Principal UX Designer
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Flexible remote work options within the United StatesFull-TimePrincipal
Salary169,600 - 253,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Required Skills
- Stakeholder managementPrototyping
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in UX design, with significant experience within the gaming or interactive entertainment industry.
- Proven success designing impactful social features, gameplay systems, and player-centric experiences that drive engagement and retention.
- Deep understanding of game mechanics, player motivations, reward systems, and behavioral design principles.
- Strong expertise in prototyping, iterative design processes, and validating concepts through user testing and experimentation.
- Ability to balance tactical problem-solving with long-term strategic thinking and product vision.
- Exceptional communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional collaboration and build alignment among diverse teams.
- Strong facilitation skills with experience leading workshops, design reviews, and ideation sessions.
- A highly collaborative mindset, openness to feedback, and a passion for creating memorable user experiences.
- Experience working in fast-paced, innovation-driven environments with evolving priorities.
Responsibilities
- Lead the discovery, ideation, and design of new interactive experiences that enhance player engagement, retention, and social connectivity.
- Conduct research initiatives to better understand user behaviors, motivations, and preferences, translating findings into actionable design opportunities.
- Facilitate workshops, brainstorming sessions, and concept development activities to generate innovative gameplay experiences and features.
- Create wireframes, user flows, prototypes, and detailed UX documentation to communicate design solutions effectively across teams.
- Establish and evolve design frameworks, guidelines, and UX principles that balance innovation with consistency across experiences.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Art, and Research teams to ensure successful implementation and validation of design solutions.
- Champion usability testing throughout the product development lifecycle, identifying risks, defining research objectives, and refining experiences based on user feedback.
- Drive strategic decision-making and solve complex cross-functional challenges while ensuring alignment with broader product vision and business goals.
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