What We Need:
We see UX designers as the glue that holds all the parts of great video games together. Everything we build from a game design perspective you get your hands on; from systems to mechanics, from the HUD and menus to control schemes, from usability testing to player advocacy, you make sure that at all times, the player experience is at the forefront of your mind, and on the minds of the Directors, Leads, and Implementers responsible for putting our game together. We can’t create a great game without you.
As the Lead UX Designer, you’re the glue-master. In addition to working with the Game Director to set the overall vision and direction for user experience, you are a master communicator; capable of ensuring that UX design is on the same page not only with each other, but with the UI artists and other team members that both rely upon and request help from the UX team.
What You Will Do:
- Lead a team of UX and UI professionals to hit the shared vision for the video game
- Collaborate with Leads and Directors to define the overall vision, design and interface of next gen titles
- Create documentation to communicate the vision, including but not limited to wireframes and flowcharts
- Understand what our players are doing and get to the bottom of why they’re doing what they do
- Take complex game mechanics and use your knowledge of good interaction design to produce creative and effective UX solutions
- Create working prototypes that demonstrate the design and reduce risk in the production phase of development
- Take an iterative approach to development by working closely with the rest of the development team to improve the end user’s understanding of how to interact with the UI and improve the overall user experience
- Champion the design department’s UX related work, guiding future approaches to UX
- Ensure an overall high-quality level of UX design and User Experience
- Collaborate actively with teams across the globe
- Coordinate with external groups both within and outside of 2K to put together usability testing that gives you the data you need to validate your decisions
Who We Think Will Be A Good Fit:
- Experience in leading teams through all stages of UX development
- Experience in cross site communication of design, presentations and progress reporting
- Excellent communication skills - must be ready to work with teams across the globe
- Shipped at least one AAA console project
- Understanding and experience of in-game stores and monetisation UX desirable
- Understanding and experience of in-game stores and monetisation UX desirable
- Highly skilled in Wireframe Creation Software, Adobe Suite, primarily Photoshop, After Effects (Trapcode), Animate, or other tools that help you put together strong prototypes
- Love for our players, and a dedication to usability testing and practices
- Passion for games
- Strong ability to digest complex and critical feedback and channel it into strong visual designs
- Strong sense of aesthetics and how to communicate visually
- Comfort in working with technical toolsets
- Must be able to work well under pressure
- Self-motivate
- Humble at all times, not driven by personal ego
Who We Are:
Hangar 13 is an internal 2K development studio that creates influential AAA video game experiences across all major platforms. The studio is based in four locations around the world: Brighton (UK), Brno & Prague (Czech Republic) and across the US, working collaboratively as one team. Each of our locations provides the opportunity to work with some of the most talented developers in the industry, on creatively challenging and exciting projects, in a diverse and welcoming environment. Our focus is on making the highest quality games with sustainable, healthy development plans; to tell stories that engage players through worlds and experiences that keep them hooked from start to finish. We strive to be a studio that our team members know they can make a difference and grow professionally alongside creating games they are proud of.
Brighton:
Located just 45 minutes via train from London, Brighton is one of the UK’s most diverse and downright interesting cities. Sat right on the south coast of England, the city is home to a vibrant creative community and is known as an easy-going and tolerant place to live and work. Brighton is home to Victorian piers and palaces, brightly coloured stucco homes and a 5-mile long shingle beach which becomes a post-work social hub during the summer months.
Onsite amenities inside our state-of-the-art Brighton studio include a fully equipped kitchen, games room, gym (with showers) and our very own bar. We’re a 30 second walk from Brighton station.
