Lingokids' mission is to help 100 million families worldwide raise amazing kids through playlearning™.
Through play and interactive technology, Lingokids delivers premium, modern learning through educational subjects and life skills so kids can thrive as confident, conscious, resilient, lifelong learners — ready for school and today’s ever-changing world.
To help us on this mission, we’re looking for an exceptional Kids Game Designer to join the Game Design team.
Are you ready for Playlearning?™
As the Kids Game Designer, you will play a key role in creating games and interactive experiences that engages kids and appeals to parents.
You will also be a promoter of the kid's experience, of interaction, but above all, of the child's fun.
Our offices are in Madrid, but the position is open to anyone with experience working remotely in Spain.
Responsibilities
- Ensure that Interactive Contents contribute to players retention and engagement KPIs.
- Design quality, unique, innovative, creative, intuitive, fun and educational Games & Interactive Experiences for kids.
- Understand the particularities, motivations and expectations of children, from 2 to 8 years old, regarding games.
- Develop design documentation and keep it up to date.
- Assist and work collaboratively with artists, animators, developers and educators.
- Create sketches, paper and digital prototypes.
- Collect qualitative feedback from user tests with kids, and quantitative data from metrics, analyze the results and make design decisions based on them; For this we will need you to be able to come to Madrid at least once a month.
- Synthesize and document the knowledge acquired in the field of game design for kids.
- Provide clear and structured information to the team to ensure that gameplay intentions are understood.
- Supervise / manage, inspire, motivate, and mentor other Junior Kids Game Designers.
Desired experience
- Effective Communication: Ability to articulate game concepts and designs clearly to the team, demonstrating effective organizational skills and including sketches, concept documents or detailed GDDs. The ability to present complex ideas in an understandable and engaging way is valued, facilitating collaboration and interdisciplinary understanding.
- Innovation in Game Design: Competency in generating original game ideas and innovative design solutions that meet the company's needs, with a particular focus on the child audience.
- Game Design Fundamentals: Experience in applying game design principles and the ability to anticipate and solve design-related problems efficiently. Deep knowledge of the fundamentals and pillars of the Game Design discipline.
- Problem Solving Skills: Ability to identify and anticipate game design related problems and propose solutions and alternatives to them in an efficient way, seeing and analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of each of the different options and arguing the final decision.
- Technical Skills: Knowledge in techniques and processes necessary for videogame development, with a special emphasis on using Unity for the creation of simple prototypes.
- Understanding of Target Audience: Knowledge of children as target players, including child psychology, preferences, and culture. The ability to adapt game designs to engage and retain the interest of young audiences, based on feedback collection and analysis to gain valuable insights, is essential. Good understanding of the specifics of kids-oriented UX/UI design.
- Collaborative Development: Demonstrable experience in collaborative processes of refining game designs, with a good understanding of the specifics of UX/UI design oriented towards children. Looking for someone capable of working effectively within multidisciplinary teams, contributing to the creation of engaging and appropriate game experiences for children.
English is a must. We are a multicultural team, and we are providing a service in English so, we don't care about certificates, but we expect you to be able to communicate fluently.
You should feel equally comfortable communicating in long-form writing. We have become a fully remote company so, we believe that being articulate in both spoken and written long-form asynchronous communication is key to working efficiently together.
Experience working closely with non-technical stakeholders to refine requirements and bring them to life is a must.
Life at Lingokids
🏡 Remote working: you can choose to work remotely from within your country or visit our offices if you live in Madrid.
⚖️ Flexible hours and work-life balance: we care about the results you bring to the team. 9 to 6 and constant commuting is not for us either.
📈 Stock options: joining Lingokids means you can choose to own part of the company.
🌍 Visa sponsorship: if you need a visa to work in the EU, Lingokids will assist you during the visa process, costs included.
📚 Professional growth: up to €2.000 per year for conferences, books, and training.
💬 Language lessons: language learning is what we’re all about! We’ll cover language classes for you to learn Spanish, English or Portuguese.
🩺 Health Insurance: we offer an optional health insurance through Adeslas, featuring competitive rates to ensure your well-being.
🧠 Mental Health Support: we offer you 4 free TherapySide sessions to support your self-awareness and well-being
💳 Flexible compensation: you'll be able to include your monthly expenses in meals and transportations into your payroll (we use Cobee).
🍲 Meal allowances: every month, you will receive a 60€ allowance on your Cobee card for you to spend on the restaurants and food delivery services.
🖥 Home office setup: you'll have a 400€ allowance in your first payroll to set up your home office and a 35€ monthly allowance for remote expenses.
🙌 Feedback culture: feedback is the breakfast of champions, and we take it seriously! We have a real-time and honest feedback culture, and a formal 360º assessment every 6 months.
If you think you don't tick all the boxes, we'd still love to hear from you. Nobody checks every box, and we are looking for someone excited to join the team!
