UX / UI Design Lead, PlayStation
$172-258k
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
Be an early applicant
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$172-258k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a gaming experience without barriers that fits the needs of players of all abilities.
Role
Who you are
- Are you on a mission to create games that bond players together into deeply invested communities?
- Would you like to work on something comedic with lighthearted and whimsical characters?
- Are you delighted by game interfaces that make it frictionless to play with friends?
- Do you spend time dissecting trends in game UX and interaction design?
- We look for candidates who value joining a mission-focused team with a diverse set of backgrounds, experiences, interests, and viewpoints
- Experience leading or directly supporting leadership in an ongoing live service game
- Expert ability to create functional prototypes and accompanying technical documentation
- Proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, or similar
- Strong understanding of design and user-center principles
- Embrace a "we" culture in addition to being an outstanding collaborator and communicator
Desirable
- Experience with building across a variety of platforms (PC, Console, Mobile)
- Experience with global gaming markets and the competitive gaming/esports landscape
- Experience with multiplayer genres
- Familiarity with development using Unreal Engine
What the job involves
- As a UX/UI Design Lead, you will drive the UX of an Unannounced Project from prototype to production, from early technical planning and user flows, playtesting and tweaking the UI of the shipping game
- Most importantly, you will work with a fun, dedicated, and passionate cross-discipline team devoted to turning a creative dream into a new franchise at PlayStation
- Uphold the vision of the game by understanding its product needs and player needs through working directly with the Game Director
- Develop a UI that supports the gameplay, social, and economy systems, through collaboration with Design Leads
- Collaborate with the Art Director to capture the look and feel of the user interface
- Deliver functional wireframe specs, user flow diagrams, information architecture, interactive prototypes and more to drive alignment on UX/UI vision to cross-functional teammates
- Build development roadmaps that include usability validation at scale by partnering with analytics and user research
- Ensure consistency and adherence to UX/UI best practices through documentation and design pillars
- Build a UX/UI team, including hiring, exdev management, developing milestones, and guiding teams
Application process
- Required application content: strong portfolio showcasing previous UI/UX design work in games
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
Articles
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.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at PlayStation
- We're proud to celebrate diversity at PlayStation
- Our Employee Resource groups, including Women@PlayStation, REPRESENT@PlayStation, Wellbeing@PlayStation, and our award-winning LGBTQ+ group, Pride@PlayStation, actively promote inclusion in the workplace and beyond
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