Senior Game Designer

We’re an independent games studio best known for creating Phasmophobia, enjoyed by millions of players worldwide. Our team is passionate, creative, and collaborative and we’re looking for someone equally enthusiastic about games to join our growing team.

We are looking for an organised and experienced Senior Game Designer to help define and expand content updates for Phasmophobia. You will work closely with the Game Director to turn creative direction into fully realised gameplay features and systems, taking them from concept through to release.

• At least 1 shipped PC or Console game as a credited Game Designer with a strong portfolio.
• Strong experience designing multiplayer, co-op, horror, survival, or atmospheric gameplay systems.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, iterative development environment.
• Strong understanding of gameplay systems, balancing, progression, pacing, and player psychology.
• Experience writing and maintaining detailed design documentation.
• A collaborative mindset and confidence working across multiple disciplines.
• Expert understanding of Phasmophobia and a passion for horror games.
• Ability to take ownership of features and drive them through iteration and delivery.
• Automatically have the right to work in the UK.

• →Work closely with the Game Director to develop and expand gameplay features, mechanics, and systems.
• →Take ownership of feature design from concept through implementation, iteration, and release.
• →Create and maintain clear, detailed, and actionable design documentation for cross-discipline teams.
• →Flesh out gameplay systems, mechanics, progression, balancing, UX flows, edge cases, and technical considerations.
• →Identify gameplay, scope, UX, and implementation risks early and work proactively with stakeholders to resolve them.
• →Collaborate with production to ensure design work aligns with project scope, priorities, and milestone expectations.
• →Work closely with programmers to improve designer workflows, tools, and pipelines.
• →Confidently use Unity Editor tools to tune gameplay, implement content, and iterate on features hands-on.
• →Collaborate with departmental stakeholders to ensure features are achievable within technical and production constraints.
• →Gather and interpret internal and community feedback to improve player experience, gameplay readability, and feature quality.
• →Play and test new updates regularly to ensure features meet gameplay, usability, and quality expectations.

• Experience working on live-service or regularly updated games.
• Experience working on a VR game.
• Experience using Unity Editor.
• Experience with technical implementation, scripting, or designer tooling workflows.
• Experience using Jira, Confluence, or similar development tools.
• Experience analysing player feedback, telemetry, or gameplay metrics.