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Senior UX Designer

Epic Games

Cary, NC 07-13-2022
 
  • Paid
  • Full Time
  • Senior (5-10 years) Experience
Job Description
UXUI

What We Do

You will design customer and user-focused experiences that are fresh and innovative while problem solving by anticipating user behavior and hurdles. As part of the UX team, you know how to approach the most complex of problems and address them with simple, intuitive, and useful solutions.

What You'll Do

Epic is looking for passionate UX Designers, ranging from mid-level to experienced seniors, to join our team working on Fortnite . In this position, you will collaborate with Visual Designers and Game Designers, from concept to completion, on features and systems by generating wireframes, documentation, and prototypes. You will then work with a multi-disciplinary team to ship these features to millions of users around the world.

In This Role You Will
• Work with Game Designers to translate goals and constraints into compelling user-facing experiences.
• Collaborate with Visual Designers to level up the UX & UI of Fortnite.
• Create wireframes, interactive prototypes, and documentation that clearly convey ideas.
• Present and pitch designs to Product Managers, Developers, and Stakeholders.
• Work alongside Engineers, UI Technical Designers, and UX Researchers to develop features and systems.
• Produce UX design work such as competitive analysis, information architecture, content strategy, user stories, journey mapping, and accessibility standards.
• Work to resolve design discrepancies across teams within Fortnite.
• Work collaboratively across multiple teams to create consistency.
• Build design systems that enhance our ability to design more efficiently and consistently.
• Work quickly and effectively in a fast paced environment.

What We're Looking For
• You have 5+ years of experience working collaboratively to design features and complex UX systems through to completion across multiple platforms (mobile, web, pc, consoles).
• You have 5+ years of experience working in Agile environments and on multi-disciplinary teams.
• You have at least 2+ years of experience shipping updates and new features to a user base on a regular cadence.
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills and at least 3-4 years of experience presenting to other team members and stakeholders.
• You are skilled with Figma, the Adobe Suite, and prototyping software.
• You are known for your ability to take complex spaces and boil them down into clear wireframes and prototypes that are easy to understand and clearly articulated.
• You have a strong online portfolio demonstrating user-centered design solutions with strong visual direction and interaction design.
• You have a passion for making and playing games.
• You're a proactive individual who naturally leans into owning outcomes from start to finish.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gkpz0p-3-143-0-157-42 in your application.

Company Profile
Epic Games

Founded in 1991, Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is also adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation.