Lead Game Designer | London | Full timeWe’re Hutch, a mobile games developer &amp; publisher with studios in central London, Dundee and Canada. Our mission is to build the most diverse and engaged automotive gaming community on mobile. Our games have been played by over 300 million people, with new titles in development.We believe in putting our people first. Here you can make games without sacrificing quality time with family and friends. We strive to ensure our people are happy and healthy.  Our teams are small and empowered, they have the independence to take on creative and technical challenges together, to work collaboratively, to make great games and have fun along the way. We believe in; Looking after our people, small empowered teams, complete transparency, test, learn repeat, community at the core and the freedom to focus on what truly makes a difference to our players.We’re driven by our players! Come and Join the mission!Lead Game Designer - F1 ClashHutch is looking for an experienced Game Designer to accelerate the growth of our flagship motorsports title - F1 Clash. As Lead Game Designer, you will be responsible for the features, loops, and meta experiences that build the habitual engagement to make our games endure, while managing and guiding our design team to new levels of success. Responsibilities As a lead you’ll be responsible for the leadership of design standards, people, and the craft of game design within the F1 Clash team.<ul> <li>Lead the design process and seek methods for continuous improvement</li> <li>Set the standard for systemic, meta, and social design quality</li> <li>Mentor other designers in the systems design process and craft</li> <li>Manage the design team, ensuring high standards of design quality and team morale</li> <li>Craft new features and systems to boost engagement and conversion</li> <li>Guide the tuning and balance of the wider game economy to provide the highest quality player experience and amplify product performance</li> <li>Evolve and iterate on existing features or systems leveraging data insight</li> </ul>You’ve got the experience to jump in, make an impact on both the products and people at Hutch.<ul> <li>Deep, multi-year experience in mobile, free-to-play game design</li> <li>Proven ability to craft engaging gameplay, meta and social systems across multiple live service titles on mobile</li> <li>Expert knowledge of game design principles, player psychology and the economics of play</li> <li>Free-to-Play evangelist with a finger on the pulse of the market</li> <li>Strong ability to create mock-ups/flows/prototypes to showcase new concepts &amp; ideas to a wide variety of audiences</li> <li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills </li> <li>Knowledge of various ideation methodologies that leverage group creativity</li> <li>Quality communication and cross functional working standards</li> <li>Get it done attitude, working in engine, sheets, or anywhere thats needed</li> <li>Line management experience</li> </ul>