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Senior Game Designer

Designer - Game Design - Shanghai, China

Job Title Senior Game Designer
Job Description

Objectives & Responsibilities:

  • Analyze competing domestic and international games. Understand gaming industry trends and set the product direction accordingly. Conduct analysis on project feasibility;
  • Design core gameplay, ensuring the fun elements and game profitability;
  • Set up the game’s main structure and logic rules, design values, gameplay, system function, basic interface, user consumption system, etc;
  • Work closely with Studio Director and all teams, to coordinate the resources of programmers and artists, to ensure completion of the project goal;
  • Work with User Research Manager and other team members to solicit feedback;
  • Design and make the work arrangements, guide and supervise the developing process, establish a quick and effective development system;
  • Coordinate with each department and guarantee the optimal configuration of game resources.

Qualifications:

  • Have at least 6 years’ game design experience in the Senior Game Designer role, 2 years’ and above experience in the Lead Designer role is preferred;
  • Proven experience as lead designer or key designer, for successful free to play domestic games;
  • Involve in the whole process of project development;
  • Have good technical understanding of game development with an ability to design systems and tools;
  • Have deep knowledge of Chinese gamers and how they play, and their spending habits;
  • Familiar with the leading games in the market with profound understanding of the industry. Have full knowledge of player demand and interest points;
  • Have good experience in game system design, numerical design, level design, world outlook design.

Requirements:

  • Skillful in using different game design software. Eager to learn new ideas, techniques and trends to help the game development;
  • Great communication skill. Understand how to present idea with impact and influence;
  • Good understanding of game balance and playability. Creative and welcome challenge;
  • Ambitious about creating top-level online game products. Passionate about gaming industry and a fan of shooting games;
  • Strong sense of responsibility. Quality oriented, and able to resolve problems throughout obstacles, to ensure the best output of the design;
  • Abilities for adapting to change and meet different demands for producing;
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  • A team-player, can establish good relationship with different teams, to help improve the cooperation between different functions;
  • Can inspire people to work closely together towards the same goal;
  • Good English skill is a plus.

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Sector Game Design
Category Designer
Level Senior
Contract Type Permanent
Hours Full Time
Date Posted 7 September 2026
Reference R027759
Recruiter Activision Blizzard
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