The Role

The Game Band is seeking an experienced UI/UX Designer to play a crucial role in shaping our upcoming game. As a Principal UI/UX Designer, you will contribute to defining the interface and user experience on multiple platforms. UI/UX design will be integral to this project, and you will collaborate with game designers, artists, and engineers to make it a seamless part of our world.

As a Principal UI/UX Designer you will

• Help define and hold the vision for the game’s overarching UI/UX paradigms
• Produce wireframes for various gameplay features and systems
• Adapt existing flows into new formats that reflect live changes, new features, and accessibility updates
• Help define and execute a balance between the ever-evolving live aspects of the game and a more static, comprehensive on-boarding process for new users
• Be involved directly with future planning for new platforms
• Create and maintain presentations and documents that communicate your designs internal and external partners

What success as a Principal UI/UX Designer looks like

• The game UI/UX has a strong underlying philosophy with rules and systems that can be extended for new features
• Our prototyping velocity increases as you free up game designers to focus on mechanics and systems
• Your documentation is easy to update, flexible, and can be followed by everyone on the team
• You can speak to how the UI/UX is directly tied to the design of the game
• You feel equipped to speak to all departments about how to incorporate proposed ideas and are comfortable pushing back when something feels out of scope
• You can communicate when a change is an aesthetic choice and when it is a necessity for improved user experience
• Playtesters are able to quickly understand the game mechanics without much instruction