Game Economy Designer

Job Description

Job Description

As a Game Economy Designer at Ubi MTL, you strategically structure the economic systems and supporting features of an online game, plus provide data-backed recommendations on design, balance, and pricing.
You create and operate an open economy informed by facts. As a solution-oriented designer, you respond to opinions, analytics, and test results with suggestions for improvement. By leveraging real player data and gathering feedback, you make informed choices to deliver an engaging overall live-game experience not only now, but well into the future.

What you’ll do

• Design flexible economy systems and features (progression & reward structures, currencies, sinks & sources etc.) aligned with the creative, game, and monetization directions.
• Work closely with the monetization team to come up with pricing strategies for items, events, and services.
• Create game economy simulations and evaluate their performance & their impact on player experience.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate your designs.
• Balance and adapt your work based on technical and production constraints, play test results, and comments from cross-functional teams.
• Write and maintain design documentation that will serve as a reference to guide interdependent teams.
• Provide your input on in-game content and pricing + come up with suggestions to refine designs.
• Develop a plan for collecting and evaluating player feedback, post-launch.
• Assess the impacts of adding, removing, or updating content on player engagement.

Qualifications

What you bring

• An undergraduate degree in Game Design, Economics, Finance, Mathematics, or equivalent
• At least 2 years of experience in design, economics, or related experience (live/online game development a huge plus)
• In-depth knowledge of Excel + basic familiarity with game engines (e.g. Unity or Unreal) *
• An innovative, creative, and collaborative spirit
• Critical thinking, curiosity, attention to detail, resourcefulness, and plenty of flexibility
• Ability to translate analytical findings into actionable recommendations
• Excellent problem-solving, organizational, communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills
• An understanding of player motivation & a passion video games

*Knowledge of data visualization software (e.g. Tableau) and scripting languages an asset

What to send our way

• Your CV, highlighting your education, experience, and skills

Please feel free to send us a portfolio of your previous work (attach files or send us a link to your personal website).

A real live person will review your application. In this case, it’s our talent acquisition specialist Alexis. As he learns more about you through your profile, get to know him through the video below.

About us

At Ubisoft Montreal, a preeminent developer of video games located in Montreal’s dynamic Mile-End neighbourhood since 1997, we offer a work environment unique in the industry for allowing you to build and cultivate games that are part of critically acclaimed, iconic AAA franchises of international repute.

When you join Ubi Montreal, you enter a community of passionate, extraordinary developers connected by their need to innovate, to be creative and to work with the latest technology. You’ll discover a world where employees enjoy constant career advancement, a supportive learning environment, and competitive compensation packages.

More than anything, at Ubi Montreal, you will regularly ship a variety of big, quality titles – Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Rainbow Six, Watch_Dogs, For Honor and... well we can’t disclose all our secrets just yet... – and work with some of the most talented people in the industry.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability status.