Senior Game Designer, Hay Day

This is your opportunity to work with a great team on one of the greatest farming games in history, and continue to bring joy to the millions of players that enjoy our beloved game so much!

Are you passionate about designing engaging game features and balancing virtual economies and systems? Hay Day team is looking for a talented Designer to join our growing team.

In this role, you will have a lot of ownership to impact the features and creative direction of one of our top live games that keeps on entertaining tens of millions of players worldwide. You will also collaborate with our LiveOps team to fine-tune features and tools, making each game experience better than the last. If you thrive in a creative and collaborative environment and love improving a game that players adore, we’re interested in talking to you!

Responsibilities

• Join a dynamic, small design team, taking significant ownership and directly influencing the creative direction of Hay Day
• Collaborate on the roadmap for both new and existing features, ensuring alignment with our strategic goals
• Take full responsibility for feature designs from initial brainstorming to analyzing how they perform after release, ensuring continuous improvement and relevance
• Analyze and balance game features and economies, using data-driven insights to optimize player engagement and satisfaction
• Partner with LiveOps to design and refine tooling for new features, ensuring everything runs smoothly
• Work alongside LiveOps and Data to set up and analyze A/B testing, drawing actionable insights to guide future design decisions.
• Collaborate in building design processes to make the game team’s work as smooth as possible

Requirements

• Proven experience as an economy-focused systems designer, ideally within the simulation games industry
• Excellent communication skills to foster teamwork and ensure everyone is on the same page
• Quick-thinking and adaptable, open to making bold changes to enhance game features and player experience
• Deep understanding of casual audience dynamics and player motivations, with a strong focus on crafting engaging player journeys
• A balanced approach to design, leveraging both data-informed strategies and an intuitive understanding of player needs
• A real team player who thrives in a collaborative environment, actively seeks feedback and is always looking to improve things for the better
• Persistent dedication to improvement and patience in refining game elements over time
• Comfortable with Excel or similar spreadsheet software, using it to balance features and economy, manage data and track how changes affect gameplay

Benefits and Compensation
However, luring you in with glitter, glamour, and gems is not what we seek to do. We develop Supercell as an employer for you to do your best work and to call this the best experience in your professional life.
We want you to enjoy your time here fully, so we structure our compensation and benefits to serve this purpose. It starts with perceiving you as a human being, not a resource. Read More

About Supercell
We are a game company based in Helsinki, Finland, with offices in San Francisco, Seoul and Shanghai. Since our launch in 2010, we've released six games globally – Hay Day, Clash of Clans, Boom Beach, Clash Royale, Brawl Stars, and Squad Busters.
To make six games, we've killed dozens along the way. That's because we're obsessed with quality. Our mission is to create great games that as many people as possible play for years and that are remembered forever. To achieve this goal, we put together the best possible teams and give them the freedom and independence to succeed. Read More

You Might Love It Here...
If you love games, Supercell is the place for you. We're made up of proactive, independent teams that have the freedom to do what they think is best for their players, our games, and the company.
We know it takes more than trust and independence to make great games, so we also take good care of our people, providing them with the compensation, work environment and resources they need to succeed and have fun while at it. Read More

This position is in Helsinki, but you're not?
Luckily, moving to Helsinki is easier than you might think. No matter where you would be moving from, our dedicated people will help you from beginning to end. We're here to ensure the process is as smooth as possible for you, your family and whoever and whatever you bring along. In addition to cats and dogs, we've even relocated a horse. Read More

Not sure if you should apply? 
Do it! You might feel like you don't tick all the listed requirements with stellar scores. That's fine! We're here to help you succeed. Also, we're happy to learn about any specific accommodations you might require to fully engage in our recruitment process.

And here's a video about what we do. (Best enjoyed with salmiakki and rye bread)