Senior Meta Designer - Unannouced Project

Who We Are: NaturalMotion is an award-winning UK game studio dedicated to crafting world-class mobile experiences. Alongside our continued live-service development on CSR Racing 2 (#1 drag racing series of all time), our team is stepping into its next chapter with an ambitious, unannounced project. Honoured for eight consecutive years as a GamesIndustry.biz Best Place to Work in the UK winner and named a Top 50 UK Game Maker in 2025 and 2026, we offer a collaborative studio culture backed by the global reach of Zynga and Take-Two Interactive. Position Overview: NaturalMotion is looking for a talented and passionate Meta Designer to join our London studio, helping shape the combat experience for our first-person shooter mobile title. This role focuses on designing and managing metagame, live, and progression features to create a satisfying and sustainable mobile experience. You will own key metagame features from conception through live, coordinating with design, art, UX, engineering, and product management throughout the whole process. As a live game you will need to design features with iteration and extensibility in mind and analyze live data to expand and improve your features over time. We are looking for someone who brings both craft knowledge, an excitement to try new things, and a genuine love of action games. We embrace a hybrid work environment. Within this role you will work 2 days per week in our London office and the remaining days at home. What You'll Do: • Ownership of designing, prototyping, and implementing progression, economy, and engagement features that align with the creative vision of the game • Help define, analyze, and take action on analytics, feature data, and KPIs • Work closely with live and product management teams to define goals and implement solutions to boost engagement • Collaborate closely with art, animation, audio, design and engineering teams to build content and solve problems in a multi-disciplinary environment • Develop and balance in-game economies across many different metagame features • Work closely with UX and engineering to ensure features are implemented in ways that meet the engagement goals • Analyse player data, feedback, and behaviours to identify and fix metagame issues and retention barriers • Work concurrently on multiple features at varying stages of development, managing priorities effectively as content pipelines run in parallel • Document and communicate metagame feature concepts clearly to ensure alignment across all development teams What You Bring: • Previous experience in Metagame / Progression / Engagement Design or an equivalent role in the video game industry • At least one shipped title in a design role for a live service title • Experience designing and implementing progression, economy, or engagement features for live gamesKnowledge and experience analyzing KPIs and player behaviour data • Familiarity with the Unreal game engine • Ability to analyse gameplay data and player feedback to inform and balance design decisions • Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively across cross-disciplinary teams • The ability to manage multiple designs in a fast-paced development environment • Passionate about action games with a deep understanding of what makes enemy designs engaging and memorable Bonus Points: • Background in mobile games with an understanding of mobile player behaviour and market leaders • Experience with visual scripting or rapid prototyping tools • An avid gamer with a genuine enthusiasm for crafting engaging progression and metagame features and motivating players over a long period of time What We Offer You: • Competitive salary and discretionary annual bonus scheme • 26 days holiday, plus bank holidays