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# Senior Game Designer - The Sims

- **Company:** Electronic Arts Inc.
- **Location:** Guildford, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, JIRA, Data Visualization, Perforce, Service Development Studio, Tableau (Software), Extensible Markup Language (XML), Scripting, Git, Looker Analytics, Software Version Control
- **Published:** August 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/senior-game-designer/electronic-arts-limited-job107855237

## About the Role

* 5+ years of professional experience with one shipped AAA title
 * Experience in builders, simulation, sandbox, or life-sim games
 * Experience with expansion content or live service development
 * Experience with logic, scripting, and in-engine implementation using in engine, esp. with proprietary tools (e.g., Unreal, XML, Blueprints)
 * Proficient in version control (e.g. Perforce, Git) task tracking (e.g. Jira), and data visualization tools (e.g. Looker or Tableau)
 * Experience with player-driven storytelling and systems supporting different playstyles
 * Comfort designing content around themes like identity, relationships, and social dynamics
 * Bonus - Experience working within Agile development

## Description

* Create prototypes and designs for gameplay content, mechanics, and systems
 * Write clear and detailed documentation that communicates functionality, logic, tuning, and player outcomes
 * Implement and tune interactive objects, mechanics, and systems, or mechanics that power story-driven simulation and gameplay
 * Collaborate with designers, art, engineering, and QA to ensure alignment and feasibility
 * Partner with producers and project managers to scope features and track tasks
 * Use player-centered and data-informed design processes through quantitative and qualitative player insights
 * Troubleshoot in-engine, taking ownership over quality and player experience
 * Mentor junior designers, offering feedback and guidance based on expertise


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