Game Designer I - Live Ops

The Game Designer I - Live Ops joins a team of designers as part of the Product Team. The mission of the Game Designer I - LiveOps  is to plan and execute a detailed event schedule to maximize engagement and monetization. This role will be working on a licensed IP social casual mobile game and will report to a Senior Game Designer. 

As a Ukenite, you’ll be working on meaningful things like: 

• Planning a detailed event schedule that takes into account the peak/valley nature of many events and works to maximize player engagement, retention and monetization


• Designing, scheduling and running live events, ensuring all configuration is done and all components are in place


• Actively using data to inform design decisions and generate better events


• Working with game designers and product managers to generate and prioritize ideas for new event types that fit into and complement the existing game structure


• Writing one pagers and full design specs for new event types in a detailed, rigorous manner, and being accountable for the outcome of the event, including testing the event and looking at the data in production


• Actively gathering feedback (lead, peers, analytics, forums, community team) at the right checkpoints to inform and prioritize event ideas, and to iterate on those ideas

Your background should include:

• Ability to generate and implement ideas for new events that compliment the game


• Spreadsheet proficiency including formulas, formatting and tables


• Analytics; able to extract, understand and act on data to inform product decisions


• Collaboration; clear and concise communicator ensuring best ideas win


• Up to date with current mobile F2P games and trends for genre


• Productive and effective manner; when something is not working, uses a solutions based approach


• Strong organizational skills; able to focus on key priorities and deliver on time


• Previous experience with live ops is an asset

We believe in a fun & meaningful work environment:

• You'll be equipped with a high-end laptop and mobile device 


• Competitive salary, extended health and dental benefits and allowances


• You’ll work in a collaborative, coaching and mentoring culture


• Remote and in-person team building events and celebrations


• 4 Day Workweek and Work Anywhere work model! 

About Us

Uken builds games that people everywhere love. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and Jeopardy! World Tour are the top 2 trivia games, engaging millions of global players every month. In 2020, Uken released Ava’s Manor, a solitaire game where users renovate and decorate the manor while discovering mysterious clues and dabbling in a romantic love story. 

We consider ourselves data-driven designers, technologists, and artists. Through collaboration, we pair the craft of design with feedback and data to deliver a pace and rhythm in each game session that immerses our audience and leaves them wanting more. We have a quirky, nerdy culture that fosters creativity, collaboration, quality ideas, and a data-driven mindset. We believe in moving quickly and improving constantly, and that mantra is reflected in the weekly updates we make to our games and internal technologies. We have an appetite for pushing technical boundaries but with a focus on practical use.

We take entertainment seriously.

Uken welcomes applications from racialized people, Indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, and people from gender and sexually diverse groups who would contribute to the further diversification of our team. Uken is committed to offering reasonable accommodation to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or accommodation for any part of the selection process due to a disability, please contact us at jobs@uken.com