Senior UI/UX Designer, Overwatch

About the position

The Overwatch team is looking for an accomplished Senior UI/UX designer with several years of experience creating engaging and immersive user interfaces. The work will be at the core of our player experience, from the intro screen to the in-game HUD. Our ideal candidate will understand the project vision and create user experiences that will be both intuitive and stay true to the visual identity of the game. We will be asking you to work within our very collaborative team to create concepts and take them from a UX flow all the way to in-game UI. You will be working closely with other UI/UX designers, system & gameplay designers, engineers, VFX artists, and design/art Leads utilizing game engines to create awesome features for Overwatch.

Responsibilities

• Create concepts, flows, layouts, mock-ups and prototypes
• Collaborate with artists, engineers, VFX teams, and designers to create, implement a polished and fluid interface, leading to great user experience
• Design awesome game interfaces that complement and develop the Overwatch style
• Work together with the team throughout the design process, gathering actionable feedback and iterating at the appropriate levels
• Utilize game engines to develop and implement UI/UX designs effectively

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in UI/UX design, including some experience on AAA title(s)
• Experience creating UI for multiple platforms – PC, consoles
• Understanding of the distinctive Overwatch visual style and a drive to push it to the next level
• Create and maintain UX wireframes and flows with Figma, XD, or other prototyping tools
• Create polished visual designs using Adobe Creative Suite (eg. Photoshop, Illustrator)
• Experience with front-end implementation (e.g., XAML, HTML5)
• Able to communicate the UI/UX process effectively
• Positive attitude and an ability to receive and provide objective feedback
• Able to work creatively in a demanding team environment while helping others
• Passion for playing and making games

Nice-to-haves

• Proficient in After Effects, Adobe Animate, or other motion graphic tools
• Experience with game engines implementation
• Shipped at least one AAA game as a UI/UX designer
• Can apply an existing aesthetic to your layouts and prototypes
• Experience in designing UI/UX for multiplayer games
• Knowledgeable about online gameplay and first-person shooters

Benefits

• 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
• Relocation assistance if required to move geographic locations for the job