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Senior Economy Designer - Cup Heroes
VoodooSpainfull_timeVerifiedPosted 24 Apr 2025
About the role
<span>Founded in 2013, Voodoo is a tech company that creates mobile games and apps with a mission to entertain the world. Gathering 800 employees, 7 billion downloads, and over 200 million active users, Voodoo is the #3 mobile publisher worldwide in terms of downloads after Google and Meta. Our portfolio includes chart-topping games like Mob Control and Block Jam, alongside popular apps such as BeReal and Wizz.</span><br/><b>Team</b><br/>You will be an integral part of a newly established internal studio, a dynamic and focused team dedicated to elevating some of the most promising game concepts emerging from our innovative prototyping teams. This studio is specifically chartered to take high-potential prototypes and evolve them into successful, market-ready titles.<br/>In this exciting role, your focus will be on<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.studio501.cuphero&hl=en_GB" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Cup Heroes</a>, a game that has already demonstrated significant promise and captured our attention with its compelling core mechanics and engaging gameplay. This is a unique chance to join a project with established momentum while still having a significant impact on its future direction within a dedicated and agile studio environment.
<h3>Role</h3>
<ul>
<li>Define and implement a smart, engaging in-game economy for Cup Heroes, from soft and hard currencies to upgrade systems, reward loops, and monetization flow.</li><li>Design A/B testing strategies to optimize economic systems and difficulty pacing across the player journey.</li><li>Collaborate with game designers to create balanced meta systems that support long-term progression and retention.</li><li>Set best practices for economy design, tracking, and balancing, working closely with the product and data teams to ensure every system is measurable, responsive, and scalable.</li><li>Actively contribute to the game’s overall direction by blending economic insight with creative thinking.</li></ul>
<h3>Profile</h3>
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<li>4+ years of experience as a game economist or systems designer, with meaningful contributions to at least two successful, live mobile games.</li><li>Deep understanding of F2P mobile game economies, monetization design, and progression balancing, preferably in midcore or RPG titles.</li><li>Data-literate and comfortable building hypotheses, running experiments, and iterating based on insights.</li><li>Creative mindset with a strong sense for systems thinking and player motivations.</li><li>Comfortable working in fast-paced environments, able to manage multiple systems and adapt quickly to feedback or shifting priorities.</li><li>Strong collaboration and communication skills, and fluent in English (written and spoken).</li><li>Self-motivated and accountable, you take full ownership of your systems and see them through from idea to execution.</li></ul>
<h3>Benefits</h3>
<ul>
<li>Best-in-class compensation</li><li>Other benefits according to the country you reside</li></ul>
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