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Salary: CAD 100,000 - 140,000 / annual
Tripledot Studios, one of the world's largest independent mobile games companies with 2,500+ employees across 12 studios, is seeking a Lead Game Designer for its Clipwire Games studio in Toronto. Clipwire Games is a top-grossing Canadian mobile game developer known for titles like Monopoly: Bingo!, TPIR: Bingo!, and Bingo Story.
You will shape the creative direction of the studio's existing portfolio while driving the creation of new titles from concept through production and release. As the design voice in the room, you'll partner with Product, Development, and Analytics leadership to translate player insights into compelling gameplay, features, and progression systems. You'll set design quality standards across the studio and mentor designers to excel.
Key responsibilities include:
- Owning the product vision and design standards for live titles and new products from concept through post-launch analysis
- Designing features, systems, and live ops events grounded in player research and behavioral data, with measurable impact on engagement, retention, and monetization
- Developing and refining game economy, balance, currency sinks/sources, progression pacing, and reward structures
- Owning the A/B testing roadmap for design-led features: scoping hypotheses with Analytics, reviewing results, and deciding what ships, iterates, or gets cancelled
- Creating clear, detailed design documentation covering mechanics, UX flows, progression systems, and balance using AI-supported workflows
- Collaborating closely with development, art, product, production, and marketing teams
- Working within IP partner guidelines to ensure designs represent brands effectively
- Evolving the design team's workflows and integrating AI tooling where it raises quality or velocity
- Leading, mentoring, and growing a design team: running design syncs and reviews, setting performance expectations, supporting career development, and fostering a culture of ownership and curiosity
You bring hands-on design craft combined with leadership presence to drive alignment at senior levels. You actively use AI tools in your day-to-day work and can help the team adopt them effectively.
The role operates on a hybrid model: in-office Monday–Thursday, work-from-home Fridays. Complimentary breakfast, lunch, and evening snacks are provided on office days.
**Requirements:**
- 7+ years in game design with proven experience leading or mentoring a design team
- Strong portfolio of shipped features and titles demonstrating design craft and commercial impact; direct experience in social casino or bingo titles preferred
- Hands-on experience across the full development lifecycle: market research, prototyping, development, live ops, post-launch analysis
- Deep expertise in economy design, balancing, and progression systems, with strong grasp of mobile UX principles and player journey design
- Analytical fluency with key mobile metrics and player behavior, including practical experience designing and interpreting A/B tests
- Practical experience using AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot) to accelerate ideation, documentation, balance modeling, and team communication
- Excellent written communication and cross-functional collaboration skills; comfortable navigating production trade-offs and influencing senior stakeholders
- Passion for games and genuine player empathy
