Creative Services Designer, Playables

Team: Design

Location: US

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: remote

Accountabilities:

• Rapidly conceptualize, design, and create mockups for mini-games and playable ad experiences that can be implemented, tested, and optimized for user acquisition.
• Support level design and playable development by defining game layouts, player interactions, pacing, themes, and key creative beats.
• Contribute to 3D asset creation and optimization, including modeling, rigging, topology cleanup, and preparation of assets for playable experiences.
• Collaborate closely with artists, engineers, producers, product marketing, creative leadership, and other stakeholders to translate concepts into polished playable outputs.
• Provide clear creative feedback and implementation guidance to ensure playable ads meet visual, gameplay, and performance objectives.
• Use stakeholder, peer, user acquisition, and player-performance feedback to rapidly iterate on concepts and improve creative effectiveness.
• Analyze playable performance and user data to inform design recommendations, future concepts, player interactions, and creative direction.
• Develop recommendations around themes, gameplay mechanics, visual presentation, and interaction patterns for future playable campaigns.
• Work closely with marketing and creative leadership to develop and execute playable advertising campaigns.
• Explore and apply AI-assisted creative tools to accelerate concept development, iteration, asset creation, and overall playable production workflows.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience working with Unity, Unreal Engine, HTML-based games, or comparable game development environments.
• 3+ years of experience with 3D content creation tools such as Maya, Blender, ZBrush, Substance, or similar digital content creation software.
• 3+ years of hands-on 3D modeling experience, including rigging, topology cleanup, asset optimization, and preparing assets for game environments.
• Demonstrated experience with level design, art layout, UI, gameplay pacing, and interactive game experiences.
• A portfolio showcasing level design and 3D modeling capabilities, preferably including playable ads, casual games, or mobile game experiences.
• Understanding of user acquisition mini-games and the role of playable advertising in driving engagement and game downloads.
• Experience with casual, hyper-casual, midcore, or hybrid-casual gaming environments.
• Strong understanding of the current mobile gaming market, particularly within midcore and hybrid-casual segments.
• Excellent oral, visual, and written communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate creative concepts and provide actionable feedback.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-moving, cross-functional environment.
• Critical thinking, empathy for players, and a strong ability to turn creative and performance insights into practical design recommendations.
• Familiarity with emerging AI-assisted creative tools, or demonstrated enthusiasm for learning how AI can enhance art and game-design workflows.
• Knowledge of 4X strategy games and/or mobile gaming is a plus.
• Familiarity with the Game of Thrones or House of the Dragon franchises is a plus.

Benefits:

• $46/hour on W-2.
• Six-month contract opportunity.
• Fully remote position within the United States.
• Opportunity to work on interactive playable advertising and mobile game publishing initiatives.
• Hands-on exposure to Unity-based implementation, 3D asset creation, level design, and user acquisition creative.
• Collaboration with artists, engineers, producers, marketing professionals, and creative leadership.
• Opportunity to experiment with emerging AI tools and incorporate them into creative production workflows.
• High-visibility creative work where playable performance and player engagement directly inform iteration and design decisions.