Senior Game Designer (Game Product Owner)

Athena Studio

40A Lam Sơn, Phường 2, Tan Binh, Ho Chi Minh

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Job Domain:

Game

Top 3 reasons to join us

Strategic & Product Ownership

Define strategic direction and core design pillars for puzzle/casual products based on player behavior and business goals.
Collaborate closely with Producers and Product Owners to shape product strategies, define USPs, retention loops, and long-term content roadmap.
Proactively suggest new ideas, improve design workflows, or adopt new tools to enhance team efficiency.

Hand-on & execution

Detail the gameplay ideas into Game Design Document.
Design and balance game system including in-game economy and difficulty progression.
Strong skills in designing levels for puzzle games.
Represent the Game Design team in cross-functional meetings with engineering, product, and partners.
Organize and lead internal design reviews to ensure high design quality and foster a culture of learning.
Monitor and analyze game performance and user data to improve existing features and game KPI metrics.

Mentor & Coaching

Mentor and coach junior Game Designers: share knowledge, guide technical skills, and nurture systemic design thinking.

KNOWLEDGE:

Knowledge about Game mechanics, game flow, tool support for game designing.
Knowledge about Mobile game market, game trending especially in casual and puzzle genre.
Proficiency in prototyping and ideation.
User psychology.
Wireframe Design tools (Figma, Photoshop, Basalmiq, etc).
AI tools (ChatGPT, Midjourney, Gemini, etc).
Design Thinking process
Mind mapping process
Level Design mindset for casual game (difficulty progression, level funnel data, level KPI)

Nice to have:

ABILITIES:

Hard skills:

Minimum 4–5 years of experience in Game Design, including 2+ years in a Senior or Lead role.
Game balancing, including in-game economies and difficulty progression.
Systemic design thinking and ability to guide design direction based on both creative vision and player data.

Soft skills:

Strong communication and logical thinking skills to clearly articulate and defend design decisions.
Experience mentoring, coaching or onboarding junior designers.
Self-critique and accept outside critique.
Keen eye for details.
Proficient in English.

Nice to have:

Proven experience designing or shipping at least one successful puzzle/casual title with solid retention & monetization KPIs.
Ability to create a prototype by yourself with any creation software or game engine (by AI, or Unity3d, cocos, Game Maker,...)
Blending between Player Focus + Innovation + Decision Making.
Passion for playing and making casual games.

Great facility to work. You will have a MacBook and extra high definition screens
Remote work 12 days / Annual leave 12 days / Sick leave 2 days / Anniversary leave 1 day
Premium health insurance package for you and your relatives
Annual health check-up at the premium clinic
Development opportunity: sponsorship for all training courses
Interesting workout activities: gym/fitness, yoga, kick-boxing, football after work
With regular discussions, you will have a lot of opportunities to learn from experts in their fields
13th-month Salary + Annual bonus + Project bonus
Twice yearly performance review and one-time salary review per year
Reward & Recognition in mobile platform
1-2 Annual Luxury Company Trip, Team Building
Free food & drinks, kitchen at work, PlayStation & billiards corner
Friday evening party, happy hours, team activities, and awesome parties
The remaining Annual leave will be transferred to the next working year
Additional allowance, gifts for birthdays, giving-birth, weddings, illness, Mid-Autumn Festival, Lunar New Year, 1/1, 1/5, 1/6…
Paternity Leave policy offers more than 10 days of paid leave, not including days-off according to Vietnam Labor Law regulations
Free parking