UI/UX Director

About the position

As the UI/UX Director, you will be leading the UI/UX team for the highly successful franchise, Design Home, a mobile game that's consistently in the Top 50 on the app store. This is an exciting opportunity, as you'll have a chance to work with a world-class team and a product that touches millions of women's lives every day.

Responsibilities

• Know the player.
• Lead the UI/UX Design team.
• Manage and provide mentorship and help develop individuals on the UI/UX Design team.
• Give feedback to UI/UX Designers at various project stages in design reviews, team critiques, and 1:1s to improve the output, efficiency, and quality of their UI/UX execution and deliverables.
• Help guide UI/UX Designers' near and long-term planning of projects, and guide the design process.
• Work with senior members of the UI/UX Design team to build, evolve, and document Design Homes UI/UX Design guide.
• Work with Product and Design Leadership on UI/UX roadmap.
• Collaborate to define and provide high level UI/UX vision and style guides.
• Understand the full picture of all UI/UX Design asks to develop a forward looking, prioritized 3-6 month plan in collaboration with Product and Live Ops.
• Collaborate with other visual design teams at Glu to execute on user acquisition, feature launches, content, and engagement campaign launches.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in UI/UX/Product Design.
• Recent experience in a product development setting within a mobile app company or a company with a strong mobile presence.
• 5+ years managing mobile UI/UX design teams, including at least 2+ years managing teams of 5 or more.
• Strong presentation skills that inspire and motivate the team.
• A portfolio of relevant UI/UX Design work that conveys an ability to drive a systems-based visual design style into highly usable and highly functional applications.

Nice-to-haves

• Experienced with a variety of UI/UX design subdisciplines and deliverables including style guides, UI/UX kit, and design system development; animation; rendering; illustration; iconography; typography.
• Experienced in working with user researchers, UX designers, copywriters, engineers and product managers to drive strategy, vision, and execution.
• Fluent in design programs (Adobe suite, Invision, Sketch etc.).
• Have an interest in interior design and understand the fundamentals and keep a pulse on trends.
• Great team chemistry and fosters a fun collaborative work environment.