Senior UX Designer (CONTRACT) Bungie
Video game studio creating inspiring worlds for passionate player communities.
Permanent
New York
Fully-remote
Salary: Not specified
> 5 years
Skills we're looking for
Cross-functional team leadership
Graphic design
UX design
Collaboration and teamwork
Figma
You'll be part of
1266 employees
Software
Media
Our take
As one of the leading video game companies in the US, Bungie’s former titles have included bestselling game franchises such as Halo and Destiny, marking it as a next-gen studio that is keeping its finger on the next-gen games console pulse. Bungie scaled up in the early noughties thanks to an acquisition by Microsoft, leading to a period where Bungie made games for a variety of consoles. In 2022, it was bought by Sony for $3.6 billion, though it claims that it will still work across different platforms despite its owner’s lean towards PlayStation. Indeed, Sony claims to have bought Bungie for its help in entering the live service games market. In return, Bungie will benefit by scaling up its team for new game and DLC releases. This is a promising direction, although it is worth noting that the underperformance of Destiny 2 has cast a few worries on the nature of Bungie's independent future.
You'll be working on
- Bungie is seeking an Interaction Designer to delight millions by designing amazing player interactions within Marathon
- You’ll be responsible for producing UX design work on a cross functional team, evolving problems that are complex and ambiguous into clear actionable design solutions
- You’ll work from concept to completion by collaborating closely with other designers to achieve your goals
- Convert goals and requirements into viable solutions that follow and complement our UX strategy and design principles
- Utilize appropriate UX design methodologies to communicate and validate the player experience: player interviews, flow diagrams, playtesting, high-fidelity mockups, and prototypes
- Establish and document strategies, guidelines, and patterns
Benefits
- Contract and International FTE employees receive competitive benefits through their relevant contracting agency
- 20 days of accrued time-off in the form of PTO and sabbatical days, depending on the level of the position
- 10 paid Floating Days annually, prorated in the first year of employment based on start date
- 10 paid Bungie-observed holidays annually
- One hour of Paid Sick Time (PST) for every 30 hours worked
We're looking for
- A portfolio with UX projects
- Process and team driven: You can break experiences down with a team to ship value to our players. You embrace that an effective user experience needs feedback and iteration to achieve
- Effective collaborator: You know how to move a design forward with your team and in discussions with stakeholders using proven collaboration methods
- User-centered designer: You are a committed believer in putting player needs at the center of the development process. You know how to incorporate both qualitative and quantitative insights into your design process
- Systematic thinker: Your design process considers moderate-to-large scale solutions that are sustainable over time
- Experience working on a cross-functional product team
- Visual communicator: You have comprehensive knowledge of graphic design fundamentals like layout, color theory and typography
- Degree in Human-Computer Interaction, User Experience, Cognitive Science or equivalent
- Ability to use design software (Figma, Adobe Suite, etc.) to convey designs
- Experience in games across multiple platforms
- Experience with player onboarding systems