UX Designer

1w1 week ago

Scopely

San Francisco, US · Full-time · $120,600 – $174,000

About this role

Niantic's UX Design team builds innovative mobile experiences for tens of millions of users worldwide, encouraging discovery, exercise, and meaningful social experiences. The Pokémon GO team is looking for a well-rounded UX Designer to help deliver the next wave of experiences for players. You'll partner closely with peers across game design, art, product, and engineering teams.

Champion the best interests of the broad player base through intuitive, engaging, and usable game UX. Be a strong voice for the player, applying intuition and data-informed research to drive creative solutions. Translate complex use cases into simple, scalable designs that the team can implement.

Work in a collaborative environment, dealing comfortably with ambiguity and helping teams shift efforts as needed. Partner with user research to incorporate player insights throughout development, including leading user studies. Collaborate with cross-functional team members with regular attendance in meetings.

Improve and extend existing UI design system patterns and brand guidelines. Proactively contribute to UX team rituals and process improvements. Help craft the future of real-world interactive experiences.

Requirements

3+ years or equivalent experience in UX design for consumer-facing products, with a portfolio of shipped features/titles and personal projects
Portfolio showcasing examples of consumer-facing mobile UX, covering both interaction and UI design
Experience working on gaming and non-gaming products
Experience with wireframing and prototyping in Figma collaboratively, using shared design libraries and patterns
Familiarity with mobile UX design patterns applied in gaming, fitness, or live-service applications
Strong visual design, motion design, and UI art skills
Creative problem-solving skills and ability to develop novel UX patterns
Experience working on cross-functional teams with effective written and verbal communication

Responsibilities

Support UX design efforts from concept to implementation for multiple key projects
Develop mockups, wireframes, prototypes, and detailed design documentation to describe interaction flows and design concepts
Clearly communicate UX designs to internal and external partners
Lead team rituals to conceptualize and brainstorm new features
Improve and extend existing UI design system patterns and brand guidelines
Partner with user research to incorporate player insights throughout development, including leading user studies
Proactively contribute to UX team rituals and process improvements
Collaborate with cross-functional team members, including regular attendance in meetings; required in-office minimum 2 days a week