Game Designer

  • Full-time

Company Description

Dr. Panda, from the TAL group, is a children’s brand for education and entertainment, mainly producing kids games, education software, educational animation and AR toy, with two offices in China­—Chengdu and Shanghai. Since Dr. Panda’s first game was launched in 2012, the company has built up a complete production line for early childhood education. Through edutainment, all line products offer kids the opportunity to get to know the world, acquire knowledge, and learn to create. Currently, we have developed 36 kids games and educational applications, with over a 100 million downloads globally. Our nicely produced 2D/3D animations have received huge popularity among kids and parents since the launch on various global platforms. Our AR toy is available for purchase on Apple Store both online and offline. Besides, Dr. Panda, the powerful IP, will go into classrooms and textbooks to realize a full-round brand infiltration. Team members of Dr. Panda come from 11 different countries, with full internationally innovative genes. While establishing Dr. Panda into a full-round infiltrating children’s brand for education and entertainment, you would be provided with a professional, international, warm and dynamic working environment.We sincerely welcome you to become a member of the big Dr. Panda family, building a creative Dr. Panda world for all kids around the world.

Job Description

We’re looking for a creative and inventive Game Concept Designer for our Dr. Panda games. Are you highly creative with a great passion for the kids’ game industry? Do you want to create  fun and educational playing experiences to help kids get to know the world around them? If you think you have the creativity, expertise and drive to design hit titles for our millions of players worldwide, we would love to talk to you! This is a one-time opportunity to join a young, international, and fast growing company--and have a significant influence on creating World’s next famous kids brand.

Responsibilities

  • Come up with new and innovative ideas and concepts for interactive kids’ games.
  • Transform conceptual ideas into written or visual documentations.
  • Directly contribute to project design and development – creating sketches, storyboards, initial concepts, and designs.
  • Collaborate with artists, designers and programmers throughout the entire game production cycle to create great playing experiences for kids.
  • Make improvements and changes to kids’ games based on feedback.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

  • Great passion for kids’ games and products.
  • At least 2 years of experience in related fields.
  • Directly contribute to project design and development – creating sketches, storyboards, initial concepts, and designs.
  • Able to communicate your ideas clearly with designers, artists and programmers.
  • Experience in designing and developing interactive products such as apps, websites and/or games.
  • Professional working proficiency in English

A plus but not mandatory:

  • Experience with conceptualizing and executing retention improvements for games.
  • Experience with game balancing.
  • Rich Experience in kids related fields, such as comic books, children’s books, board games, animation etc.

Additional Information

We offer

  • Be part of one of the fastest growing digital kids brands
  • Full responsibility to design your own play experiences that will be enjoyed by millions of kids around the world
  • Competitive salary and help with relocation from Visa arrangements to housing