Engagement Director

Avalanche Studios Group and its division Avalanche Studios are looking for an Engagement Director to join a top-tier team, to help craft our new innovative live service game…Contraband. Avalanche Studios is the division dedicated to ambitious externally published, AAA open-world games like Just Cause, Mad Max, and Rage 2.

The Position

As the Engagement Director, you will have proven experience in designing and developing a successful live service game ecosystem from concept to live operations. You have a strong aptitude for critical thinking and analysis, outstanding people skills, creative problem-solving, extensive knowledge of key acquisition, retention and monetization strategies, and a long standing passion for playing games. You will be asked to lead the Engagement teams designs and provide guidance addressing critical challenges to help bring the ambitious gameplay and live experiences to players, such as:

- Experience of the entire product life cycle from concepting and prototypes all the way to driving results across frequent post-launch live experiences.
- Will be accountable for creating, and leading an engagement design team and deploying successful gameplay and systems to drive enhanced player acquisition, retention and monetization strategies.
- Data-driven design prowess to influence live game systems and economies
- Author, development and unify live game design across all teams
- Work with Product Owner, Executive Producer and division leadership to evolve existing designs to increase KPIs (eg. Retention goals, Monetization conversion rates).
- Collaborating with coworkers and other teams (design, art, animation, programming, etc.) to align on expectations and execution
- Identify trends and evaluate the suitability to our current games.
- Mentor teams with best practices on live game designs and economies.
- Playing the game and becoming an authority on how the game plays


To thrive in the Game Design department, a successful candidate needs to be willing and have the ability to learn new tools and workflows. You can motivate both yourself and others, you are articulate, have strong conceptual skills and the ability to communicate ideas visually and verbally. You need to have a passion for games and an ability to articulate that passion clearly and analytically.

Qualifications

- A successful career in game design and development of games as a service

- Proven ability to contribute to releasable gameplay in a production environment
- Proven ability to iterate and change gameplay based on feedback
- Proven ability to create viable design solutions on paper
- Experience prototyping as well as production


Expectations of a Designer at Avalanche

- Seeking and achieving alignment with conflicting requirements and opinions.

- Solution oriented
- A drive to improve workflows, knowledge sharing and community
- A diligent gamer
- Vast and up to date knowledge of released games - able to draw references
- Motivated and driven


Employee promise

We provide goals, instead of instructions, and the opportunity to do the best work of your career.

Our Values

At Avalanche Studios Group, we believe in worlds beyond limits, we are committed to developing a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. Everyone at Avalanche Studios Group has a shared responsibility to create an open and inclusive work environment where everyone is treated equally and with respect. Being part of our world is not contingent on where you’re from, your gender, or sexual orientation. It’s all about your passion and creativity.

How to Apply

We will only consider candidates who have submitted their CV and who can work from the office in Stockholm a few days a week.

To apply for this position please register below. Apply as soon as possible as we review applications on a rolling basis. All further information is provided under non-disclosure agreement only.