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Location: Sheffield (UK) Remote / Hybrid
About Twinkl
We're here to help those who teach. It's what brings us to work every day.At Twinkl, we’ve been providing educators across the world with high quality, trusted teaching and learning resources for over a decade now .They’re all written and checked by our wonderful team of experienced educators, and there are hundreds of thousands of resources to download, with new ones added daily.
About the Digital Product Team
The digital product team is dedicated to creating innovative and engaging digital experiences for children and educators.We are committed to enriching the lives of users through interactive and educational applications that inspire creativity, learning, and fun .
We’re looking for an experienced Game Designer to help evolve our learning games across iOS, Android, and Web.In this role, you’ll design engaging, user-centric game experiences that inspire learners, support educators, and drive meaningful growth across our digital platforms .
Ongoing projects/how you’ll spend your day:
Design engaging educational game experiences:Conceptualise and design interactive learning games that blend fun with pedagogy. Develop game mechanics and narratives that align with educational goals and fostering player engagement.
Prototype and iterate game concepts:Create storyboards, gameplay flows, prototypes, and illustrate all game assets.Test and refine game mechanics and user interactions to ensure they are intuitive, challenging, and rewarding for learners.
Leverage player insights: Collaborate with UXR and customer insights teams to gather user feedback from educators and learners. Translate research findings into actionable improvements to gameplay, mechanics, and user experience.
Cross-functional collaboration:Work closely with animators, developers, product managers, educators, and Product Design teams to bring game concepts to life. Ensure alignment across educational objectives, design, and technical feasibility.
Maintain and enhance existing games:Monitor the performance and engagement metrics of released games, identifying opportunities for updates and improvements across both web and mobile platforms.
Contribute to a game design system: Help establish game design standards and best practices, ensuring consistency, supporting a cohesive user experience across platforms .
End-to-end game development: Be involved in every stage of game development—from ideation and prototyping through production, testing, release, and post-launch iterations—ensuring high-quality, impactful game experiences.
To succeed in the role, you will:
Have strong illustration skills:You will need to be able to either create characters and scenes completely from scratch or work within given style guidelines and follow a brief.
Be User-Centric: Have a deep empathy for users and a strong commitment to creating solutions that meet their needs and enhance their experience .
Be Collaborative:Thrive in a team environment, working effectively with cross-functional teams to achieve common goals .
Be Innovative:Bring creative problem-solving skills and a willingness to explore new ideas and approaches to design challenges.
Be Detail-Oriented:Have a keen eye for detail, ensuring the highest quality in design deliverables and user experiences.
Be Adaptable & have a growth mindset: Thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, and be able to adapt to changing priorities and new challenges, open to learning and responsive to feedback .
You’ll work with:
The animation team: illustrators, animators, and 3D/motion graphics specialists
The technology team: product, engineering, design, UXR, data
Stakeholders: marketing, education team, innovation team, customer team, senior leadership
We're interested in people that have:
Bachelor’s degree in Game Design, Illustration, Computer Arts, or a related field.
2+ years of experience designing games. A focus on educational games, serious games, or interactive learning experiences (across web and mobile platforms) is a plus.
Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
Familiarity with game design tools such as Unity, Godot, or similar platforms.
A portfolio showcasing game design work, including concept development, game mechanics, and user testing insights.
Strong understanding of game design theory, player engagement strategies, and UX principles.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Knowledge of accessibility standards and inclusive game design practices.
In return for everything you can bring, we can offer you an exciting role in a fast-growing and dynamic business, with plenty of career opportunities.
Here’s a couple of the things that make Twinkl a great place to be:
A friendly, welcoming and supportive culture. We believe work should be fun and always put people before process
Diversity, inclusion and belonging - our Employee Network Program includes working groups for LGBTQ+, People of Colour, Disabilities (visible and invisible), Women in Tech and Working Parents.
From day 1 - Westfield Health, 29 annual leave days per year plus up to four additional days that may be awarded each year by the company, flexible working policy with opportunities to work from home and Twinkl subscription.
After probation - company sick pay and cycle to work scheme
Long term service reward after 2+ years of service - Life insurance, enhanced pension contribution, enhanced maternity pay, enhanced adoption pay and enhanced paternity pay.
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