Junior Game Designer + Live Ops QA

Nerd Ninjas is a fully remote, fast-moving, multi-disciplinary team of creative professionals that work hard and play hard. We’re creating fun and interesting projects across VR, AR, mobile, and desktop. 

We seek a Junior Game Designer and Live Ops QA person to play a crucial role in shaping the future of a title known all over the world. You’ll collaborate with a talented team of developers, artists, and other game designers to conceive, design, and implement engaging and innovative features that captivate a global player community. This is a unique opportunity to leave your mark on a game that has redefined the boundaries of mobile AR gaming.

Compensation & Health:

• Competitive salary.
• 100% employer-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.
• 401k with employer-matching.

Growth & Opportunity:

• Collaborate on global intellectual properties with high visibility.
• Work alongside industry veterans with decades of experience.
• Work on one of the top-grossing mobile games of all time.

Culture & Work Environment:

• Join a growing indie studio with multiple innovative projects in development.
• Our culture is fun, unique, and anti-drama (you'll love it!).

Flexibility & Remote Work:

• Fully remote position with required availability during Pacific Time zone working hours.
• Travel to Spokane, WA, 1-2 times a year for team-building retreats.

• Use admin tools to set up and execute in-game promotions and events.
• Compile event and feature design specs.
• Rigorous playtesting for live events.
• Resolve errors for events before they go live.
• Set up event experiments with game designers.
• Work with engineers to improve the process of setting up future events.
• Play games (internal and external) in order to suggest ideas to the game team.

• Strong collaborative spirit.
• Solid understanding of Free-to-Play and geo mobile gaming.
• 1-3 years of work experience in the video game industry, especially game design, QA, or live ops.
• Good knowledge/intuition for player motivations in order to keep the audience engaged and improve game features.
• Highly focused attention to detail and organization.
• Extremely proficient with spreadsheets.
• Self-motivated go-getter.
• Ability to work remotely during core team hours, M-F: 9:00am - 5pm Pacific Time.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication.
• Must be a US resident.

• Been a part of multiple successful title launches or ongoing support.
• Proficiency with additional design tools (Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, etc)
• Strong ability to understand, breakdown, and create game specs, including seasonal, live ops event specs.
• Experience working on a live game, operated as a service.
• Basic understanding of how the business and economics of mobile games works.
• Experience with Jira (or other task/bug tracking software).
• Experience with Unity3D (or Unreal).
• Knowledge of F2P (free to play) methodologies.
• Wide general knowledge of gaming systems, state-of-the art genre conventions.
• Live in or around Spokane, WA or the greater Pacific Northwest.

The salary range for this role is $50k - $75k