Description

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Looking for a new challenge? 

Yodo1 is a global games company on a mission. We partner with developers and studios to develop and localize games as well as optimize in-game purchases and advertisements. Our games reach millions of players worldwide.

We need a Chinese-Speaking Game Designer to help us innovate our game design and ad monetization strategies and bring brand-new casual games to players in the massive Chinese market.

You will have the opportunity to learn and grow by:

• Testing your designs on a wide variety of games; 
• Working with 10+ key publishing partners in the Chinese gaming industry;
• Exposure to a lot of great casual games, with rapid iterations and access to massive industrial data.

Successful candidates will advance to a team lead position.

What does success look like?

At Yodo1, our first question is always WDSLL: What Does Success Look Like? For your role, success looks like this:

1. Mastering the publishing process for iOS and Android platforms in China;
2. Independently redesigning our partner games for a Chinese audience; analyzing performance and proactively refining the game in future iterations;
3. Sharing suggestions and making decisions on how to enhance ad monetization in our titles;
4. Continuously improving your skills and creating higher-value content;
5. Compiling and scaling your best practices on ad monetization so you can efficiently design the best ad plan for any game. 

What you’ll be doing:

• Designing the game system, in-app ads, and in-app purchases for casual games; writing proposals and turning concepts into reality in collaboration with programmers, artists and other departments;
• Analyzing mainstream products and market trends to learn popular gameplay and understand players’ taste; applying new insights in the design work; 
• Conceptualizing game UI and feature design and developing design documents based on the product manager’s requirements.
• Completing numerical and level design for different game types.
• Cooperating with our programmers to develop new features; conducting regular design reviews and quality control throughout the game development process.

Must-have skills:

• Experience: 3 to 5 years in the game industry, including 3+ years of experience in system design for casual games; please share your success stories!
• Data analysis: ability to use game metrics to increase revenue;
• Team spirit: a collaborative and dependable team player; 
• Passion for games: an experienced and insightful gamer who keeps abreast of industry trends and reflects on product refinement;
• Business acumen: using your insight into audience interests and needs to achieve excellent user experience and product value;
• Language: fluent in Chinese and proficient in English.

Qualities that will make you a great fit for our global team: 

• Communication: You’ll be working with colleagues and clients in multiple countries and must be able to communicate clearly, concisely, and proactively and present your ideas verbally and in writing;
• Scalable thinking: Yodo1 is on the fast-track to expansion; if you think scalably, you’ll advance quickly;
• Entrepreneurial spirit: We love (and support) entrepreneurship among our staff.

We pay based on qualifications, experience, and fit for the role. We’re looking forward to working with some amazing people! 

Please use this URL to submit your application.