Location: Los Angeles, CA
URL: www.riotgames.com
Riot Games was established in 2006 by entrepreneurial gamers who
believe that player-focused game development can result in great games.
In 2009, Riot released its debut title League of Legends to
critical and player acclaim. As the most played video game in the world,
over 32 million play every month. Players form the foundation of our
community and it’s for them that we continue to evolve and improve the League of Legends experience. We’re looking for humble but ambitious, razor-sharp professionals who
can teach us a thing or two. We promise to return the favor. Like us,
you take play seriously; you’re passionate about games. We embrace those
who see things differently, aren’t afraid to experiment, and who have a
healthy disregard for constraints.That’s where you come in. As Lead User Experience Designer,
you’ll work with other senior leaders to shape Riot’s overall UX
strategy, building best practices backed by meticulous research and
guiding UX Designers on interdisciplinary projects to establish a
holistic, consistent user experience. You’ll use your collaboration and
interpersonal skills to build relationships with stakeholders,
establishing a strong UX vision and evangelizing user experience design.
You’ll also push the boundaries of your craft by exploring the latest
emerging trends and concepting solutions hand-tailored to player and
business needs.
You are:
A UX veteran: you’ve racked up at least seven years’ UX
experience, preferably in a mix of enterprise and start-up
environments; you’re a seasoned design strategy veteran with a strong
awareness of emerging trends and how they apply to brand and product
planning
A design maverick: you’re fluent in UXD best practices
and have the critical thinking skills to know when it’s time to
defenestrate them in favor of something unorthodox; in other words, you
know the rules and know when to break them
A prudent planner: you’ve built a strong design
portfolio by applying user-centered design practices to product
discovery, design, and development; you’ve demonstrated experience
successfully scoping, planning and executing projects as part of an
agile dev team
A thought leader: you’re a proven leader with
experience developing and managing significant user experience design
projects and coaching other UX designers; you’re a thought-leader inside
and outside your discipline, and when you’re not facilitating design
efforts, you’re evangelizing them
Data-driven: you build UX strategies based on a strong
foundation of data, and use quantitative analytics and user research to
inform designs principles
Player-focused: you use a combination of research and
your understanding of game culture to empathize with players and develop
strategies and best practices tailored to their needs; major bonus
points if you’re already a summoner in the League of Legends community
You will:
Work with UX Directors to define and develop UX strategy and
experiential quality standards for multi-disciplinary product teams;
guide UX Designers across multiple product teams to ensure holistic UX
quality and consistency are carried throughout every aspect of the
product
Collaborate with other Lead UX Designers and UX Directors to share
knowledge, set realistic goals and seek out challenges and experimental
opportunities; mentor and grow less experienced UX Designers, helping
them tackle new challenges that level up their skills
Establish collaborative relationships with product management partners
and other key team members; you know UX can't succeed in isolation,
especially in a highly collaborative, cross-functional Agile environment
like Riot
Lead by example, diving in to get your hands dirty executing
deliverables that demonstrate experience strategy when needed
(experience models, prototypes, wireframes, whiteboard sketches, etc.)
To apply: To apply, please submit your résumé and samples through our website at:
http://www.riotgames.com/careers/lead-user-experience-designer