Senior Lead Game Designer (Team Lead)

As a team lead within our thriving LiveOps Game Design team, you’ll lead and support a high-performing group of Game Designers, fostering both top-quality work and professional growth. You’ll oversee performance expectations and drive seamless cross-team collaboration to deliver outstanding game design specifications and continuous improvements for Outfit7 live games. Partnering closely with other leads, you’ll champion process enhancements that keep the LiveOps titles fresh, engaging, and player-focused. Ready to inspire, guide, and shape the future of live game experiences? Let’s connect!

Locations

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Recruiter

Tetiana Nevmerzhytska

Tetiana Nevmerzhytska

Lead Talent Acquisition Expert

[email protected]

Employers

Ekipa2 d.o.o

In this role you will

  • Creatively lead a high-performing team of game designers operating on various games within the LiveOps team.
  • Drive the team to design and deliver features that match the intended game experience for the Talking Tom & Friends target audience.
  • Implement the LiveOps roadmap and vision together with other LiveOps leads, ensuring their alignment with department and company goals.
  • Act as a source of support, knowledge, and experience for your team.
  • Lead regular performance reviews, deliver constructive feedback, and actively support the professional development of team members
  • Closely collaborate with the lead of Game Design Department Game Design Department Lead in aligning expectations and driving the team forward.
  • Cooperate with cross-department teams and managers to ensure the development process moves forward smoothly, all while creating and maintaining high-quality products in LiveOps.
  • Improve the game design workflow with new approaches, and share knowledge with the team and with peers.
  • Keep up to date with current mobile market trends and game design practices.

What we’re looking for

  • Creative, innovative mindset, with strong logical and analytical thinking, and good attention to detail.
  • Ability to produce coherent game design systems and structures.
  • Good understanding of player behaviors and motivations across target audiences.
  • Ability to analyze game metrics in order to shape LiveOps frameworks and improve game KPIs.
  • Good understanding of people management and communication, and the ability to lead, motivate, and drive people to success.
  • Passion for mobile games.
  • Knowledge of Freemium/free-to-play (F2P) games is a must.

Your experience

  • 1+ years of experience as manager of a game design team with a minimum of three direct reports.
  • 4+ years of experience as a game designer, preferably working in LiveOps on a successful game.

What we offer

  • Employment relationship with Ekipa2 d.o.o. for an indefinite period of time, with a six-month probationary period on site or remotely.
  • Diverse work with exciting daily challenges, working as part of a team in a fun, relaxed environment.
  • Participation in attractive projects.
  • Development opportunities through training, seminars, and conferences.
  • Choice of sport, fitness, educational, and entertainment activities outside of work.
  • Healthy meals in the office.
  • Flexible working hours.
  • 24 days of paid vacation.
  • Participation in a discretionary bonus plan.
  • Christmas bonus (subject to internal policies).

Povzetek delovnega mesta:

Načrtovalec iger IV., vodja ekipe (M/Ž)

Zahtevane so izkušnje z razvojem mobilnih iger. Ponujamo vam delovno razmerje za nedoločen čas s šestmesečnim poskusnim delom v podjetju Ekipa2 d.o.o., s sedežem v Ljubljani. Rok prijave: 31.08.2025

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