Lead Game Designer - Content at Wooga

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Our Story

At Wooga, we are very proud of the diverse, creative and friendly environment we have established and we believe you will enjoy working with some of the best people in the industry. Each of our Woogas plays an important role in our success as a company and in shaping our culture. We really value our razor-sharp focus on story-driven casual games, excellent craftsmanship, truly collaborative way of working, and the values we strive to live up to every day. We create joyful experiences that awaken our players’ desire to see what happens next. Based in the heart of Berlin, with over 300 employees from around the world, we work together to create high-quality casual games with engaging stories at the core of the experience.

We are seeking an experienced Lead Content Designer for our enormously successful Hidden Object Game, June’s Journey. Do you want to work in a stable environment that strives for and recognizes excellence, and where values like diversity, integrity, and innovation are more than just words on a page? If so then we would love to hear from you!

What will you do?

Collaborate closely with different teams to ensure high quality of the content:

Coordinate with the leads of all the disciplines involved in creating content for the game, such as art and writing.
Work closely with feature teams in defining features that involve content pipelines. Drive the implementation of those new pipelines in the content design team.
Collaborate with LiveOps and Marketing teams to provide content matching player needs.
Participate in UX-related and player-related research and transform results into action plans to define and improve content delivery.

Ensure the efficient functioning of the workflows involved in content creation, driving the needed initiatives when contingencies arise:

Work closely with the producers in planning and maintaining the content production plan.
Participate in discussions with stakeholders to ensure the content pipelines support the game and company vision and financial goals.
Monitor the quality of the content that is produced by the team. Provide feedback if needed to make sure the standards are met.

Support individual contributors in the team with career development guidance, conflict resolution, and mentoring.
Stay aware of new trends in the mobile game market (esp. hidden object). Reverse engineer solutions from competitive titles and learn from them.

Who are you?

You have relevant design experience
You have set up and expanded multiple content pipelines. You can break down features into content requirements, identify dependencies and transform them into production pipeline.
You have strong experience working with technical tools to create content (Unity and other).
You have experience working with creative disciplines like Art and Writing.
You have a keen interest for narrative-driven designYou have passion for narrative.
You understand the free-to-play market, including player motivations, monetization levers, standard KPIs, and competitor games.
You have proven leadership experience. Mentoring and giving feedback to less experienced peers and designers comes natural to you.
You can visualize and present ideas in a clear and comprehensive way using a variety of tools.
You have effective time management skills in order to effectively work against deadlines.
You are constantly working on enhancing your skills and are willing to accept and provide open feedback.
You have experience working cross-functionally with diverse and international teams.

Please note: Research has shown that some under-represented groups in the gaming industry (eg: women) tend to apply only if they meet every single requirement. Here at Wooga, the desire to learn and the willingness to solve problems are more important to us than your experience on paper. We encourage you to apply even if you do not think that you tick all the boxes - thinking outside of such boxes and embracing the diversity of mindsets and backgrounds is what we believe makes our teams thrive.

Our Promise

Shape the future! Challenge the status quo and team up with a diverse group of experts (over 57 nationalities!) working on crafting the world’s best games.
We offer a generous relocation package and home search support if you are not already located in Berlin. Did we mention that we also cooperate with Kindergartens?
Make use of a significant education budget and extra days off for self-development. Join our meet-ups, talks, brown bag lunches, internal trainings, workshops and many others.
Enjoy the yoga, mindfulness app, sports and transport subsidies. And a Purpose Day to donate your time to a worthy cause!
Did you know that German is the third most commonly taught language worldwide? Learn it too! We offer German language classes for you and your significant other.
With our hybrid work model you will work in the office with your teams twice a week, to encourage in-person collaboration and team bonding The other three days you can choose if you want to work from home or from the office. We also offer 10 days a year to work from abroad. We got your back!

At Wooga we are committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for everyone who works here or with us, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, religion (or lack thereof) and game preferences. Be yourself, we like you that way!

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