Senior UX Designer

Job Description

Ripple Effect, an evolution of Battlefield's DICE LA, is a Los Angeles-based game studio on a mission to build community-first experiences through continuous innovation and boundary breaking technology.
Our Values: We believe in an honest and transparent environment, where developers grow in our crafts. We value bold risk-taking followed by excellence through iteration. We seek developers with diverse experiences who will enrich our studio creativity.

We are looking for an experienced UX Designer like you, to join us in our mission to create amazing games and experiences, and to elevate ourselves and our craft. You will work on an exciting new project at the studio and report to our Studio Design Line Director, based in our studio in Los Angeles, California. We are considering on-site and hybrid working options, and welcome full-time remote candidates who are within a three hour time difference to the Pacific Time Zone to apply.

Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with, and take direction from, the design director and lead UX designer to take important UX-heavy features from concept to completion on a large project
• Collaborate closely with other designers and engineers, to understand and define UX goals for new and evolving features
• Independently design solutions: concepts, wireframes, and prototypes while iterating based on your research, team feedback, and user feedback
• Create process flows, wireframes, and visual design mockups to effectively conceptualize and communicate detailed interaction behaviors for multiple environments and audiences
• Work within Frostbite engine to implement your work through iterative prototyping, ensuring they make for the best possible player experience
• Document and drive awareness of UX standards, and push to improve UX design workflow processes

Requirements:
• 5+ years of experience in UI/UX design, at least 2 years in games
• At least one shipped game as a UI/UX designer; AAA development experience is a plus
• Passion for games and user-centered design and a fascination for understanding how users experience a product
• Comfortable with technical implementation; using game editors, scripting languages and tools
• Advanced knowledge of digital tools for creating UX and IxD deliverables
• Understand the importance of documentation and teaching others
• Enjoy problem-solving with a creative team
• Value documentation and healthy communication
• Broad taste in games

Valuable additional skills:
• A gamer with excellent understanding of how meta-games are structured and designed
• Degree in Interaction Design, Psychology, Human Factors, Industrial Engineering or related HCI discipline
• Proficiency in user experience design tools (Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe XD, Figma, Axure, Omnigraffle)

Benefits:

We are proud of the great perks we offer like comprehensive health and benefit packages, tuition reimbursement, 401k with company match and, of course, free video games. And since we realize it takes world-class people to make world-class games, we offer competitive compensation packages and a culture that thrives on creativity and individuality.

Next Steps:

As part of the application process we might ask you to complete a practical work exercise. Apply online with a resume and portfolio.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r7nveq-18-221-154-151-42 in your application.