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Experience Designer II

Experience Designer II - Maxis Studios (EA)

Location: Remote - Open to most North America locations

Welcome to Maxis, home to tinkerers, craftspeople, & storytellers. Our drive is to inspire everyone to make a better world through creative play. As the developer of the Sims, we create games and experiences for millions of people around the world and are always looking for new ways to inspire our players. Maxis is a place where you can do what you love and help others grow while doing it; a place where your unique voice can be heard and seen. We put creativity and inclusivity at the core of our work and don’t settle for seeing the world only as it is, but strive to build a world as it could be. Read on to see how you can join our team and dream big.

As an Experience Designer supporting Maxis Studios, you’ll report to a Development Director and work with a team of enthusiastic industry craftspeople from all walks of life. You will use your passion and knowledge to lead the development of the user interface and related systems from initial prototypes through final design.

Own the creation of experiences that surprise, delight, and invite millions of gamers around the world to Play with Life.

Responsibilities

• Drive user-centered design processes to deliver world-class design solutions.
• Partner closely with XD Director, Creative Director, UX Researchers and the larger XD team.
• Lead design solutions that are informed by player data (quantitative and qualitative)
• Craft UX artifacts: experience maps, flows, wireframes, prototypes.
• Architect player flows, screens, content and states that are intuitive and engaging while balancing player, business and technical goals.

• Support the creation and management of a comprehensive design system.
• Collaborate closely with other Experience Designers to gather requirements, explore creative directions, produce prototypes and iterate based on testing results.
  

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of experience as a UX designer, interaction designer, product designer or similar role.
• Experience designing with players' motivations and needs in mind.
• Experience with user research methodologies and user data analysis (quantitative and qualitative)
• An exceptional portfolio demonstrating user-centered designs across a range of digital products. Research and data informed designs that meet users' needs and their motivations.
• Experience creating, contributing to and working with large design systems.
• Partner with stakeholders to set priorities and find balanced design solutions to player and business goals within technical constraints.
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills, an optimistic outlook, and the desire to inspire excellence.
• Knowledge of inclusive design principles and experience designing for usability and accessibility.

• Understand the importance of providing and soliciting feedback in an inclusive and respectful manner.

• Passion for games and interactive media, with a deep understanding of what makes them fun and engaging.
• Comfortable presenting cohesive design solutions to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proficiency in a variety of modern design tools: Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch, Principle, Adobe CC, etc.
• Familiarity with the Sims franchise and the life simulation game genre