UX Designer, PlayStation
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Gaming and digital entertainment provider
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Gaming and digital entertainment provider
1001+ employees
Open for applications
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a gaming experience without barriers that fits the needs of players of all abilities.
Role
Who you are
- You are an experienced UX designer with a proven portfolio of business-focused tools and a drive to understand sophisticated systems
- You solve design problems through exploration, communication, and collaboration
- You see past requirements to core user needs and articulate your decisions clearly and calmly
- You can analyze problems from both a macro and micro perspective, crafting a cohesive set of tools that belong to the same family
- You are a mediator among cross-functional partners, balancing product requirements, design solutions, and technical limitations
- 2+ years of commercial experience as a UX/Digital Product Designer, with experience working on Enterprise/B2B software products
- Proven track record in working through the entire design process from discovery and prioritisation to detailed production and launch
- Strong core UX crafting skills, with experience crafting IAs, user flows, screen layouts, and UI components. Experience with design systems is a plus
- Knowledge of commonly used web design patterns, standards, and industry guidelines
- Experience working closely with software product teams, including developers, product managers, user researchers, and business collaborators
- Some experience in Service Design or mapping and working with large or complex user journeys
- Involvement in User Research and Usability Tests, using results to iterate design solutions
- Experience crafting in collaboration with others, working in low-fidelity with sketches and wireframes
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to present design work confidently and clearly
- Strong soft skills, able to explain a user-centric design approach to colleagues from technical and business-focused backgrounds
- A portfolio or presentation showcasing your work and design process
What the job involves
- We are seeking a UX Designer to contribute to the evolution of the SIE Enterprise (Internal Tools) platform
- This platform is used by internal teams across SIE leadership, business/store operators, engineers, product, and more
- You'll be based in our central London office, working with a distributed team focused on refining the design standards across the organization
- Join a product development team, focusing on software tools for internal teams
- Implement improvements, understand user needs, design user flows, and collaborate with developers
- Shape the future of our internal tool ecosystem
- Gain a deep understanding of the PlayStation brand and services
- Work collaboratively in a cross-disciplinary product team, on both minor improvements and substantial advancements for various Enterprise tool programs
- Craft exceptional design solutions from early conceptual stages through to product releases and updates, demonstrating:
- User flows that align with natural work processes and good IA and navigation
- Clear function communication through navigation, layout, and language
- Collaborates with a focus on developing highly intuitive and user-friendly interfaces, while ensuring excellent component selection and design
- Consideration of user needs and priorities, including accessibility needs
- Collaborate transparently using sketches, service blueprints, user flows, and Figma prototypes
- Work closely with developers to iterate design solutions, balancing technical feasibility and product quality
- Seek and act on design feedback from users, product managers, and other collaborators
- Advocate for a user-centric, evidence-led approach that delivers the best design quality
- Share and present your designs with collaborators and colleagues, clearly explaining user needs and design rationale
- Support and collaborate with your UX design colleagues on ambitious, UX team-led initiatives
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.
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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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