Senior Game Designer
Smoking Gun InteractiveVancouver, British Columbia, Canada • Canada
Posted July 24, 2025
75000 - 85000 CAD year
Full Time
About the Company
Smoking Gun Interactive, a Keywords Studio, is an industry-leading game development studio founded in 2007 by award-winning industry veterans. SGI is fearless in creating IP and boldly partners with renowned brands to develop a wide range of world-class, immersive titles and interactive experiences that resonate with strategy gamers worldwide and entertain millions of casual players every day. At Smoking Gun experience matters, and our team shares a passion to innovate in the game space by building groundbreaking features and embracing new technology. Above all, we strive for the highest level of quality possible in every project and we collaborate with partners who are firmly aligned with these goals. Every day, we are inspired to build games and new concepts with a tight-knit team of creative, talented, and genuinely amazing people. Want to join us? Check out our careers page!
Job Description
Smoking Gun Interactive, a Keywords Studio, is an industry-leading game development studio founded in 2007 by award-winning industry veterans. They are looking for a Senior Game Designer to join their team, who is a talented and passionate individual with industry experience in game design for mobile products.
Requirements
- Collaborate with the Lead Designer and Design Director to deliver on the creative vision for the project;
- Work closely with the UI/UX Designer, Producer and Client to create best in class experiences.
- Build strong design documentation to be used as the source of truth for all team members
- Help evangelize and communicate the design vision to the team;
- Work independently to develop, build, tune and document gameplay mechanics to final quality while adhering to the design vision of the product;
- Track and analyze game data, and create reports with suggested design changes based on gameplay data;
- Adjust game mechanics designs and tune to balance gameplay mechanics based on gameplay analytics;
- Collaborate with art and programming disciplines to achieve project goals;
- Develop all facets of the game design on small games and contribute to all facets on larger teams.
- Maintain a high proficiency in workflows and pipelines, collaborating to improve tools and methodologies;
- Maintain a high level of quality in all aspects of their work;
- Take initiative in creative problem-solving and collaborating as needed to facilitate effective resolutions;
- Helping liaise between the design team and QA.
Benefits
- 10 days vacation leave
- 5 paid days personal leave
- 7 paid sick days
- Life Insurance & Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- Dependent Life Insurance
- Long Term Disability (LTD)
- Extended Healthcare Benefit
- Dental Care
- RRSP matching
- Hybrid working
- Training & Development
