Game Designer Lead

3d3 days ago

Gameloft

Yogyakarta, ID · Full-time

About this role

This is not a role where you follow someone else's design philosophy. You define it for a studio building credibility to earn bigger mandates, with you as a central reason it gets there.

You sit at the center of Gameloft Indonesia's upward trajectory, earning trust through the quality of what you ship. You don't just manage a team—you mold and shape it into a design organization, defining how game design works across the studio from idea creation to scaling into published live products.

Your vision sets the direction, and your team turns it into reality. You stay close enough to the craft to shape decisions directly, while building processes, workflows, and best practices that scale across multiple projects and collaborations.

As a trusted co-development partner, the studio contributes to projects like Disney Dreamlight Valley Apple Arcade and manages the SongPop franchise. You act as a voice of the studio in the local game dev ecosystem, building a bigger presence in the industry.

Requirements

6+ years in game design, with experience as Lead or Senior GD on mobile titles.
Shipped at least 2 released games in a lead or senior design capacity.
Deep experience across gameplay systems, balancing, UI/UX, and player experience.
Ability to turn complex ideas into clear, actionable direction.
Experience leading and motivating design teams.
Deep understanding of the mobile game market, trends, and player behavior.
Well-developed data-driven mindset: able to translate metrics, player feedback, and market signals into design improvements.
Comfortable balancing long-term vision with iterative, agile execution.

Responsibilities

Set the bar for gameplay, UX, balancing, and player experience, ensuring every project moves toward it.
Evolve the design team by raising the bar, developing skills, and shaping how designers think, create, and collaborate.
Guide early-stage exploration, validate ideas, and shape concepts that can scale into viable productions.
Step into projects when needed to solve complex design problems, unblock teams, and raise quality.
Identify high-potential designers and build a skilled Live Ops core that can sustain long-term game performance.
Build processes, workflows, and best practices that scale across multiple projects and collaborations.
Be the bridge across teams and studios as a peer with Producers, Studio Leadership, and other Gameloft studios.
Act as a voice of the studio in the local game dev ecosystem and build a bigger presence in the industry.

Benefits

Hybrid work setup that balances collaboration and flexibility.
Work in Yogyakarta, one of Indonesia's most livable cities—a cultural and arts hub with inspiring creative energy.
Part of a global game developer and publisher with 25+ years of experience and titles enjoyed by millions worldwide.
Contribute to high-profile projects like Disney Dreamlight Valley Apple Arcade and the SongPop franchise.