UX Designer, PlayStation

Design Systems

$118.6-177.8k

React

CSS

HTML

JavaScript

Figma

Mid level

San Francisco Bay Area

Gaming and digital entertainment provider

Job no longer available

Gaming and digital entertainment provider

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmenteSports

Job no longer available

$118.6-177.8k

React

CSS

HTML

JavaScript

Figma

Mid level

San Francisco Bay Area

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmenteSports

Company mission

To create a gaming experience without barriers that fits the needs of players of all abilities.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Experience as a design systems team member in a large product design organization
Strong communication skills to clearly articulate your concepts and rationale
Experience crafting web and mobile products
Experience collaborating with Product Management and Engineering counterparts
Experience working with research and insights
Ability to work unsupervised in an agile environment
Very high level of proficiency with Figma, including components, auto-layout, prototyping, tokens, animation, plugins, etc
An understanding of front-end technologies like HTML, CSS+flexbox, and JavaScript+React is a huge plus
Experience working with decentralized or global teams is a plus
Experience crafting for a global audience in multiple languages is a plus
Experience with consumer gaming or media products is a plus
You are an experienced design systems thinker, familiar with the challenges of scaling systems across products, platforms, cultures, and disciplines. You are extremely proficient with your design tools, creating files that are meant to be used by other designers, engineers, and the rest of the product team. You really sweat the details, understanding that small changes can impact many products and millions of users. You’re not an engineer, but you have a general understanding of typical front-end technologies

What the job involves

Develop and maintain multiple design systems, including reusable Figma components and written documentation
Develop and maintain multiple design tokens systems which are used across design and engineering
Document design decisions visually, in writing, and in presentations
Collaborate with designers across the company to encourage consistency through design system adoption, enforcing standards while also accepting feedback and innovation
Imagine and implement new tools and processes for improving design at PlayStation

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 revolutionise 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.