Senior UX Designer - Yahtzee with Buddies

3 Months ago • 2-3 Years • UI/UX Design

Job Summary

Job Description

Scopely seeks a Senior UX Designer to enhance their Yahtzee with Buddies game. Responsibilities include applying UX knowledge to improve gameplay, developing player journeys, iterating based on feedback, leading UX workshops, participating in ideation and pre-production, staying current with industry trends, collaborating with cross-functional teams (UI, Art, Product, Game Design), and ensuring a cohesive game identity. The ideal candidate has 2-3 years of game UX design experience (mobile preferred), a player-first mindset, and proficiency in Figma and design systems. They should be able to conduct user research, testing, and feedback loops, and effectively communicate design concepts using various tools.
Must have:
  • 2-3 years game UX design experience (mobile preferred)
  • Lead UX workshops and co-design methodologies
  • Proficient in Figma and design systems
  • Player-first mindset & user research skills
  • Strong communication & collaboration skills
Good to have:
  • Understanding of game design and design theory
  • Awareness of current trends in casual mobile games
  • Strong visual design sense

Job Details

Description

Scopely is looking for a SR UX Designer to join our Yahtzee with buddies team in Barcelona on a hybrid basis. 
 
At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play, every day - whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues, or through our deep connections with our communities of players. We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing and innovating the mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily. 
 
Yahtzee with buddies is one of our casual free-to-play mobile games and is a classic board game with a new look. The team is based in Europe and the US, and works every day to create captivating new experiences for our players.
 
What You Will Do 
  • Apply your UX knowledge and with players feedback to help improve and evolve the current game experience
  • Develop the player journey for each feature to ensure a delightful end-to-end experience for the players.
  • Iterate using player and team feedback to enhance simplicity, comprehension, and seamless experiences, while improving features to ensure they are fun, engaging, and easy to understand
  • Lead UX workshops to influence and facilitate a co-design methodology among your colleagues.
  • Be a key person during the ideation and pre-production process for new features. You will take a hands-on approach to the development process to ensure we deliver the best user experience.
  • Stay ahead of industry trends and competitors by following and incorporating the latest UX design thinking practices throughout the ideation and design process
  • Work closely with UI, Art, Product, Game Design and UX leadership to define and establish a cohesive identity and language over the game.
  • Collaborate closely with UI designers in the creation of their UI frameworks that leads to visible, accessible, user-friendly and engaging features.
  • Apply and advocate to maintain a unified user flow throughout gameplay features and systems.

What We’re Looking For 

  • Ideally at least 2-3 years of experience designing engaging UX for games, with a strong preference for mobile platforms
  • Ability to lead the design of useful, usable, and desirable products in a cross team environment.
  • Player-first mindset. Consider our players in every part of the design process and advocate for them in the team bringing User Centered Design tools to ensure that our players are in every conversation.
  • Ability to develop and communicate complex systems on different layers using wireframes, customer journey, user flow, mockups, prototypes and storyboards.
  • Understand player needs by independently conducting customer research, user testing, and establishing feedback loops.
  • Ability to work well within a dynamic, cross-discipline, and iterative team environment
  • Self-motivated and collaborative, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both in-person and remotely.
  • You thrive in a collaborative environment while maintaining a positive and humble mindset. Your approach to giving and receiving feedback is objective and open-minded!
  • Awareness of current trends in casual mobile games.
  • You have a deep passion for creating polished and innovative gameplay experiences for casual mobile games.
  • You have a strong eye for visual design and an understanding of visual communication.
  • You have strong understanding of game design and design theory
  • Proficient in Figma and the creation of Design Systems.
Please include a portfolio or PDF/links to examples of your work in the application. 

At Scopely, we create games for everyone - and want to ensure that the people behind our games reflect that! We are committed to creating a diverse, supportive work environment where everyone is treated with respect. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and welcome individuals from all backgrounds to join us & embrace the adventure!
 
About Us
Scopely is a global interactive entertainment and mobile-first video game company, home to many top, award-winning experiences such as "MONOPOLY GO!," “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “Stumble Guys,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” and “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” among others.

Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer™ experience across multiple platforms--from mobile, web, PC and beyond.
 
Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami that supports one of the most diversified portfolios in the games industry.
 
Recognized multiple times as one of Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies,” Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years.
 
Scopely has global operations in more than a dozen markets across Asia, EMEA, and North America, and is home to many internal game development teams, referred to as Scopely Studios, with additional game studio partners across four continents.
 
Scopely was acquired by Savvy Games Group in July 2023 for $4.9 billion, and is now an independent subsidiary of Savvy.
 
For more information on Scopely, visit: scopely.com
 
 
 

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