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Senior LiveOps Designer
Live Ops | Sumo Leamington Spa
Full-Time / Permanent
About Sumo Digital, Leamington
Sumo Leamington was established in March 2019, and is managed and operated by a team of industry veterans with deep experience of service-based games. Our vision statement is quite simply 'we make you look forward to tomorrow'; a vision to make games which players will keep coming back to - day after day, year after year.
We also believe that by putting people and purpose first, our studio culture is one that drives performance, boasts enthusiasm, and is something that the team are proud to say they are part of.
Day in the life of a Senior Live Ops Designer:
As a Live Ops Designer, you will play an essential and high impact role in the success of our game, Stampede: Racing Royale.
Your day will start with reviewing the performance of your latest activation and collaborating with your peers on how those insights can improve your next activation. You’ll spend your day planning out the live calendar of Stampede and deciding what content we release where in partnership with the Product Management team, with true agency as to what we do and why.
You’ll be a key part of the wider Design team and will be expected to feedback on the work of your peers as well as contribute to the development of new features and tooling that help you to better execute our live plans.
Please note, this role can be worked remotely from within the UK.
What you need to do this job:
• Experience of working on a live service game is essential, but we don’t mind which platform or business model.
• Experience of being responsible for the Live Ops calendar of a game (or large parts of the calendar) and have worked collaboratively with Community Managers, Product Managers, and Artists.
• Experience of working in-engine and/or with development tools. You’re not afraid to try out new tech and are comfortable jumping into projects and learning on the job.
• Passion about min/maxing the performance of Time Limited Events, Store content, and other “moments” players care about.
• A history of working with third-party IP and/or licensed content is a plus.
The Interview Process:
At Sumo Digital, we take a holistic and engaging interview process that allows us to get to know you, your skills, and your potential. For our Senior Live Ops Designer role, we have a three-stage interview process:
1st Stage: 1-hour with our Product Manager and Senior Game Designer. Here, we will talk with you about your experience, our expectations in the role and ask some competency-based questions. There will, of course, also be opportunities for you to ask questions!
2nd Stage: 1-hour with our Lead Product Manager and Product Manager. This will be a technical focused interview.
3rd Stage: 1-hour with our Studio Art Director and Design Director. You will have a chance to ask questions and find out more about what it's like to work for Sumo Leamington!
What’s in it for you?
Sumo also offers a highly personable benefits package which has something for everyone, no matter where you are in your career.
Financial: Annual bonus, flexible benefits allowance, salary sacrifice pension, benefits hub, payroll giving, an employee referral scheme (up to £3,000), financial/home buying consultations, workplace ISA and other schemes for tech loans, car loan and bicycles.
Work-life balance: Flexible working, 21 free choice days holiday (increasing to 22 with service), bank holidays, birthday day off, a duvet day (increasing to 4 with service), Christmas shutdown (Christmas Eve to New Year) and options to buy or sell up to a week of annual leave*.
Health and Wellbeing: Dental insurance, income protection, life assurance, BUPA private healthcare*, leading EAP programs (remote GP, mental health, physio, nutrition, lifestyle coaching and second opinions (medical)), critical illness cover*, health cash plan*, flexible gym (in-studio or discounts) and funded flu vaccines/eye tests.
Personal Development: Structured Personal Development tool, regular appraisals, annual salary reviews, access to Udemy learning platform, 5/8 learning days per annum (1 can be used as a volunteer day), award-winning L&D team and yearly attendance to the Sumo Developers Conference (link to video).
Extra Perks: A variety of in-studio perks, regular care packages, studio days out (family welcome), studio-led social activities (game jams, yoga, quizzes, life drawing and more), sabbaticals (at 10 years’ service) and an annual gaming subscription.
*These benefits are part of our flexible benefits options and are opt in selections.
Inclusion and Belonging at Sumo Digital:
We are dedicated to growing a sustainable business that provides security to our people while delivering a first-class experience to our partners and players.
As a people business, the success of our people is the success of our company. We prioritise taking care of them with a focus on supporting them, nurturing their talent and providing a healthy, friendly, enriching, creative and safe environment in which to work.
Sumo's employee diversity group, PRISM, exists to promote diversity, inclusion, equity, equality & wellbeing across the company and plays a key role in Sumo's ongoing goal of fostering environments where all employees feel safe, welcome & represented.
Our charitable and community initiatives provide support for meaningful causes that matter to our employees, clients and partners.
We continue to work to improve diversity in our recruitment and promotion processes, and to actively encourage people from marginalised groups to consider a career in the games industry.