Associate Content Designer in City of London

We’re Hutch, a mobile games developer & publisher with studios in central London, Dundee and Canada. Our mission is to build the most diverse and engaged automotive gaming community on mobile. Our games have been played by over 300 million people, with new titles in development. We believe in putting our people first. Here you can make games without sacrificing quality time with family and friends. We strive to ensure our people are happy and healthy. Our teams are small and empowered, they have the independence to take on creative and technical challenges together, to work collaboratively, to make great games and have fun along the way.

We believe in:

• Looking after our people
• Small empowered teams
• Complete transparency
• Test, learn, repeat
• Community at the core
• The freedom to focus on what truly makes a difference to our players

We’re driven by our players! Come and join the mission!

We are looking for an Associate Content Designer to join the team on our hit racing title, F1 Clash®. As an Associate Content Designer, you will be responsible for the end-to-end production and implementation of live operations content. You will ensure players have a seamless and engaging experience throughout the F1® season. Your role will involve owning the setup, balancing, and deployment of in-game assets, events, and offers, working closely with Product, Production and QA to maintain high quality across all environments. You will immerse yourself in the F1 Clash® universe to deliver authentic content that resonates with our player base, with particular attention to creativity and attention to detail. A passion for Formula 1®, motorsports, or racing management games is essential.

Responsibilities

• Content Implementation: Own the end-to-end configuration of live events, offers, and campaigns. You will be responsible for inputting data, setting up assets, and ensuring all content is correctly implemented for release.
• Quality Assurance & Testing: Champion quality by conducting playtests and performing rigorous checks on data entries to ensure error-free content releases.
• Asset & Feature Support: Collaborate with the Product team to support the integration of new assets (such as Drivers and Components), ensuring they align with the creative brief and game strategy.
• Game Balancing Support: Assist with the game economy by setting up balancing data, validating changes in test environments, and helping to schedule updates.
• Documentation & Planning: Help maintain the LiveOps schedule and create clear design documentation to support the smooth rollout of weekly themes and objectives.

Requirements

• Technical Aptitude: You don't need years of experience, but you must be comfortable learning new software and working with data (e.g., spreadsheets or CMS tools) to configure game content.
• Attention to Detail: A rigorous approach to accuracy is essential. You will be responsible for checking your own work and the work of others to prevent issues in the live game.
• Collaborative Spirit: Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively with different teams to understand tasks and ask the right questions.
• Logical Mindset: A basic understanding of logic or maths to help grasp how game economies and balancing work.
• Passion for Games: A genuine interest in mobile games and a desire to learn how they are made and operated.
• Motorsport Interest: A passion for Formula 1®, motorsports, or racing management games is essential.

Benefits

Life at Hutch: Our HQ is in the heart of Shoreditch in central London. We have additional offices in Dundee and Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. We're an agile, creative team with people at the core of our values. We reward our employees with:

• Hutch is now a 4-Day Work Week company*
• Flexible working hours
• Remote working 2 days per week
• Excellent salary
• Private health care
• Enhanced Maternity (18 weeks) and Paternity leave (6 weeks)
• Access to mental health initiatives such as private mental health coaching
• Support to learn, develop and progress within Hutch
• Free snacks and drinks
• Social events, game launch parties, Thursday night drinks and much more

*This will mean that Hutch employees will work a maximum of 4 days per week (30 hours/week) Mon-Thurs, with zero reductions in pay (compared to a 5 day working week).

Our Values

• Transparent - Being transparent and open helps us to be trusted and fosters integrity.
• Humble - When we are humble we show humility, we let go of egos and we are self-aware.
• Collaborative - We value teamwork, the spirit of collaboration and the results of working together.
• Driven - We have drive and ambition and always push for the best results rather than settling.
• Adaptable - Demonstrating the ability to adapt ultimately helps us grow and helps us thrive in different situations.

We value diversity and as an equal opportunity employer we encourage applications from all suitable applicants. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. Please see Hutch Privacy Policy for details on how Hutch uses your personal data.

Come and find out more about Hutch. We make racing games, but it’s not the only thing that drives us - https://www.hutch.io/