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Sr. Game Designer at Slide in San Francisco, CA

Slide is the world's leading community-driven entertainment company. We offer millions of people worldwide the ability to communicate, engage and have fun with one another within the context of relationships they build on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. Our users can create their own masterpieces with virtual jelly beans, care for their online Pets, or send virtual gifts to friends.

Our portfolio of products include fun applications and virtual communities such as Slideshow, SuperPoke!, SuperPoke! Pets, Top Friends, FunSpace, Rock Riot, SuperPocus: Academy of Magic and Top Fish.

Slide was founded in 2005 by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin and is backed by Mayfield Fund, Blue Run Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund.

 

Want to be a part of the next big internet success story?
Want to be a tech pioneer alongside artists, athletes, musicians, and
talent from around the globe?
Then you want to be at Slide.

 

 Responsibilities:

We're looking for a game designer who can create user engagement for applications like:

* Fun Space: http://apps.facebook.com/crazyfunpix/

  and

* SuperPoke! Pets: http://apps.facebook.com/slidepets/


Requirements:

* 5+ years of game design experience.
* Excellent communications.
* Passion for excellence of design.
* Experience executing ideas.
* Level or systems design experience.
* Love playing online games.
* Analytical skills.
* Ability to do critical analysis and find creative solutions.
* Current knowledge of trends, philosophies, tools and techniques.
* Bachelor's Degree.


Responsibilities:


* Lead and work closely with team on gameplay mechanics.
* Make Slide's applications engaging.
* Lead design meetings.


Bonus:


* Experience with Social-based games.
* Experience with building for Social networks like Facebook, Myspace, Bebo, etc...
* Experience with designing for Xbox Live games.

 

 

 

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