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full-timeSenior Meta Designer - Unannouced Project
Zyngacareers · London
Level Up Your Career with Zynga! At Zynga, we bring people together through the power of play. As a global leader in interactive entertainment and a proud label of Take-Two Interactive, our games have been downloaded over 6 billion times—connecting players in 175+ countries through fun, strategy, and a little friendly competition. From thrilling casino spins to epic strategy battles, mind-bending puzzles, and social word challenges, our diverse game portfolio has something for everyone. Fan-favorites and latest hits include FarmVille™, Words With Friends™, Zynga Poker™, Game of Thrones Slots Casino™, Wizard of Oz Slots™, Hit it Rich! Slots™, Wonka Slots™, Top Eleven™, Toon Blast™, Empires & Puzzles™, Merge Dragons!™, CSR Racing™, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells™, Match Factory™, and Color Block Jam™—plus many more! Founded in 2007 and headquartered in California, our teams span North America, Europe, and Asia, working together to craft unforgettable gaming experiences. Whether you're spinning, strategizing, matching, or competing, Zynga is where fun meets innovation—and where you can take your career to the next level. Join us and be part of the play! Position Overview: NaturalMotion is looking for a talented and passionate Meta Designer to join our London studio, helping shape the combat experience for our first-person shooter mobile title. This role focuses on designing and managing metagame, live, and progression features to create a satisfying and sustainable mobile experience. You will own key metagame features from conception through live, coordinating with design, art, UX, engineering, and product management throughout the whole process. As a live game you will need to design features with iteration and extensibility in mind and analyze live data to expand and improve your features over time. We are looking for someone who brings both craft knowledge, an excitement to try new things, and a genuine love of action games. We embrace a hybrid work environment. Within this role you will work 2 days per week in our London office and the remaining days at home. What You'll Do: Ownership of designing, prototyping, and implementing progression, economy, and engagement features that align with the creative vision of the game Help define, analyze, and take action on analytics, feature data, and KPIs Work closely with live and product management teams to define goals and implement solutions to boost engagement Collaborate closely with art, animation, audio, design and engineering teams to build content and solve problems in a multi-disciplinary environment Develop and balance in-game economies across many different metagame features Work closely with UX and engineering to ensure features are implemented in ways that meet the engagement goals Analyse player data, feedback, and behaviours to identify and fix metagame issues and retention barriers Work concurrently on multiple features at varying stages of development, managing priorities effectively as content pipelines run in parallel Document and communicate metagame feature concepts clearly to ensure alignment across all development teams What You Bring: Previous experience in Metagame / Progression / Engagement Design or an equivalent role in the video game industry At least one shipped title in a design role for a live service title Experience designing and implementing progression, economy, or engagement features for live gamesKnowledge and experience analyzing KPIs and player behaviour data Familiarity with the Unreal game engine Ability to analyse gameplay data and player feedback to inform and balance design decisions Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively across cross-disciplinary teams The ability to manage multiple designs in a fast-paced development environment Passionate about action games with a deep understanding of what makes enemy designs engaging and memorable Bonus Points: Background in mobile games with an understanding of mobile player behaviour and market leaders E
| Role | Senior Meta Designer - Unannouced Project |
|---|---|
| Company | Zyngacareers |
| Location | London |
| Type | full-time |
| Compensation | Not disclosed |
| Deadline | Rolling |
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