir berücksichtigen unter Einhaltung der geltenden rechtlichen Bestimmungen auch qualifizierte Kandidaten mit Vorstrafen. EA sorgt außerdem für die durch geltendes Gesetz vorgeschriebenen Anpassungen am Arbeitsplatz für Individuen mit anerkannten Behinderungen.

Days Open: 80

Can this position be remote?:

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA engagiert sich für Chancengleichheit und Gleichstellung. Alle Personalentscheidungen werden unabhängig von Ethnie, Hautfarbe, Herkunft, Abstammung, Geschlecht, Geschlechtsidentität oder ausgelebtem Geschlecht, sexueller Orientierung, Alter, genetischer Information, Religion, Behinderung, Krankheit, Schwangerschaft, Familienstand oder Veteranenstatus getroffen. EA sorgt außerdem für die durch geltendes Gesetz vorgeschriebenen Anpassungen am Arbeitsplatz für Individuen mit anerkannten Behinderungen.