Looking for a Director of Game Design & Development

KLab America, located in San Francisco, is looking for an outstanding Game Designer to head up development of all US based games. You will be responsible for creating concept sheets for new games, managing the prototype phase, and overseeing developers to deliver these new titles. Come join us on our ride to success!

Responsibilities

Lead preproduction of all new titles, originating game ideas and creating initial concept docs to pitch internally Determine qualitative and quantitative market data to backup your ideas Design game mechanics as well as model an efficient game economy Produce wireframes of the game experience Balance revenue opportunity and customer experience within the game Motivate and coordinate with the game development team

Requirements

Strong knowledge of game mechanics, balancing, pacing, and monetization strategies for free-to-play games Previous experience as a game designer Excellent communication skills to see your game vision realized Ability to script prototypes a plus (i.e. Unity or other) The passion to create fun games with an engaging player experience

About KLab

Founded in 2000, KLab has been a wildly successful publisher of social games in Japan. Employing over 400 people in Tokyo, the company is proud to be a publicly traded enterprise on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Based on this success, KLab decided to venture out and bring their expertise to the global marketplace. The San Francisco branch, opened in April, is looking to expand our portfolio and make a splash in the iOS and Google Play markets. Consider our SF branch like a startup, but with the backing of a major public company. We are looking for the initial key members to help us scale up our US business.