Game Concept Designer (Junior)

We’re looking for a Junior Game Concept Designer to work across live products, concepts, and pitches. Someone who can take an idea from “spark” to “sellable”. You’ll originate and develop game concepts, translate them into clear and compelling visuals, and package them into pitch-ready decks and documents for the commercial team to take to partners and stakeholders. Most of your focus will be on new game ideas and gamified performance products (≈80%), with broadcast-driven opportunities (≈20%). You’ll report into the Commercial Director and work closely with the Senior Game Designer, partnering with Production and the wider team to move concepts from early stage through validation and into delivery.

What you’ll do:

• Reactive design for live products, marketing, and internal needs, including support for concept development and pitch decks.
• Generate and develop new game concepts and gamified product ideas aligned to our sports performance and consumer roadmaps.
• Build pitch materials ranging from 2–3 page one-pagers to full presentation decks and game design documents (GDDs).
• Create and iterate visual concepts that communicate the look, feel and UX of the experience (mock screens, UI flows, key art direction, simple diagrams).
• Produce polished visuals when needed for external-facing decks, while also being able to move fast with rougher internal explorations.
• Define core gameplay loops, progression, economy hooks (where relevant), and high-level feature sets in a way that’s easy for mixed audiences to understand.
• Work with the Senior Game Designer to ensure ideas are mechanically sound, achievable, and aligned with player and commercial value.
• Collaborate with Production to support concept-to-kickoff handover: scope assumptions, dependencies, risks, and next-step validation.
• Maintain tidy, reusable documentation in our tools (templates, versioning, structured decks/docs).
• Production design tasks (layouts, resizes, rapid iterations).

What we’re looking for (essential):

• Junior-level experience in game concept/design, product concepting, or an adjacent role where you’ve produced pitch decks + supporting visuals.
• A strong portfolio that shows: Concept development (how you think and iterate), and Presentation craft (clear decks, compelling narrative, good taste).
• At least 1 shipped title in which you contributed to game design.
• Strong visual communication skills (layout, hierarchy, readability, storytelling).
• Ability to take ambiguous requirements and turn them into a structured, persuasive proposal.
• Comfortable collaborating across disciplines and taking feedback without losing momentum.

Tools (we use):

• Figma.
• Adobe CC (Photoshop / Illustrator).
• PowerPoint or Keynote (pitch decks and partner-ready presentations).

Nice to have:

• Any hands-on prototyping experience (Unity/Unreal) is not required, but a bonus.
• Familiarity with VR and/or sports performance products.
• Understanding of F2P thinking (progression, rewards, engagement), where appropriate.

Mindset:

• Genuine thirst for games — plays broadly and understands why things work.
• Comfortable contributing to live, evolving products.
• Curious, proactive, and receptive to feedback.

Support & Growth:

This role will be actively mentored by senior designers. Clear opportunities to grow skills across product, gameplay, and pitch work.

What we offer:

• Share options (so you can share in the upside as we grow).
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• We close over Christmas, with 3 company days taken during that period.
• Hybrid and flexible working (Manchester-based, with a London office opening soon).
• The chance to work across a rare mix of sport, games, VR, and live data, with real-world partners and audiences.

How to apply:

Send us: Your CV. A link to your portfolio (must include examples of decks and concept work). (Optional) A short note on a game concept you’re proud of and what you contributed.