SUMMARY

Ubisoft Shanghai Studio is looking for experienced Economic Designer to join our team and help develop new and exciting mobile casual games to expand Ubisoft library of titles.

MISSION

As Economic Designer you will be responsible for designing and balancing features, systems, mechanics, and game content. Your focus will be to develop innovative game features that improve customer acquisition, engagement, retention and monetization.

You will work closely with the creative director, designers, producers, engineers and artists during the production, launch and live operations of mobile social/casual/free to play games.

RESPONSABILITIES

Game Design:

• Understand the player’s key motivation levers (progression, reward, social)
• Model, tune and manage complex game systems & mechanics (rewards, features) to engage players & fulfill their needs
• Design innovative game features, user interfaces and tutorials for mobile social games, under guidance of Creative Director

- Design, prototype and support the economic systems to drive players to invest in the game’s economy (in- game as well as across multiple platforms and on-line services)

• Respond to feedback, analytics, and test results in a constructive manner with logical and reasoned suggestions/solutions to improve on designs
• Create and maintain living documentation for all game aspects

Economics and statistics

• Use strong knowledge in macro and behavioral economics (game theory, sociology…) to create the in-game economy and its money life cycle (production, sinks, inflation)
• Define the virtual products (relation, life cycle, streams of availability)
• Work closely with the data analyst to design the metrics system to ensure the data collection triggering economy adjustments and tuning
• Work closely with the monetization manager to provide for monetization opportunities

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor degree: quantitative coursework preferred (e.g. economics, mathematics, computer science)
• 4+ years experience online/multi-player/social games or free to play, at least one social game or free to Play
• Experience in development environments that employ agile software methodologies.
• A thorough understanding of game balance, including statistics, virtual goods, economics and user motivations.
• A strong passion for social media and gaming, and for behavioral economics.
• Understanding of UI design and flow; proven ability to deliver intuitive UI experiences.
• Knowledge of e-commerce systems, pricing strategies and merchandising is a plus.
• Fluent English skills (spoken and written)

COMPETENCY

• Strong communication (oral and written) and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Mathematical, analytical and problem solving skills, to look at large complex data sets and formulate qualitative conclusions.

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