João Dias

Lead Game Designer at Arkadium

João Dias has a solid background in game design, with experience in multiple roles and companies. João currently holds the position of Lead Game Designer at Arkadium, a role they started in March 2023. Prior to that, they worked as a Senior Game Designer at FRVR from July 2022 to January 2023.

João'slongest tenure was at Miniclip, where they held various positions. From April 2018 to June 2022, they served as a Game Designer, focusing on data-driven and holistic design of mobile free-to-play game systems, economies, and gameplay. João also provided support to other products and worked on level design for Pool Trickshots. Before that, they held the role of Junior Game Designer from April 2017 to March 2018, and prior to that, they worked as a Games Tester from September 2015 to March 2017. João started their career at Miniclip as a Games Tester Intern in December 2014, where they gained experience in QA testing within Agile frameworks and became a vocal advocate for QA.

Overall, João Dias has a diverse range of experiences in game design and testing, building a strong foundation for their current role as a Lead Game Designer at Arkadium.

João Dias has attended two prestigious institutions for their education. João studied Information Systems and Computer Engineering at the Instituto Superior Técnico. Following this, they enrolled in the Nova School of Business and Economics for their studies in Economics. However, there is no specific information available regarding the start and end years or the degree obtained for both educational experiences.

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  • Lead Game Designer

    March, 2023 - present