UX/UI Designer, VRChat
Monetization
Virtual world platform
Job no longer available
Virtual world platform
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
101-200 employees
Company mission
To build VRChat into one of the most successful community-driven social VR platforms in existence.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience as a UX/UI Designer, with a portfolio showcasing successful UI designs for products with strong monetization and economy components
- Solid understanding of game mechanics, virtual economies, and monetization strategies within the digital product space
- Strong knowledge of user-centered design principles and the ability to balance business goals with user needs
- The ability to work with ambiguous ideas and turn them into practical design concepts
- Must be able to communicate design concepts effectively to the team
- Ability to stay focused and productive in a permanent work-from-home environment
What the job involves
- We are seeking a talented UI/UX Designer with a focus on monetization and economy design to join our design team
- As a Monetization UX/UI Designer, you will play a crucial role in enhancing user experiences by creating intuitive, visually appealing interfaces that drive engagement and revenue growth
- By meticulously crafting user interfaces that guide users towards desired actions, such as making purchases, subscribing, or engaging with revenue-generating features, you will directly impact the conversion rates and overall revenue generation
- Your expertise in economy design, which involves structuring pricing models, virtual goods, and incentives, contributes to user satisfaction and long-term monetization strategies
- This role bridges the gap between user experience and business goals, ensuring that VRChat maximizes its financial potential while delivering value to users
- As part of that process, you’ll be creating and maintaining design materials while ensuring they are communicated effectively to those requiring them
- You will be guiding the design of features from concept to release, and then iterating on them as the team and community provide feedback
- Your focus on monetization and economy design plays a pivotal role in shaping the financial success of VRChat. Effective monetization and virtual economy design directly impact the product's bottom line
- Collaborate closely with product managers, system designers, and other stakeholders to understand and refine monetization and economy strategies
- Design user interfaces that seamlessly integrate monetization mechanics, ensuring they enhance the user experience and align with the overall product vision
- Create wireframes, mockups, and prototypes that effectively communicate UI design concepts, interaction flows, and monetization features
- Conceptualize and implement user-friendly purchasing flows, virtual currency systems, and reward mechanisms that drive user engagement and spending
- Collaborate with the UX team to conduct user research, gather feedback, and iterate on UI designs based on data-driven insights and user testing
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in monetization and economy design, applying these insights to enhance our products
- Work closely with developers to ensure the seamless integration of UI designs into the final product, providing guidance and assets as needed
- Engage with VRChat’s connected platforms like Discord, Twitch, Youtube, etc. to understand the environment and stay up to date with community feedback on VRChat
Application process
- Offers are subject to satisfactory background and reference checks
Our take
Virtual Reality is one of the technologies with the highest projected potential for growth. VRChat offers a free-to-play metaverse platform where users gather as avatars in virtual spaces to socialize and hang out, just as one would in real life.
Whilst competition certainly does exist, VRChat has positioned itself as a leading VR socializing-based product. It taps into a modern desire to form connections in digital spaces, with some users meeting their real-life partners in their virtual avatar form.
In 2024, the company announced a 30% workforce reduction, addressing overhiring during its 2021 boom. Despite these layoffs, the company remains focused on long-term growth and capital efficiency, positioning itself for continued success as VR becomes a key part of social connection.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jun 2021
$80m
SERIES D
Sep 2019
$10m
SERIES C
Total funding: $95.2m
Company benefits
- Work remotely: Work from anywhere! They use collaboration software to stay organized and VRChat for meetings and hanging out
- Health and wellbeing: Medical, Dental and Vision plans for those in the United States, and extended health plans in British Columbia, Canada
- Fun: Monthly team dinners, get-togethers and once a year, they travel somewhere fun for a few days to hang out, catch up, brainstorm and have fun
- Tools: You’ll be provided a powerful PC, high-end VR hardware, and any software you need to make you effective in your role
- Vacations: Flexible vacation schedules that are encouraged. Most United States and Canadian holidays are observed by everyone on the team
- Swag: Great VRChat and Developer Team Swag such as hoodies, coffee mugs, t-shirts, sun glasses and even custom 3D printed goodies
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Graham Gaylor
(CEO & Co-founder)Interned at SmartVault, RSM Design, Equivalent DATA, and Seismic Exchange, before spending time at ChaiONE as an iOS Developer at at Zynga as a Software Engineer.
Jesse Joudrey
(CTO & Co-founder)Owner and CTO at Jespionage Entertainment. Began as a Software Engineer for Electronic Arts Canada before co-founding and serving as CTO for A.C.R.O.N.Y.M Games Inc.
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