Senior Game Economist

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Position Overview

Socialpoint is excited to welcome a Senior Economy Designer to our Dragon City Team. The Senior Economy Designer will be responsible for the games economy. This includes ongoing balancing and optimizations, economy design for new events and features, collaborating with seasoned game leads, product managers, and design teams to create engaging experiences for our players.

What You'll do:

• Model and balance complex systems in the game, to maintain a healthy and growing game economy


• Monitor, tune and optimize game features and IAP purchases to drive player engagement and growth in important KPIs


• Perform ongoing data analysis, A/B testing, and advanced control models to predict outcomes of changes


• Manage the economy and pricing of virtual goods, balance between free content versus paid


• Have a deep understanding of players' behavior, and how different groups of customers behave differently, in order to inform the design and balance of the economy.


• You will work closely with our Product Managers, Game Design and Live Operations teams in order to design the desired game experiences.

What You Bring:

• +5 years of experience working in a similar role. Strong bonus if you have been leading the economy in at least a live, successful mobile f2p game during a reasonable timeframe.


• A data-driven sensei. Someone with outstanding analytical skills and statistics with strong ability to set measurable goals.


• A strong communicator, highly skilled in working with multidisciplinary game teams (Product, Game Design, Analytics) and proficient in English.


• Incredibly passionate about creating innovative, fun & highly engaging games and overall, passionate about helping to take our live games to the next level.


• A creative force. Someone capable of coming up with multiple ideas and solutions to a wide array of challenges.


• An exceptional team player that embraces transparency, honesty & humility, where having experience in people management is a strong bonus.


• Experience working with SQL \ R \ Python - an advantage.

What's in it for you as a Socialpointer?

• Hybrid working model: we ask you to come to our Barcelona office at least 2 days per week


• A generous 25 days of annual leave, plus public holidays


• Private medical insurance for you and your family to keep your health bar full


• Disability and life insurance


• Choose from the latest iOS or Android device when you join (phone or tablet)


• Free language lessons in English, Spanish and Catalan


• Spotify Premium to add the perfect soundtrack to your adventure


• Legendary social events and parties to let off some steam


• Take-Two Interactive employee stock purchase plan (eligibility criteria applies)


• Professional development budget for skills training

Onsite Perks Include:

• State of the art gym facilities


• Free breakfast, lunch, and specialty coffee


• Onsite physiotherapist and hairdresser (no wallet needed!)

The list goes on and on… so get your game on and apply now! Click “Apply” to level up and submit your application in English.

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