Principal UX Designer

As a Principal UX Designer, you will be responsible for the creation of immersive, intuitive user experiences for sophisticated player-facing features that delight millions of players.

You will be partnering with designers, Artists, UX Researchers and Product Managers to uphold the UX vision of Overwatch Rush validate our designs and leverage data to help guide improvements.

We're an inclusive team that welcomes new members with unique perspectives. We care deeply about the games we build and how we create them. We can't wait to meet you!

Responsibilities

• Masterfully craft intuitive and accessible UX Designs for large, systemically sophisticated features via both low- and high-fidelity mockups.
• Collaborate with designers (Game, UI, Level, Systems, Narrative) to define the player experience and uphold the UX vision for the entire game.
• Present your design work articulately and support your design decisions within your feature team and other collaborators through excellent communication skills.
• Define, socialize and ensure adherence to player-centric design principles.
• Embrace a healthy feedback culture; we encourage our UX designers to give and receive constructive feedback as we strive to make our game better together.
• Collaborate with the UX Researchers to conduct qualitative studies, validate designs and derive actionable improvements or contribute to a better understanding of our players' motivations and behaviors.
• Partner with Product Managers to guide game and feature improvements.
• Explore new opportunities, practices, tooling, and UX theories to improve our methodological toolkits.
• Mentor less experienced designers to build their skills, communication abilities, and design processes.

• Experience in Figma, visual communication and prototyping.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and leadership skills.
• Familiar with the fundamentals of interaction design and Information Architecture.
• Good understanding of game- and player- centric design principles.
• Crafting for accessibility and inclusion.
• Experience conducting qualitative research and integrating research insights in your designs.

Plusses

• Experience crafting and holding a UX vision for large, systemically sophisticated games.
• Knowledge of and curiosity about freemium standard methodologies.
• Experience working in an agile project environment.
• Knowledge of technical constraints, optimisation, and implementation.
• Experience running co-creation sessions with product, design, and engineering.

Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industry's most critically acclaimed and genre-defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Battle.net®, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android. Our World Activision Blizzard, Inc., is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush and Bubble Witch . Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet! Our ability to build immersive and innovate worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for 'Every World' - we've got our employees covered! The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.