Senior Social Designer - UX/UI

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Join us as we write the next chapter in the Diablo universe! Diablo IV is the next-gen action RPG experience with endless evil to slaughter, countless abilities to master, nightmarish Dungeons, and legendary loot. Come work with us, and together we’ll create something amazing. Our team of passionate developers is growing.

As our Senior Social UX/UI Designer, you will dive into the realm of Sanctuary where you'll collaborate closely with a talented team of game designers, product managers, engineers, and artists to conceptualize, design, and iterate across all social gameplay features and systems. You will bring your experience with social design, UX design and interaction design to craft immersive and engaging social features that redefine player interactions within our live and open world.

Join us on this epic adventure and be part of crafting a truly captivating and engaging social experience!

This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The potential home studio for this role is Albany, NY or Irvine, CA.

Responsibilities

• Generate UX/UI designs that both achieve social game experience goals and improve the player experience in the form of mockups, prototypes, flows, and layouts.
• Implement interface screens using efficient and flexible layout design and collaborate with engineers to ensure features are built to design specifications.
• Iterate on presentation and interaction to both look pixel perfect and feel great.
• Continually evaluate the UX/UI based on feedback from users, user research, lead social designer, product managers and UX/UI leads.
• Integrate with the core social team, contributing to the social experience roadmap with relevant stakeholders.
• Find opportunities to improve implementation standards, process, and collaborative workflows.
• Coach and mentor team members with UX/UI skills.

Minimum Requirements

• 7+ years of experience as a Game Designer, with 1+ shipped title having owned social features, and demonstrable experience working on social systems (e.g. player communication, matchmaking).
• Comfortable Experience with UI implementation in a modern engine or platform (e.g. Unity, Unreal, or HTML5 or other game engines).
• Ability to adhere to a project’s existing visual and interaction patterns.
• Experience with designing for multiple control schemes (e.g. Controllers, Mouse & Keyboard and/or Touch Screen etc.).
• Positive attitude around receiving and providing objective feedback.
• A passion for video games and user interface design.
• A portfolio showing a solid grasp of usability design principles, user flows and prototypes you have created for UI screens, as well as samples of your visual design ability.

Pluses

• Passion for the Diablo franchise and ARPG genre.
• Interests in social gameplay and nurturing a healthy game community.
• Experience designing interfaces for a variety of platforms and/or control schemes.

Your Platform

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 innovative 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.
 
We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.
 
We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com. General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.
 
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!  Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company.  You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/.