UX Designer

4 Months ago • 5 Years + • Systems Design • UI/UX Design

Job Summary

Job Description

As a UX Designer at Epic Games, you'll contribute significantly to the Fortnite player experience, focusing on enhancing key experiences from initial game boot-up. You'll collaborate with designers and product managers to deliver features aligned with the company's vision. Responsibilities include developing goals, informing feature releases, creating presentations, wireframes, prototypes, and documentation; presenting designs to leadership; and working with engineers, artists, and UX researchers. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of product design experience, a passion for continuous learning, and excellent communication and collaboration skills. They should possess a strong strategic product mindset and thrive in fast-paced environments.
Must have:
  • 5+ years product design experience
  • Passion for continuous learning
  • Strong communication & collaboration
  • Mastery of design lifecycle
  • Contribute to impactful features
  • Strategic product mindset
Perks:
  • 100% premium coverage (medical, dental, vision)
  • Long-term disability & life insurance
  • 401k with competitive match
  • Mental well-being program
  • Unlimited PTO & sick time
  • Paid sabbatical after 7 years

Job Details

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

DESIGN

What We Do

Put your design skills to work at a cutting-edge company that challenges the norm. From character and level design to competitive gameplay and system design, help shape the future of interactive entertainment at Epic.

What You'll Do

As a User Experience Designer on Fortnite, you'll partner with designers and product managers across the Fortnite ecosystem to enhance key player experiences and drive the platform's continued evolution as a leader in gaming.

In this role, you will

  • Significantly contribute to the player experience of Fortnite, starting with when the player first boots into the game
  • Work with your lead to develop goals, inform feature releases, and deliver features aligned with the company’s vision
  • Partner strongly with stakeholders, diving deep into understanding their respective spaces
  • Create presentations, wires, prototypes, and documentation — whatever it takes to clearly convey ideas and expedite quality – and be able to present and pitch designs to design, product management, and engineering leadership
  • Work alongside engineers, artists, and UX researchers to develop features and gather inputs to ensure we’re building the right thing for the right cohorts

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of real-world product design experience
  • Passion about continuous learning, actively seeking insights from colleagues
  • Clearly articulates design rationale, fostering stakeholder alignment and understanding
  • Proven success contributing to impactful features that improve user satisfaction
  • Mastery of the design lifecycle, from discovery to development
  • Creates compelling visual narratives to effectively communicate complex design concepts
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, fostering strong cross-functional collaboration
  • Strong strategic product mindset and understanding of design's role in achieving business goals
  • A passionate, user-centric designer thriving in fast-paced environments, embracing challenges with adaptability, resourcefulness, and innovation

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy .

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found .

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