Game Designer (Contract)

The Contractor shall provide the following services on an independent, deliverables basis, exercising their own professional judgment, expertise, and methods in performing the Services.

In This Role, You Can Expect To

• Provide design input on assigned game features in alignment with core vision.
• Pitch feature concepts and design rationale to internal leads for sign-off.
• Write game design documentation (GDDs) for assigned mechanics, systems, and features.
• Write narrative scripts and dialogue copy for assigned game content.
• Detail technical specs and system requirements for implementation teams.
• Define rules, formulas, and balance parameters for assigned game mechanics.
• Implement and tune assigned systems, economies, and progression loops.
• Present design specs and prototypes to cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Hand off finalized design documentation and implementation guidelines to dev teams.

• 3+ years of experience designing systems, characters, and/or economies on at least one shipped title
• Strong project management
• Experience working directly within the Unity engine and building tools
• Strong math skills
• Advance technical excel expertise
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

The typical hiring range listed above is specific to candidates located in Montréal. Compensation will be determined based on your knowledge, skills and competencies.

If you’re interested in the contract but your expectations don’t fully align with the provided range, we still encourage you to apply! Considerations may be made based on your experience level.

Excited by this opportunity? Kabam is dedicated to growing our diverse and inclusive workforce, so if your past experience doesn’t perfectly match the listed requirements we encourage you to apply anyways - you could be a great fit for this or other positions.

We invite you to apply now and start the conversation with us. Together, we can create and support some of the best games ever made and entertain the world!

About Kabam

Kabam is a world leader in developing entertaining, immersive, and highly social multiplayer games, bringing high-quality graphics, next-generation technology, and revolutionary gameplay to players around the world.

Kabam’s games, Marvel Contest of Champions , Shop Titans , and more have generated hundreds of millions of downloads and have received multiple awards including Apple’s Editor’s Choice and Google Play’s Best Game of the Year.

Founded in 2006, Kabam has studios and offices in Vancouver & Montreal in Canada, and Los Angeles & San Francisco in the United States. Kabam is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Netmarble Games.