Game Economy Designer
FoxNext
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Full Time Job
Game Economy Designer (Aftershock)
JOB DESCRIPTION
FoxNext Games is looking for an experienced Economy Designer for our next mobile game. The ideal candidate will understand the economic and meta-game systems of free-to-play games and have a strong grasp of the underlying mathematically concepts. In addition, the candidate will be an avid player of mobile RPG and strategy games with a deep knowledge of player behavior in those genres, industry trends, and data analysis methods.
Responsibilities
Maintaining a deep knowledge of player behavior within the game across multiple player types
Analysis, tuning, and simulation of the game economy with respect to fountains and sinks of in-game items and currencies
Implement content and maintain an up-to-date understanding of the current state of the game
Contribute to the design of features and systems by providing guidance on their impact on player behavior and the economy
Work with the Product Management, Design and Live Ops team to establish and implement feature and content strategies
Stay abreast of market trends and provide analysis of relevant emerging products in the free-to-play space
Skills
Strong econometrics skills, able to model problems quantitative systems, and draw qualitative conclusions out of quantitative data
Strong sensitivity to gameplay and social game design, understanding how to build needs and emotions in the context of a game
Strong analytical and formal thinking, able to break problems down in their key variable and identify the relations between them
Strong marketing knowledge, able to formulate adequate selling strategies to improve the financial performance
Understanding of client/server architecture and data collecting pipeline and mining
Qualifications
Love playing free-to-play mobile RPG/Strategy games
Previous experience in econometrics/data mining
Experience balancing the economy in at least one live free-to-play game
Mastery of Excel or other analytics tools
Deep, up-to-date knowledge of the free-to-play mobile market
Passion for games on all existing formats: board games, card games, sports, paper RPGs, all genres of videogames with special focus on strategy and competitive games
Pluses
Experience using Unity
Advanced understanding of SQL and/or Python
Graduate degree in Economics, Business Management or BA, preferably specialized in Marketing, Market Research or Strategic Direction
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.