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Senior UX Designer - Diablo Immortal | Albany, NY or Irvine, CA

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Your Mission

We are looking for a Senior UX Designer to help build an epic experience for our players. Diablo Immortal, a mobile massively multiplayer action RPG set in the world of Sanctuary, allows players to slay demons anywhere, at any time, in the palm of their hands! If you have a passion for mobile game development and want to participate in the future of Blizzard, we want to hear from you!

Our team values collaboration and a commitment to quality; we are searching for like-minded developers to add to our team of dedicated game makers. Together we will learn, grow, and ultimately enjoy success by improving what a mobile game can be.

Our ideal Senior UX Designer will work closely with game designers, product managers, engineers, and artists to conceptualize, design, and iterate across all gameplay features and systems. You will bring your experience with UX, mobile, and interaction design to ensure all aspects of the game feel cohesive, intuitive, and easy to use from day 1 to day 100.

This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work from home. The home studio for this role is Irvine, CA.

What you bring to the table:

• Collaborate with game designers to translate game system requirements into experiences
• Work with external partners on the execution of high-quality user experience across the game for a global audience
• Craft UX artifacts to communicate solutions (flows, wireframes, prototypes, etc.)
• Design and visualize user interface screens, transitions, animations, and VFX
• Establish and maintain patterns for flows, layouts, and interactions
• Work closely with artists and visual designers to establish a consistent visual identity and language that supports the experience
• Iterate and evolve designs based on player feedback
• Champion Blizzard’s core values, especially “Commit to Quality”
  

Minimum Requirements

Experience

• 5+ years working as a UX designer in the gaming or interactive design field
• Experienced designing UX for multiple shipped mobile products

Knowledge & Skills

• Expert knowledge of mobile devices and OS-specific design patterns (iOS/Android)
• Expert knowledge of UX process and usability design principles
• Experienced in understanding of hierarchy and layout design principles
• Strong visual design skills and experience working closely with artists
• Ability to communicate efficiently within a dynamic, cross-discipline, iterative team environment
• Self-motivated, collaborative, excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Positive demeanor and an ability to receive and provide objective feedback
• Awareness of current trends in user interface design
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Extra Points

• Experience playing Diablo Immortal
• Proficient in multiple design tools (Figma, XD, Photoshop, etc.)
• JIRA Fluency
• Mandarin language fluency
• Passion for and extensive experience playing action RPGs, Blizzard games, and mobile games

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

Accommodation Request: We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com. General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

Our World

Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. ( www.blizzard.com ), a division of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed and genre-defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Battle.net®, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/ .