We're looking for an enthusiastic Lead Level Designer to join us in either Espoo or Barcelona! In this role, you'll go beyond daily execution to shape the quality bar, elevate our team's craft, and support the full lifecycle of our levels. You're a true multiplier: your work makes Angry Birds Friends better and helps the people around you grow every day.
Reporting directly to the Design Director, you'll care for a talented team of level designers, including permanent team members, interns, and contractors. You'll connect business goals with player happiness, understanding the unique strengths of your team to ensure everyone is supported and optimized to do their best work.
You will have impact and fun at work by:
Supporting and guiding a team of level designers, ensuring everyone feels empowered and tasks match their unique strengths.
Collaborating with our content producer and data teams to meet our weekly live content goals and keep our players delighted.
Predicting potential content shortages early and creating supportive mitigation plans so our players always have fresh levels to enjoy.
Defining clear frameworks for difficulty curves and power-up systems to reduce guesswork and help the team design with precision.
Nurturing the professional growth of junior, staff, and senior level designers through structured feedback and open sharing of your creative process.
Crafting and iterating on fresh levels yourself to understand our tools deeply and find collaborative ways to improve our workflows.
Reviewing daily player data to find thoughtful opportunities that improve level design while respecting both player experience and monetization.
Experience and skills we are looking for:
You have extensive years of level design experience, including several years of supporting and guiding a level design team.
You've successfully released frequent content updates for at least 2 free-to-play (F2P) live games.
You create unforgettable player moments and can easily share the craft and theory behind what makes a level genuinely fun.
You understand player behavior signals and enjoy collaborating with data teams to translate insights into cooperative design choices.
You feel comfortable navigating design challenges without clear precedents, working together with leadership to find the best pathways forward.
You are a proactive communicator who shares context openly and clears blockers before they impact the team.
Skills Required
- Extensive years of level design experience
- Experience in supporting and guiding a level design team
- Experience releasing content updates for at least 2 free-to-play live games
- Ability to create engaging player experiences
- Strong communication skills
What We Do
Rovio Entertainment Ltd. is a global mobile-first games company that creates, develops and publishes mobile games, which have been downloaded over 5 billion times. Rovio is best known for the global Angry Birds brand, which started as a popular mobile game in 2009, and has since evolved from games to various entertainment, animations and consumer products in brand licensing. Rovio has produced The Angry Birds Movie (2016), and its sequel, The Angry Birds Movie 2 was released in 2019. The company offers multiple mobile games and has seven game studios – one in Espoo (Finland), Stockholm (Sweden), Copenhagen (Denmark), Barcelona (Spain), Montreal and Toronto (Canada), as well as a subsidiary in Izmir (Turkey) called Ruby Games. Most of the employees are based in Finland where Rovio is headquartered. In 2023, Sega Europe Limited acquired more than 90 percent of Rovio’s issued and outstanding shares, making Rovio a subsidiary of Sega
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