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# Senior Meta Designer - Unannouced Project

- **Company:** NaturalMotion
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £36,765.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer Animation, Video Game Development, Rapid Prototyping Process, Scripting, Avid Media Composer
- **Published:** August 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5824385641

## About the Role

Previous experience in Metagame / Progression / Engagement Design or an equivalent role in the video game industryAt least one shipped title in a design role for a live service titleExperience designing and implementing progression, economy, or engagement features for live gamesKnowledge and experience analyzing KPIs and player behaviour dataFamiliarity with the Unreal game engineAbility to analyse gameplay data and player feedback to inform and balance design decisionsStrong communication skills with the ability to work effectively across cross-disciplinary teamsThe ability to manage multiple designs in a fast-paced development environmentPassionate about action games with a deep understanding of what makes enemy designs engaging and memorable
Bonus Points:

 * Background in mobile games with an understanding of mobile player behaviour and market leaders
 * Experience with visual scripting or rapid prototyping tools
 * An avid gamer with a genuine enthusiasm for crafting engaging progression and metagame features and motivating players over a long period of time

## Description

We embrace a hybrid work environment. Within this role you will work 2 days per week in our London office and the remaining days at home.
What You'll Do:

 * Ownership of designing, prototyping, and implementing progression, economy, and engagement features that align with the creative vision of the game
 * Help define, analyze, and take action on analytics, feature data, and KPIs
 * Work closely with live and product management teams to define goals and implement solutions to boost engagement
 * Collaborate closely with art, animation, audio, design and engineering teams to build content and solve problems in a multi-disciplinary environment
 * Develop and balance in-game economies across many different metagame features
 * Work closely with UX and engineering to ensure features are implemented in ways that meet the engagement goals
 * Analyse player data, feedback, and behaviours to identify and fix metagame issues and retention barriers
 * Work concurrently on multiple features at varying stages of development, managing priorities effectively as content pipelines run in parallel
 * Document and communicate metagame feature concepts clearly to ensure alignment across all development teams


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