Lead UI/UX Designer (Games)
Job Summary
Job Description
- 8+ years game dev experience, 2+ years team management
- Strong portfolio of shipped game UI/UX designs
- Unreal Engine experience
- User-centered design expertise
- Excellent communication & collaboration skills
11 skills required
Job Details
Job Requirements
- Design Leadership
- Spearhead and champion the development of UI/UX designs for our games.
- Develop and maintain UI/UX specifications and style guides.
- Develop wireframes, prototypes and interactive mock-ups to visualize design concepts.
- Lead/conduct user research and usability testing to meet our product goals while understanding player needs and preferences.
- Gather and integrate feedback from playtests and stakeholders to refine design.
- Create and maintain design documentation, style guides, and design specifications for the development team.
- Stay up to date with the latest UI/UX trends and best practices in the game industry.
- Team Management
- Lead a team to create intuitive and engaging user interfaces for a game product.
- Lead and mentor UI/UX designers (internal and external) through the complete development cycle, collaborating with production and design leadership.
- Work with UI/UX designers to integrate assets into Unreal.
- Establish and maintain efficient and easy-to-understand workflows for the UI/UX team.
- Delegate tasks effectively and ensure that team members have the resources and support they need to succeed.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of games development experience with 2+ years managing a team.
- Must have strong portfolio showing UI/UX designs for multiple shipped games for a variety of platforms.
- Experience in Unreal Engine.
- Experience working on cross-functional teams with ability to communicate effectively.
- A deep understanding of user-centered design principles and best practices.
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About The Company
About Skydance Media
Skydance is a diversified media company founded by David Ellison in 2010 to create high quality, event-level entertainment for global audiences. The Company brings to life stories of immersive worlds across its feature film, television, and interactive platforms. Its feature films include Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Annihilation, LIFE, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Star Trek Beyond, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Terminator Genisys, World War Z, Star Trek Into Darkness, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Jack Reacher, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and True Grit. Skydance’s upcoming film releases include Top Gun: Maverick, Gemini Man, The Old Guard, 6 Underground and the nwe untitled Terminator film. In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance Television launched in 2013. Its current slate includes Emmy-nominated Grace and Frankie on Netflix, Altered Carbon on Netflix, Jack Ryan on Amazon, and Condor on AT&T Audience Network. Skydance Interactive launched in 2016 to create and publish original and IP-based virtual reality experiences and video games. Skydance Interactive recently debuted its first original title – Archangel, a story-driven VR shooter.
About Skydance Interactive
Skydance Interactive creates and publishes original and IP-based virtual reality games. The division of Skydance Media was launched in 2016 through the acquisition of The Workshop Entertainment. Skydance Interactive’s first VR offering is Archangel, launched on July 18th 2017. Skydance Interactive in 2017 partnered with Skybound Entertainment to develop a number of original virtual reality video games based on the expansive world of The Walking Dead universe. The Walking Dead VR game will be the inaugural co-developed title from both companies. The studio is located in Marina del Rey, CA.
About Animation
In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance’s first three animated features are Luck, Split (working title), and Powerless (working title). Luck, directed by Alessandro Carloni (Kung Fu Panda 3) and written by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger, is a comedy that pulls back the curtain on the millennia-old battle between the organizations of good luck and bad luck that secretly affects our daily lives. Split, directed by Vicky Jenson (Shrek) and written by Linda Woolverton, tells the story of Elian, a teenager who comes of age using her magical powers to defend her family when the opposing forces of light and darkness threaten to divide her kingdom. Nathan Greno (Tangled) is set to direct Powerless. The studio is located in Los Angeles, CA.
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