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You might be early in your career, but you're already passionate about game design and eager to learn from experienced developers in a professional studio environment.\nYou'll work closely with our Senior Designers and wider project teams to help prototype, iterate, and polish gameplay features. You'll also play an important role in maintaining the quality of our games - supporting the team with hands on QA testing, bug reporting, and playthrough verification as part of your day-to-day work. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to build their design skills while developing a sharp eye for quality across the full development cycle.\nAs a motorsport fan ourselves, we'd love to find someone who shares that passion - this role will support our upcoming PC title, Motorsport Manager 2, so an interest in racing and motorsport is a real plus.\nHere, everyone has a voice. We value fresh perspectives and want you to feel empowered to help shape the experiences we create for our players.\nWhat will you be doing at Miniclip?\nAssist in designing, prototyping, and balancing gameplay features and systems.\nWork closely with Design team to implement and iterate on design documentation and in-game content.\nCollaborate with Art, Programming, Production, and QA to bring features to life.\nCarry out regular hands-on QA testing across builds, identifying, documenting, and tracking bugs through to resolution.\nVerify fixes and perform regression testing on new builds and features.\nHelp prepare and run internal playtests, gathering feedback to inform design decisions.\nMaintain and update design documentation as features evolve.\nContribute ideas during brainstorms and design reviews.\nSupport the team with whatever is needed to deliver the best possible player experience.\nWhat are we looking for?\nYou love games and you love thinking about why they work. You're curious, creative, and not afraid to ask questions. You're looking for a place where you can learn fast, contribute meaningfully, and be part of a supportive team that helps you level up.\nPassionate about making great games and understanding what makes them fun.\nA motorsport enthusiast - you follow racing and appreciate what makes motorsport games feel authentic.\nA creative thinker who enjoys coming up with ideas and seeing how they play out.\nOpen to feedback and keen to iterate based on playtests, data, and team input.\nA clear communicator who can articulate design ideas and work well across disciplines.\nSelf-motivated, organised, and eager to grow.\nComfortable with game engines and design tools - you've already started building your craft.\nMeticulous and patient - you enjoy finding bugs, breaking things, and helping make the game better.\nEssential Skills & Experience\nSome experience with game design - whether through a degree, a game jam, a mod, a personal project, or an internship.\nFamiliarity with a modern game engine (Unity preferred).\nA strong understanding of what makes gameplay engaging and fun.\nGood written and spoken English.\nOrganised, proactive, and comfortable working in a collaborative team.\nA genuine enthusiasm for games and game development.\nA methodical approach to testing and attention to detail.\nA genuine interest in or knowledge of motorsport, and a passion for racing games.\nDesirable Skills\nFamiliarity with bug tracking tools (Jira, Trello, or similar).\nExperience with sports games or management sims.\nAn understanding of UI/UX principles for games.\nIn-depth motorsport knowledge (series, cars, rules, or racing history).\nAbout Miniclip\nMiniclip is a global leader in games and one of the world's biggest developers and publishers of mobile games, with a mission of unleashing the gamer in everyone. It distributes highly engaging games to a global audience of over 450 million monthly and 60 million daily active users across mobile, PC, console, social, and online platforms. Operating in 15 countries, Miniclip develops and launches games in multiple categories across its 22 studios.\nFounded in 2001 with an internationally recognised brand name, Miniclip has successfully grown a global audience across 195 countries and six continents. 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