Game Economy & Progression Designer
Core
Own the game economy and progression to ensure meaningful player goals without creating a grind or currency treadmill, supporting long-term live operations.
Role type
Senior Game Economy & Progression Designer
Builds
Robust in-game economies, progression systems, and live ops frameworks for a mobile game.
Domain
Mobile Gaming / Game Design
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Game economy design, progression system design, Excel modeling, data analysis, F2P/premium/hybrid economy models, player behavior analysis, system balancing, KPI definition, cross-functional collaboration
Preferred skills
Experience with live product ownership, understanding of tradeoffs in progression design, ability to identify pacing issues and broken reward loops
Technologies
Excel
Responsibilities
Design economy systems including specifications, edge cases, and flow mockups; Build Excel models to track and predict player progression; Use data to adjust balancing and improve retention; Identify issues in progression systems such as pacing problems or dead loops; Collaborate with design, product, and data teams to align systems; Monitor competitor solutions and industry trends
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
