Game Designer - Gameplay

We are looking for a passionate Game Designer - Gameplay to join EA SPORTS FC Mobile, responsible for designing and refining the core gameplay experience of our mobile football game.

Responsibilities

• Design and iterate on core action mechanics such as shooting, passing, dribbling, defending, and goalkeeping, ensuring responsive, deep, and satisfying controls on both touchscreen and controller.
• Design and maintain gameplay systems including player attributes, skill moves, tactical systems, and AI behavior, ensuring balance and cohesion across systems.
• Rapidly build gameplay prototypes and validate design hypotheses through playtesting and data analysis, iterating continuously.
• Produce clear design documents, mechanic rules, and tuning parameters that enable cross-functional teams to understand and implement your vision.
• Partner with animation, physics, and engineering teams to polish control response, animation transitions, and feedback, elevating the overall game feel.
• 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 that are fun, accessible, and deep.

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, and a strong grasp of mobile players' control habits.
• Rapid prototyping skills (e.g., Unity/Unreal Blueprints, or in-engine scripting/visual tools).
• Solid data-analysis skills, with the ability to drive design decisions with data.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills in both English and Chinese, able to collaborate effectively across functions and languages.
• A genuine passion for and understanding of football, familiar with real tactics and match rhythm.