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    Director of Economy Design - Toronto, Canada - Zynga

    Zynga
    Zynga Toronto, Canada

    3 days ago

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    Description

    Main Responsibilities:

  • You will support a group of economists who manage the in-game economies of Zynga's social casino portfolio, collaborating closely with them along with Product Managers and analysts to devise the strategy for each game's features and overall economy.
  • Identify and drive best practices across the portfolio for tuning of game features, modeling of impact to key casino economy metrics like RTP and economy reporting / dashboards.
  • Work with social casino economists to design and implement the economy focused aspect of features which create a fun player experience, and further the strategic vision of the product with the goal of driving increased player engagement and monetization.
  • Create new methodologies for the division by using technology or novel approaches to drive business value in new ways.
  • Ability to model and tune complex game economy systems with multiple currencies, progression systems, sinks and faucets.
  • Analyze the many facets of the game economy, player engagement and monetization data at a macro and micro level.
  • Keep up to date with market trends and do proactive analysis of economy tuning in relevant competitive products.

    • Desired Skills and Experience:

  • 7+ years of game design or product management experience with 5+ years focus on economy design.
  • Collaborative and excels in communicating with economy designers, product managers, analysts and executives.
  • Ability to balance multiple projects in parallel while delivering high quality work.
  • Ability to model and simulate planned changes, anticipating downstream effects, and making adjustments prior to releasing changes.
  • Detail-oriented and capable of providing specific solutions at each step of the process.
  • Ideally loves playing mobile and/or casino games.
  • Advanced understanding of Excel, SQL and/or Python.

    • What we offer you:

  • Competitive salary, bonus plan and ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Plan)
  • 401K Company Match Contribution (US)
  • RRSP/DPSP company match contribution (Canada)
  • Health coverage, dental, disability, critical illness, EAP, and life insurance (Canada)
  • Medical, dental, vision, EAP, life insurance, and disability benefits (US)
  • Virtual mental health and neurodiversity support programs
  • Global Fitness reimbursement program
  • Global Wellbeing Program
  • Financial wellness program with unlimited access to certified financial planners
  • Discretionary Time Off policy for many employees
  • Family planning support program
  • Generous paid parental, pregnancy-related disability, caregiver, and compassionate leaves
  • Subsidized Back-up child care
  • Zynga happy hours and frequent employee events
  • Flexible working hours on many teams
  • Culture of diversity and inclusion including employee resource groups
  • Work with cool people and impact millions of daily player
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