UX Designer, PlayStation
+ Discretionary annual bonus opportunity
1-2 days a week in office (Near Tottenham Court Road & Oxford Street stations, London)
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
Open for applications
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
1001+ employees
Open for applications
+ Discretionary annual bonus opportunity
1-2 days a week in office (Near Tottenham Court Road & Oxford Street stations, London)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a gaming experience without barriers that fits the needs of players of all abilities.
Role
Who you are
- 2+ years of commercial experience as an UX/Digital Product Designer, with some experience working on Enterprise /B2B software products
- Experience having worked through the entire design process from Discovery and product scoping to detailed production and launch
- Strong core UX design skills, with experience designing IAs, user flows, screen layouts and UI components. Experience working with design systems is a plus
- Experience mapping user journeys and flows, and clarifying user needs, before diving into detailed design work
- Comfortable working with sketching, low fidelity mockups and co-creation with others
- Confidence documenting your design process, iterations and decision rationale clearly
- A strong familiarity with web design patterns, standards and industry best practices
- Experience working closely with software product teams - including developers, product managers, user researchers and business stakeholders
- Experience helping teammates from technical and business backgrounds get more familiar with good design process
- Good communication skills with the ability to present design work with clarity and champion ideas through low-fidelity sketches and prototypes
- Experience being involved in user interviews and usability testing is a plus
- A portfolio or presentation showcasing your work and design process
What the job involves
- As a member of the Partners UX Design team, your work will shape the future of the PlayStation Partners platform, and be used by thousands of game developers and publishers the world over
- We're a team of professional designers, writers and researchers all working to make the PlayStation Partners Platform the most welcoming, streamlined, intuitive and well-supported place to publish games; one that fits seamlessly with how game creators work, and makes a clear difference in helping their games succeed on PlayStation
- In this role, you’ll be embedded in a cross-functional product development team delivering better tools and experiences for game developers
- As a key UX professional in that team, you’ll work to understand user needs, deliver exceptional designs, collaborate with developers on product delivery, and advocate for user-centricity amongst product managers and stakeholders
- This is a permanent role, focused on UX design for enterprise tools, service design, organisational design strategy and daily collaboration with teams
- This is a hybrid location role. Our team typically works at home 3-4 days per week, and in our central London office (near Tottenham Court Road and Oxford Street stations), 1-2 days per week
- Working embedded in a cross-disciplinary product team, on both small enhancements and big leaps forward for the PS Partners platform. Your initial focus will be on improving experiences for game developers who build games for PlayStation consoles
- Crafting exceptional design solutions, from early conceptual stages through to product releases and updates. You’ll be comfortable working in a transparent, collaborative fashion, through sketches, user flows, journey maps and Figma prototypes
- Working closely with developers to rapidly iterate design solutions and bring the best designs into production, balancing technical feasibility and product quality
- Advocating for user-centricity with product managers, helping them plan design activities and always finding ways to inspire the team by pushing for better experiences and showing what great design looks like
- Staying inquisitive and imaginative - questioning design briefs, always asking what users need and how an idea benefits them, and speaking up to suggest new and better solutions
- Working closely with UX researchers to plan, conduct and analyse the results of user discovery interviews, and usability tests. Some previous experience being involved in user research is a plus
- Sharing and presenting your work-in-progress designs often with peers and colleagues for critique. Explaining design rationale clearly - such as how your design meets user needs and alternative routes you explored - and inviting input and questions from teammates
- Supporting (and receiving help from) your UX design colleagues, and working together on bold, UX team-led initiatives to advance how design happens at PlayStation, improving tools, techniques and processes for all our designers
- Contributing to, and helping maintain central UX team resources such as our design system, user archetypes and service blueprints
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Since the release of the PS1 in 1994, PlayStation has been a consistent leader in the video gaming market. Its consoles are iconic in the gaming community - Playstation has produced both the top-selling and fastest-selling console of all time - and the company is still pushing boundaries. Its current flagship - the PS5 - promises to revolutionize gaming, featuring new technology that will create improvements across the board.
As well as its consoles, PlayStation has also developed online services, connecting its users and giving them access to diversified media. A PlayStation can be used for a huge range of activities - from Netflix to guided workouts - which has led to the expansion of the company's audience over time and across generations.
PlayStation faces competition in its field from the likes of Microsoft, with its Xbox range, and PC gaming, which has been becoming more popular in recent years. Regardless, PlayStation shows no signs of slowing down. The upcoming implementation of in-game ads in free games looks to significantly increase revenue, and the wider PlayStation gaming experience also appears to be evolving from plans to launch live service games in upcoming years.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Private medical insurance
- Private dental insurance
- Flexible working policy (remote working, flexible hours)
- Free fruit every day in our offices
- On-site free gym (London & Liverpool)
- On-site subsidised cafés
- On-site bar (Thursdays & Fridays, London & Liverpool)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eye care assistance
- x2 volunteering days each year
- Group pension plan
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Season ticket loans
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays
- Discretionary days off over Christmas and summer
- Free giveaways of select first party products and services
- Discounts on PlayStation products
- Discounts on Sony products
- Access to other corporate discounts
Company HQ
East San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
Leadership
Jim Ryan
(CEO, not founder)Ryan joined Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe (SIEE) in 1994. Taking over as SIEE president in 2011, he later moved on to head of global sales and marketing at SIE in April 2016. Ryan has served as deputy president of SIE since January 2018, before being appointed CEO in February 2019.
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