UX Designer (Mid-Level or Senior)

Blizzard Entertainment is looking for an experienced UX designer to craft and guide the user experience of a future unannounced project. You will work closely with game designers, artists, and engineers to conceptualize, design, and iterate in support of all gameplay features and systems. The ideal candidate has experience with UX, mobile design, and interaction design.

Responsibilities

• Work with game designers to translate game system requirements into experiences.
• Work closely with artists and visual designers to establish a consistent visual identity and language that supports the experience.
• Craft UX artifacts to communicate solutions (flows, wireframes, prototypes, etc.)
• Design and visualize user interface screens, transitions, animations, and VFX.
• Establish and maintain patterns for flows, layouts, and interactions.

Requirements

• Experience designing UX for shipped products.
• Strong knowledge of mobile device and OS specific design patterns (iOS/Android).
• Strong knowledge of UX process and usability design principles.
• Firm understanding of hierarchy and layout design principles.
• Awareness of current trends in user interface design.
• Strong visual design skills.
• Positive attitude and an ability to receive and provide objective feedback.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.

Pluses

• 3 years or more of UX design experience, preferably in a gaming field.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Proficient in multiple design tools (Adobe Creative Suite (XD, Photoshop, Illustrator), Figma, Sketch, Framer, Principle, Zeplin, Flinto, etc.)
• Illustration skills to paint UI screens, frames, borders, icons, etc.
• JIRA Fluency.