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User Experience Designer

Jobs via Dice, Redwood City, CA, United States


Title
User Experience Designer

Location
Redwood City, CA - Hybrid

Type
Contract (W2)

Duration
6+ Months

Job Description
We're looking for a UX Designer to help craft high-quality mobile player experiences within a fast-paced, iterative game development environment. This role is scoped at UX Designer with the opportunity to consider senior candidates who demonstrate expanded scope and ownership.

You’ll work closely with Game Design, Product, Engineering, and Art to translate vision into intuitive, polished in-game experiences that meet both player needs and production realities.

Responsibilities

Design end-to-end UX for mobile features, from early concept through implementation and iteration

Create clear user flows, early explorations, wireframes, and high-fidelity mockups

Deliver visual design that meets the quality bar of a live game

Collaborate closely with Engineers to shepherd designs through implementation, playtests, iteration cycles, and polish

Partner with Game Designers and Product Owners to deliver excellent UX that balances creative vision, technical constraints, and timeline pressures

Take ownership of features, driving clarity through ambiguity and refining solutions based on feedback and player testing

Required Qualifications

4 6 years of professional experience in UX, game UX, or related interactive design roles.

Experience designing UX for mobile games

Strong UX craft: flows, interaction design, information architecture, and usability fundamentals

Strong Figma skills, including component systems and prototyping

Ability to independently own features through implementation in an iterative development environment

Portfolio demonstrating shipped or production-ready work in mobile games

Nice to Have

Experience working in Unreal Engine or supporting implementation in-engine.

Gameplay sensibility and some game design experience.

Background in 2D art or UI illustration, with ability to create polished temporary assets.

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