Senior Progression Designer (CONTRACT)

Responsibilities

• Design, tune, and implement fun, meaningful progression systems, reward structures, and supporting economies that align with the game’s creative vision and player experience goals.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to define the tools, workflows, and processes needed to build, tune, and maintain progression features.
• Create and maintain clear documentation for progression systems and related features, including design briefs, spreadsheets, tuning models, and data visualizations.
• Communicate design goals, feature updates, and implementation details to team members and stakeholders.
• Partner with developers in the design and creation of new content, assets, features, and rewards that support progression goals.
• Work with User-Experience Research (UXR) to test design hypotheses, understand player behavior, and improve the overall player experience.
• Help implement changes to progression systems based on testing, feedback, and data insights.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in video game progression design, systems design, economy design, or related fields, with experience contributing to shipped games.
• Strong knowledge of current trends, innovations, and competitive approaches in game progression and reward design.
• A player-centered approach to design, with empathy for players and an understanding of player motivation, needs, and psychology.
• Strong proficiency in data management, spreadsheet modeling, analysis, and visualization.
• Ability to translate design goals into practical systems, tuning models, and implementation-ready documentation.
• Strong collaboration skills, with a commitment to inclusive, accessible design and a positive team culture.
• Ability to break down, prioritize, and manage tasks across sprints, milestones, and development phases.
• Advanced knowledge of scripting languages and code is preferred, but not required. Comfort working in data tools, tuning pipelines, and implementation-facing workflows is important.

Pay

The estimated base pay range for this role is $60 - $60 USD per hour.