Senior Economy Designer

CompanyLighthouse Games

LocationRoyal Leamington Spa, England, United Kingdom

Posted At10/21/2025

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£41,700 (£21.38 per hour)

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Description

Lighthouse Games is a AAA studio based in Leamington Spa. We are defined by our pedigree of talent and our serious ambition to build a new best-in-class game. When you join us at Lighthouse, you'll have the opportunity to create the best work of your career in an environment that feels truly collaborative. You'll learn from industry veterans and work alongside the future greats of game development.

Reporting to the Director of Live Service, you will be responsible for designing and balancing the in-game economy to ensure long-term engagement, progression, and player satisfaction. You'll craft systems that reward play, respect players' time, and keep the game world feeling alive and rewarding. Working closely across disciplines, you'll turn design goals into scalable systems and measurable results.

Key Duties Include

Design, model, and tune in-game economies including currencies, sources/sinks, pacing, and reward distribution
Define and maintain progression systems, live events, and reward structures that drive engagement and sustain healthy player progression
Establish economic models and set parameters to maintain balance and prevent inflation/deflation across the player base

Partner with Analytics to monitor key metrics, set alerts for economic anomalies, and implement corrective adjustments when necessary

Define pricing frameworks and value propositions for in-game content, offers, and bundles (including regional considerations)

Translate high-level design goals into clear economy specs, data tables, and configuration templates with acceptance criteria and rollback plans

Collaborate with design, engineering, UI/UX, and analytics teams to develop, test, and deploy live economy updates safely and efficiently

Specify telemetry requirements for tracking key performance indicators such as retention, progression pacing, and player engagement

Requirements

Significant experience designing or tuning in-game economies, progression systems, or meta layers, with at least one shipped title or live update supported post-launch
Strong craft in systems and economy design: currencies, pacing, reward loops, and player motivation
Proven ability to identify and correct economic imbalances (inflation, reward loops, drop rate tuning)
Experience delivering scalable meta systems such as seasonal progression, collection loops, or reward ladders

A modular, data-driven mindset - you build reusable systems, templates, and tools that scale safely with content

Comfortable working hands-on with editor tools and data models to iterate quickly and effectively

Excellent communication and documentation skills with the ability to clearly define systems and their intended outcomes

Strong analytical and quantitative skills, including proficiency with Excel/Sheets (pivots, lookups, modelling)

A strong sense of player empathy and value perception across different audiences and regions

Desirable

Background in behavioural economics, or formal training in micro/macro-economics
Experience working with first-party platforms, regional pricing, and entitlement systems
Familiarity with live service pipelines, telemetry systems, and rollback planning
Exposure to content pipelines and localisation workflows
Basic SQL or Python knowledge for data analysis and validation

Benefits

25 Days Holiday, plus 1 day for your birthday
Studio Shutdown between Christmas and New Year
Discretionary Bonus Scheme
Private Pension Scheme
Private Healthcare
Health and Well-Being Benefits
Dental Care
Optical treatments
Mental Health Support