We are looking for an experienced, highly motivated, collaboration- orientated, Principal Game Designer to join an incredibly diverse team, working on one of the biggest and most successful mobile games in the world. As a Principal Game Designer, you will have responsibility and accountability for the design, implementation, user testing and delivery of the systems and design architecture of the game.

Your role within the Kingdom

• You are an expert in multiple areas of game design and in applying UX principles to game design. You can act as a resource for colleagues with less experience.

• Working with the Product Lead to come up with an ambitious product vision for the game.

• Working with the game development team to translate that vision into highly engaging and highly performing features.

• Proactively identifying and addressing problems and opportunities in the design of the game.

• Maintaining the highest possible levels of design quality, while respecting technical limitations and performance targets.

• Documenting, communicating, and gathering internal feedback on the game features and systems throughout the development process.

• Creating task breakdowns to assist with scheduling.

• Tracking and reporting key risks to your producer.

• Working in a humble and open manner, with a willingness to both teach and learn from your colleagues.

• Staying up to date with industry techniques, standards and workflows, with awareness of current & upcoming game titles & technology.

• Staying up to date on the mobile market, playtesting and analysing mobile games, and sharing insights with the team.

Skills to create thrills

• Strong, proven, game design experience in the free- to- play industry

• Strong analytical and system design skills

• Strong knowledge and experience of working with UX design

• Articulate with strong written and verbal communication skills

• Strong presentation and documentation skills

• Confidence and experience to self- manage and self- motivate

• Experience leading and mentoring game and design teams

• Deep understanding of free- to- play economies and meta games

• Experience concepting and creating a game and/or features from first ideas

Games Experience

Candidates must have extensive experience creating videogames. Working in mobile games (or other platforms with limited hardware capabilities such as VR or handhelds) provides a unique environment in which high ambitions meet tight constraints. We are looking for a game maker who is not only comfortable with technical constraints, but also loves the challenge of overcoming those constraints.

What makes King a great place to work is all our people. We’re powered by a determination to be better tomorrow than we are today - and to have some fun along the way. So we offer sweet benefits and perks to match.

• Competitive pay

We always check the market to make sure our pay is competitive. And we have profit sharing to reward our people for having an impact at King.

• Coverage for the important life stuff

We make sure you can plan for the future. We’ve got you covered with medical insurance, financial saving plans, and other local offerings depending on where you live.

• Time off

We have a generous holiday allowance, most of our offices close between 25 December and the New Year, and you can take a day to volunteer and give back to your community.

• Learning opportunities are everywhere

Learn@King has hundreds of courses, books, and resources you can access anytime. Want to advance your C++, or Java skills? How about a live drawing workshop? We’ve got those too. We also do special assignments for on the job learning and we’re part of Activision Blizzard so career options are everywhere.

• Next level workspaces

We have open spaces, desks on wheels, jam boards, cosy nooks for when you need to get in the zone, and rooms for teams to map it all out. Since our job is making the world playful we also have ping pong tables, cosy couches, and gaming zones. Yep, coffee, healthy snacks, drinks, and breakfast too.

• Wellbeing

Wellbeing is important to us. Doing your best work requires being your best self. Our offices either have a gym on site or offer a gym & wellbeing allowance.

• Employee networks to connect with people

Our employee networks bring people together. You can get involved in the planning or just enjoy perks! Whether its theatre trips, fitness classes, conversations on inclusion, or Pride, passionate employees make it all happen.

• Kingfomarket

We don’t want to brag but Kingfomarket is kind of a big deal. Every year the entire company gets together to learn, share ideas, focus on the future, and celebrate our wins. Our events in general are epic but Kingfomarket is one of a kind.

• Carbon offsetting

We want a playful and sustainable world so we participate in CO2 offsetting each year to make us carbon neutral across our office footprint, business travel, and game’s servers energy consumption.

• King Swag

Use your Royal Store tokens to get some sweet headphones or a King trolley (that’s a suitcase for our US peeps). You’ll get new tokens every year so don’t forget to pick out a gift for your friends who are candy crushing over the fact that you work for King.