

SENIOR UX DESIGNER
Overview
We are seeking an imaginative, skillful, motivated and versatile UX Designer to join our team! We're looking for someone who enjoys solving complex problems and approaches them with systematic thinking, an understanding of player motivations, and rigour. You also have an eye for clean and playful design, possess superior UX skills, and have the ability to translate high-level requirements into coherent UX flows in order to create beautiful, intuitive, and functional user interfaces.
Key Responsibilities
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Act as the bridge between game designer and UI artist, developing interfaces and flows that elevate gameplay.
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Establish a vision through intuitive designs, user flows, interaction patterns, and user end-to-end flows that will guide development and research.
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Understanding of modern interaction design practices, use of typography, the psychology of colour, layouts, and up-to-date trends in the digital world
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Determine problem spaces and lead design solutions rooted in player data
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Promote design processes and methodologies that support player-centred game development
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Champion usability and accessibility
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Guide the discovery of new kinds of experiences that contribute to the product
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Constant research & interpretation of the latest UX trends, techniques, and technologies
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Help reinforce great teamwork and an amazing studio culture!
What You Bring To The Role
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Professional experience as a UX Designer or in a similar field
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Experience working on at least 1 VR project
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A portfolio of delivered projects, games, and other digital experiences
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Expert knowledge of usability principles and techniques, interaction design and design patterns
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The ability to translate qualitative and quantitative player data into design solutions and design strategy
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Harvest feedback through rapid iterative prototyping (click-through flows, storyboard, etc.)
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Mastery of design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Flinto, etc.
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Experience working in a dynamic distributed team setting
How to Apply
Email your application to jobs@playsidestudios.com.
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Your application should include your CV and any relevant portfolio links.
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Only candidates successful will be contacted. Do keep an eye on our LinkedIn page and careers page to future roles.