Content Designer_MONOPOLY GO!
Scopely is looking for a Content Designer to serve on and elevate our new casual game, Monopoly GO!, team in Barcelona on a hybrid basis.
At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play every day - whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues or through our deep connections with our communities of players. We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing and innovating the mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.
MONOPOLY GO! is a global phenomenon and the biggest mobile game launch in history, captivating millions of players worldwide.
What You’ll Do
- Execute on content plans for features, events, and seasonal experiences
- Create design documents and pitches
- Help assess content needs for features
- Design theming and narrative for exciting content such sticker sets, minigames, character designs and more
- Help maintain the consistency and integrity of the Monopoly brand, as well as any brands of our licensed IP partners
- Apply knowledge of player empathy and knowledge of the game and brand to create content aimed to deliver delight, wonder, and meaningful player moments
- Clearly communicate creative concepts, decisions, opportunities, and solutions through reviews, presentations, and supporting documentation
- Participate actively and constructively in creative reviews and planning
- Work with production to balance quality, timelines, dependencies, and production requirements
- Develop a strong understanding of our team’s creative and design goals in order to contribute ideas and solutions that advance those goals
- Build productive working relationships with partners across disciplines, proactively seeking context and incorporating different perspectives
- Stay aware of changes and priorities across the broader team and adapt your work appropriately as needs evolve
- Demonstrate Scopely’s tenets in day-to-day work, treating colleagues with fairness, respect, empathy, and compassion.
What We’re Looking For
- 3+ years of relevant professional experience in content design, game design, narrative design, game writing, creative development, or a related discipline.
- Creative problem solving skills.
- Resourceful and strategic thinking.
- A portfolio or body of work demonstrating creative or narrative content and strong craft fundamentals.
- Experience with short-form writing skills, including either/or copywriting, UX Writing
- Experience contributing to scoped creative work from concept through implementation and delivery.
- Strong understanding of how narrative, creative content, and design choices contribute to the overall player experience.
- Ability to work within limitations such as technical constraints, brand restrictions or game mechanics.
- Strong player empathy, appeal, and an ability to create content with a clear understanding of the intended audience, brand, and player experience.
- Ability to communicate complex creative ideas and rationale clearly creative stakeholders and external partners.
- Ability to leverage multiple IPs into a satisfying, cohesive experience for players.
- Strong collaboration skills and the ability to build productive relationships across disciplines.
- Ability to receive, evaluate, and act on feedback while also providing thoughtful and constructive feedback to peers.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, including consistent documentation, file management, and adherence to established production conventions.
- Experience using tools such as JIRA, Google Suite, Slack, Miro, Zoom, Airtable, Localization databases
- Strong interest in mobile games.
- Strong knowledge of pop culture/cultural zeitgeist.
Bonus Points
- Previous experience as a creative in the entertainment industry, either in film, animation, storyboarding, live theater, theme park design, or escape room design
- Previous experience in the visual arts
About Scopely
Scopely is a leading video game and global interactive entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most beloved and enduring experiences, including two of the most successful mobile games of all-time “MONOPOLY GO!” and “Pokémon GO,” along with “Stumble Guys,” “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “WWE Champions,” the Scrabble® franchise, “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” and many others. Across mobile, web, PC, and console, Scopely creates, develops, publishes, and live-operates one of the most diversified and award-winning portfolios in the games industry — bringing hundreds of millions of players together through a shared love of play.