Senior UX/UI Designer - Social

We need you!

The minions of Hell are growing stronger...

The Diablo IV team is looking for a highly motivated and experienced UI Designer to come work with us and help us craft something extraordinary.

If you're passionate about user flows, visual communication, and crafting pixel-perfect layouts that immerse players in epic gaming experiences, then we want you on the Diablo IV team. Join us and unleash your creativity to shape something truly extraordinary.

This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The potential home studio for this role is Albany, NY or Irvine, CA.

Responsibilities

• Generate UX/UI designs that both achieve social game experience goals and improve the player experience in the form of mockups, prototypes, flows, and layouts.

• Implement interface screens using efficient and flexible layout design and collaborate with engineers to ensure features are built to design specifications.

• Iterate on presentation and interaction to both look pixel perfect and feel great.

• Continually evaluate the UX/UI based on feedback from users, user research, lead social designer, product managers and UX/UI leads.

• Integrate with the core social team, contributing to the social experience roadmap with relevant stakeholders.

• Find opportunities to improve implementation standards, process, and collaborative workflows.

• Coach and mentor team members with UX/UI skills.

Qualifications

• 5 years experience as a UI/UX designer, interaction designer, or similar on public products.

• Experience with UI implementation in a modern engine or platform (e.g. Unity, Unreal or HTML5).

• Ability to adhere to a project’s existing visual and interaction patterns.

• Experience with designing for multiple control schemes (e.g. Controllers, Mouse & Keyboard and/or Touch Screen etc.).

• Positive attitude around receiving and providing objective feedback.

• A passion for video games and user interface design.

• A portfolio showing a solid grasp of usability design principles, user flows and prototypes you have created for UI screens, as well as samples of your visual design ability.

Pluses

• Passion for the Diablo franchise and ARPG genre.

• Interests in social gameplay and nurturing a healthy game community.

• Experience designing interfaces for a variety of platforms and/or control schemes.

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all the qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

Accommodation Request: We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com. General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

Our World

At Blizzard Entertainment, we pour our hearts and souls into everything we create. Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft, we’ve been creating genre-defining games for millions of players around the world for more than 30 years. We’re on a quest: bring our dreams to life and craft the most epic entertainment experiences…ever. Hard work, iteration and polish go into the Blizzard “secret recipe,” but the most important ingredients come from talented people who share our vision. If that sounds like you, join us.

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;

• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;

• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;

• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;

• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/.

In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $80,800.00 - $149,400.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role’s range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed.