Game Designer - Gameplay

General Information

Locations: Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Role ID

216061

Worker Type

Regular Employee

Studio/Department

EA Studios - SPORTS

Work Model

Hybrid

Description & Requirements

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

About the Role
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. You will work closely with producers, engineers, animators, UX, and economy teams to bring the authentic feel and competitive depth of real football to players around the world on mobile devices.

Responsibilities

• Core Mechanics Design: 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.
• Systems Design: Design and maintain gameplay systems including player attributes, skill moves, tactical systems, and AI behavior, ensuring balance and cohesion across systems.
• Prototyping & Validation: Rapidly build gameplay prototypes and validate design hypotheses through playtesting and data analysis, iterating continuously.
• Documentation: Produce clear design documents, mechanic rules, and tuning parameters that enable cross-functional teams to understand and implement your vision.
• Game Feel Tuning: Partner with animation, physics, and engineering teams to polish control response, animation transitions, and feedback, elevating the overall game feel.
• Balancing & Tuning: Adjust gameplay values and difficulty curves based on player behavior data and competitive fairness.
• Authenticity: 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.

About Electronic Arts

We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.

We adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

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