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Senior UX Designer
1 year ago
The team at Build a Rocket Boy Games is expanding! We’re looking for a passionate and exceptional UX Designer to come join us.
The UX Designer will work closely with Directors and Developers to translate the vision of the game into an engaging experience, with retention and social features in mind. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills alongside an incredible worldwide team.
Our ideal candidate will be an insightful and passionate team player, with the ability to clearly communicate ideas and propose improvements. This role will help shape the game through your experience and insight into player psychology and motivation theories, making you an invaluable member of the team.
Responsibilities:
- Understand the game’s audience, using player types and journeys to drive design decisions
- Work with the Directors and Design team to build a strong user experience, minimising friction and increasing retention
- Design and critique the iterative development of tutorials, gameplay activities and social features
- Usability improvements of development tools (UGC)
- Define a testing strategy, scaling from inhouse playtests to large scale beta testing
- Use playtests, analytics and community feedback to categories player behaviours, motivations and goals, to identify issues and opportunities to increase engagement and improve the game
- Work with the Economy team to develop ethical monetisation strategies.
- Work with the Analytics team, Designer and Publishing teams to assess user funnels and churn rates, identifying problem areas and suggesting elegant solutions.
- Use community feedback to prioritise quality of life improvements
Requirements:
- 7+ years experience in UX / UR / Game Design
- Education in game design, web design, psychology or social sciences is a Bonus
- Great understanding of different player types, and have used persona profiles to rationalise economy/retention features
- Great understanding of user-centred design, information hierarchy, ergonomics and accessibility issues
- Keep up to date with current trends and best practices
- Have excellent communication skills, writing reports, presenting data, and visualising user flows (using Adobe XD, Office and other relevant software)
- Confident pitching ideas, and using analytics/case studies to define/justify solutions
- Can work autonomously, manage multiple tasks and collaborate with other departments
- A passion for online video games and putting the player first
Our Global Benefits & Perks
- Unlimited coaching & therapy — with Oliva, to support your mental health
- £500 annual Learning Budget — to spend on Learnerbly
- Stock Options — everyone owns a piece of our success
- Compassionate Leave — regardless of who it is, whether you’ve miscarried, or a lost a pet, you don’t need to tell us why
- Birthday Present — £150 voucher or a charity donation
- Birthday Day off — to celebrate your birthday away from work each year
- Caregiver Leave — up to 5 days each year to support your loved ones
- New baby gift — £250 toward a meal delivery or cleaning service
- Remote Working Budget – for remote workers to get out of the house
- Pension scheme — to finance those golden years
- Socials —office & remote events, play sessions and company-wide parties
- And even more benefits based on your location!
If you’re based in the UK
- 29 Annual Leave + 3 bank holidays - we’re flexible with most bank holidays so you can use the time to celebrate what’s important to you
- Long Service Days - 2 extra days added on your 2nd & 4th anniversaries with us.
- Private Medical Insurance - full cover with AXA
- Healthcare Cash Plan - Level 3 cover with Medicash
- Enhanced Family Leave - Primary caregivers; 13 weeks full pay, 13 weeks half pay, Secondary caregivers; 2 weeks full pay
- Cycle2Work Scheme - lease a bike through us and save on tax too!
- Electric Car Charging - electric car charging at our Port office in Edinburgh, Scotland.
About us
Build A Rocket Boy is developing EVERYWHERE; an experience with a breadth of unimaginable gameplay adventure.
We are a mix of industry leading veterans whose credits include some of the best selling and most loved games of all time. We’re a creative digital entertainment studio with an open and progressive methodology, dedicated to delivering games of the highest calibre possible.If you want to feel comfortable, inspired, and appreciated in your work pursuits then come join us. We have offices in Edinburgh and Budapest and are happy to sponsor your relocation to one of these cities.
If you want to feel comfortable, inspired, and appreciated in your work pursuits then come join us. We have offices in Edinburgh, Budapest and consider WFH candidates.