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Senior UX Designer

11 Hours ago • 4 Years + • Product Design • $145,000 PA - $217,600 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior UX Designer at PlayStation, you'll be a key player in creating innovative and user-centered solutions for new Sony products and businesses. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams (Designers, Engineers, Product Managers, and Business Partners) to ideate, communicate, and define new product experiences. You'll be responsible for designing trailblazing products from ambiguous concepts, identifying market trends, and rapidly iterating on designs based on feedback and constraints. You'll need strong communication skills, be proficient in design tools (Figma/Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite), and have experience designing for multiple platforms across various industries. The role is based in San Mateo, CA, with hybrid work options.
Must have:
  • Create innovative products from vague concepts
  • Identify market shifts and trends
  • Design UX/UI for multiple platforms
  • Collaborate effectively across teams
  • Rapidly iterate on design solutions
  • Produce detailed design specs
  • Present designs to stakeholders
  • 4+ years of UX design experience
Good to have:
  • Experience in an innovation studio
  • Deep understanding of the PlayStation brand
  • Shipped multiple products
  • Gaming experience
  • Experience with global teams
  • Multi-language experience design
Perks:
  • Top-tier benefits package (medical, dental, vision)
  • Matching 401(k)
  • Paid time off
  • Wellness program
  • Sony product discounts
  • Bonus package (potential)

Job Details

Why PlayStation?

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more.

PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.

The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation.

Senior UX Designer

San Mateo, CA


Who we’re looking for

You are equal parts prototyper and artist, with a keen eye for seeking out new opportunities for strategic product & business innovation. You strive to deeply understand new systems, technology, & tools and utilize them to create innovative, user-centered solutions in your product spaces. You thrive working in ambiguity and excel at defining the unknown. 

You are a collaborator who can work hand in hand with a cross-functional team of best-in-class Designers, Engineers, Product Managers, and Business Partners to ideate, communicate and define new product experiences.

You will join a team focused on strategic product & business innovation, with the goal of identifying opportunities for new SONY products & businesses that would solve user problems across many markets & industries. You will report into the Gameplay design team in a hybrid role based in San Mateo. You’ll also be part of a larger SONY design organization that celebrates the value of design, design thinking, and design process. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with a global team of designers focused on elevating the standard of design across the organization while exploring trailblazing, innovative concepts and defining new, user-centered experiences. 

What we need you to do 

  • Create real, trailblazing, innovative products and experiences out of vague & ambiguous concepts. 
  • Proactively seek out & identify new shifts & trends in the market, and work closely with cross-functional partners and other designers to generate new, innovative ideas for unique products and businesses
  • Be a self-starter who is comfortable with defining new UX patterns, flows, system components, products, and experiences from start to finish.
  • Be able to quickly produce multiple distinct UX/UI concepts for a single product.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders across multiple teams, analyze feedback, and implement that feedback into your designs.
  • Rapidly iterate on design solutions based on engineering feasibility or other constraints.
  • Be a great speaker who is comfortable with giving presentations to stakeholders & leadership about your product, designs, & ideas.
  • Produce detailed specs and assets for implementation, and collaborate with product & engineering to ship best-in-class experiences for your user.
  • Be a passionate communicator who excels at describing an idea to audiences who are less familiar with your product than you are.

What you bring to the table

  • BA/BS in Interaction or Product Design, Human Factors, or equivalent experience.
  • 4+ years of experience building user-centered interactive designs.
  • A portfolio that showcases thoughtful, simple, deliberate & intuitive design, with extraordinary interaction, motion, and visuals.
  • Strong communication skills to clearly articulate your process, concepts, and rationale.
  • Experience in designing products for multiple platforms across various industries.
  • Expertise with Figma/Sketch & Adobe Creative products
  • Ability to improve and expand upon existing design systems/components.
  • Ability to work unsupervised in an agile environment.

Bonus

  • Have past experience working in an Innovation Studio, Lab, or Incubator
  • Have a deep understanding of the PlayStation brand and our existing services.
  • Have shipped several products from start to finish. 
  • Are a gamer yourself, or are familiar with games/the game industry.
  • Experience working with decentralized or global teams. 
  • Experience crafting experiences for a global audience in multiple languages. 
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At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.

Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. 

In addition, this role
is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more.

 

The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.

$145,000 - $217,600 USD

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.

We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond. 

PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

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Sony Interactive Entertainment pushes the boundaries of entertainment and innovation, starting from the launch of the original PlayStation in Japan in 1994. Today, we continue to deliver innovative and thrilling experiences to a global audience through our PlayStation line of products and services that include generation-defining hardware, pioneering network services, and award-winning games. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, with global functions in California, London, and Tokyo, and game development studios around the world as part of PlayStation Studios, we believe that the power of play is borderless. Sony Interactive Entertainment is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.  


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