About this Role

PAC-MAN to Tekken, Tamagotchi to Dark Souls, we are a games company steeped in history and Bandai Namco Mobile is the pillar of the Bandai Namco Group’s mobile strategy in the West, to grow from the #5 global mobile publisher to #1! 

We offer a flatter structure, role autonomy and the creative freedom of a start-up, whilst still having the legacy, resources and stability of Bandai Namco, a global gaming powerhouse. Our goal in Barcelona is to enrich Bandai Namco's list of successful IPs by creating original, innovative and successful mobile games.

Our Games Team

Everybody in our Games team is first and foremost, a Game Maker and you will be no different. You will be working in small teams to rapidly design, prototype and iterate game ideas from yourself and the team, so although a master of your discipline, you will still have a huge voice when it comes to concepting and designing Games at Bandai Namco Mobile. Due to this, you must bring a deep understanding of the Mobile F2P Gaming Market. 

Principal Gameplay Designer

We are looking for a highly creative Game Designer to lead the Gameplay Design discipline at Bandai Namco Mobile. Working with the design team, you will define and execute the creative vision for our games, with a strong focus on crafting engaging gameplay mechanics and core loops.

In the early stages of development, your ability to prototype, define the right questions that the prototype must answer, and iterate with the rest of the development team is paramount. With this, you must be able to look at your ideas from an outside perspective, decide collectively when and why to kill a project and be ready to start the next one by incorporating new learnings.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience as a Game Designer, preferably with demonstrable Gameplay or Technical Design expertise
• Comfortable being hands-on with a scripting language (Blueprint, C#, LUA) and a game engine to prototype and finetune gameplay content and 3C systems
  
• Have a passion for game feel and iterative finetuning to deliver stellar experiences to players
  
• Proactive and collaborative mindset with excellent cross-discipline communication skills

Nice to have

• Experience with AI, level design, or UX design concepts
  
• Experience launching and operating a free-to-play game
  
• Portfolio of your work