Senior Product Designer (UI/UX)

Job Description

Are you a top-talent Senior Product Designer with a passion for gaming?

Although only 2% of mobile game developers are successful, we know the industry can do better. We understand that both the 98% and the 2% work equally hard. This is our mission. We want to see even the smallest game developers be able to put food on their tables.

If you've created UI/UX for video games, you are aware of how enjoyable and satisfying it is. Product designers love to solve problems, and games present a unique set of problems when it comes to keeping players engaged and finding new business opportunities for developers.

Help us lead and create a brand new industry standard for competitive mobile gaming experiences. We design the user interface (UI) for the SDK, which means we create the UI/UX that's embedded in every single Skillz game.

Have you developed a great grasp of UX and a keen eye for visual design? Can you work effectively with engineers and project managers? Do you confront issues head-on, seek out difficulties, and defend the user? Note that designers looking for a to-do list and who don't care to grow in their career should not apply for this role. You'll be held to a high standard, and it will be your job to design our product at the highest quality.

• Honor
• Mission
• Collaboration
• Productivity
• Willingness
• Frugality
• Balance

• Work end-to-end, tackling complex user needs from sketching to low and high fidelity prototypes
• Own feature designs that create engaging and immersive mobile experiences across multiple device types on iOS & Android
• Leverage solid design rationale to create intuitive platform experiences that engages and delights players
• Gain a deep understanding of our target users through observations, research, and analytics so that you can champion their needs
• Be the champion of our target users by deeply understanding their needs through observations, research, and analytics
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and other designers to incorporate feedback and uncover compelling design solutions
• Think about design as a system, contributing to and maintaining our design system in order to influence quality and efficiency for all our teams and products

• 4+ years of professional experience as a UX or Product Designer, showing the skill needed to operate at a senior level
• Game design experience, preferably mobile
• Portfolio that showcases sound product thinking and strong design rationale through navigation, user flows, interaction design, and information architecture
• Portfolio that demonstrates strong understanding of how users engage with the aesthetics of a product through the use of typography, color, imagery, layout, and grid systems
• Ability to manage deadlines and collaborate in a cross functional environment
• Capable of supporting your designs with strong rationale, research, and effective communication
• Experience with motion design and animation is HUGE plus

Along with your resume, please include a link to your portfolio and a password if needed.

Skillz is driving the future of entertainment by accelerating the convergence of sports, video games and media for a booming mobile-first audience worldwide. The company’s platform empowers mobile game developers and players with access to fun and fair competition for real prizes, shifting the paradigm to make esports accessible to anyone, anywhere.

Skillz helps developers build multi-million dollar game franchises by turning content into competitive social gaming properties for the world’s 2.6 billion gamers. The company has already worked with 20,000 game developers, leveraging its patented technology to host billions of casual esports tournaments for 30 million players worldwide.

Last year, Skillz was recognized as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies and CNBC Disruptor 50 (for the second time). In 2018, Skillz was listed as one of Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups and Entrepreneur Magazine’s 100 Brilliant Companies. In 2017, Inc. Magazine ranked Skillz the No. 1 fastest-growing private company in America.

The company is backed by leading venture capitalists, media companies, and professional sports luminaries, ranging from Liberty Global, Accomplice, Wildcat Capital, Telstra Ventures, and a founder of Great Hill Partners to the owners of the New England Patriots, Milwaukee Bucks, New York Mets, and Sacramento Kings.

Skillz has also earned recognition as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, a two-time winner of CNBC’s Disruptor 50, one of Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups, the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000, and in May 2021, Skillz was awarded “ Best Places to Work ”.

Skillz embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to diversifying our workforce, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status, and we operate in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance .