# Game Designer - Gameplay

**Company**: Electronic Arts
**Location**: Shanghai
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Design
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: EA
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173941

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## Description

Electronic Arts is seeking a Game Designer - Gameplay to join the EA SPORTS FC Mobile team in Shanghai, China. As a Game Designer - Gameplay, you will be responsible for designing and refining the core gameplay experience of the mobile football game.

The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of experience in game design gameplay, with at least one shipped title. You will work closely with producers, engineers, animators, UX, and economy teams to bring the authentic feel and competitive depth of real football to players around the world on mobile devices.

Responsibilities:

- Design and iterate on core action mechanics such as shooting, passing, dribbling, defending, and goalkeeping

- Design and maintain gameplay systems including player attributes, skill moves, tactical systems, and AI behavior

- Rapidly build gameplay prototypes and validate design hypotheses through playtesting and data analysis

- Produce clear design documents, mechanic rules, and tuning parameters

- Partner with animation, physics, and engineering teams to polish control response, animation transitions, and feedback

- Adjust gameplay values and difficulty curves based on player behavior data and competitive fairness

- Study real football rules, tactics, and player characteristics, translating them into gameplay mechanics

Qualifications:

- 3+ years of experience in game design gameplay, with at least one shipped title

- Deep understanding of core gameplay and control design for action or sports/competitive games

- Familiarity with mobile interaction constraints and design techniques

- Rapid prototyping skills

- Solid data-analysis skills

- Excellent communication and documentation skills in both English and Chinese

- A genuine passion for and understanding of football

Benefits:

- Comprehensive benefits package, including medical insurance, mental wellness support, pension plan, paid time off, family leave, free games, and more

- Flexible working environment, promoting work-life balance

Electronic Arts offers equal opportunities, and welcomes applications from qualified candidates with disabilities.

## Skills

### Required
- game design
- gameplay mechanics
- mobile game development
- data analysis
- communication
- documentation

### Nice to have
- Unity
- Unreal Blueprints
- in-engine scripting
- visual tools
- football tactics
- match rhythm

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