game designer for educational games

Novakid is an online English school for children aged 4–12 and a learning games company. Since 2017, it has grown to more than 4,000 teachers working with children in over 50 countries and delivers 4.9 million lessons annually.

• Lead game design in a small cross-functional team building an educational game for children
• Design core loops and moment-to-moment gameplay that is fun while teaching
• Own features from concept through release and post-launch iteration, and be accountable for retention and engagement metrics
• Design onboarding and first sessions to engage players and improve early retention
• Design and balance the game economy, including currencies, sources and sinks, reward curves, and progression pacing
• Plan live operations, including seasons, events, recurring loops, and a sustainable content cadence
• Write build-ready GDDs, product specs, and flows independently, with enough detail for developers, artists, and designers to execute without back-and-forth
• Define success metrics before launch, predict feature impact, and review results with the PM and analysts
• Work with the Product Manager on the roadmap and propose features targeting specific metrics
• Ensure educational goals are met through gameplay by collaborating with academic experts
• Use AI tools to work faster, including prompting, voice features (TTS / speech-to-speech), and rapid prototyping
• Run playtests, propose UX research hypotheses, analyze competitors, and turn insights into gameplay improvements

• At least 3 years as a Generalist Game Designer, preferably in F2P mobile, with a strong sense of fun and a focus on retention, engagement, and onboarding
• Hands-on experience designing game economies, including currency sources and sinks, reward curves, and balancing
• Ability to write GDDs, product specs, and flows independently at build-ready detail
• Fluency with analytics, including core F2P metrics, forming hypotheses about feature impact, and analyzing post-launch data
• Excellent English (B2+ minimum)
• Будет плюсом: live-ops experience with seasons, events, recurring loops, and content cadence; experience with EdTech or kids' products; AI fluency, strong prompting skills, experience with TTS or speech-to-speech, and using AI for rapid prototyping

• Competitive remuneration
• Bonuses and stock options
• Unlimited holidays