Senior UX Designer

Job Description

Niantic is seeking a Senior UX Designer to join the Pokémon GO team. In this role, the Senior UX Designer will contribute to the design of intuitive and engaging game experiences for millions of users worldwide. The ideal candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to champion the best interests of the player base through data-informed research and creative solutions.

The Senior UX Designer will:

• Lead UX design efforts from concept to implementation for multiple key projects.
• Develop mockups, wireframes, prototypes, and detailed design documentation to clearly describe interaction flows and design concepts.
• Communicate UX designs to internal and external partners.
• Lead team rituals to conceptualize and brainstorm new features.
• Improve and extend existing UI design system patterns and brand guidelines.
• Partner with user research to incorporate player insights throughout the development process, including leading user studies as needed.
• Proactively make contributions towards UX team rituals and process improvements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members and partners, including regular and reliable attendance and participation in meetings.

The Senior UX Designer should have:

• 5+ years or equivalent experience in UX design for consumer-facing products, with a portfolio of shipped features/titles and personal projects.
• Experience with wireframing and prototyping in Figma collaboratively, using shared design libraries and patterns.
• Familiarity with mobile UX design patterns applied in gaming, fitness, or live-service applications.
• Strong visual design, motion design, and UI art skills.
• Creative problem-solving skills and the ability to develop novel UX patterns as needed.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced hybrid environment and handle stress appropriately and/or ability to solve practical problems and be sufficiently adaptable to handle dynamic situations with little advance notice.
• Experience working on cross-functional teams with ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal communications, including asynchronous interactions with others.

The role offers:

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits