Senior Experience Designer - Maxis

Requisition Number: 165983

Position Title: Sr Experience Designer

External Description:

Senior Experience Designer - Maxis

Location: EA Redwood Shores (Open to remote work based out of most US locations)

 

At Maxis, we thrive on outrageous thinking.

It’s the fuel that inspires the best games in the world. We’re creators and great storytellers. Our mission is not just about amazing our peers – it’s about amazing our fans. Taking risks. Collaborating with each other. Daring to dream big. Together, we can improve the way millions play every day.

As an Experience Designer on The Sims, you’ll report to the Development Director for Creative and work with a team of enthusiastic industry craftspeople from all walks of life. You will use your passion and knowledge to lead the development of the user interface and related systems from initial prototypes through final design.

You will work with your engineering, design, UXR and Production partners to create experiences that surprise, delight, and invite millions of gamers around the world to Play with Life.

Responsibilities

• Drive user-centered design processes to deliver world-class design solutions.
• Partner closely with XD Director, Creative Director, UX Researchers and the larger XD team.
• Lead design solutions that are informed by player data (quantitative and qualitative)
• Craft UX artifacts: experience maps, flows, wireframes, prototypes.
• Architect player flows, screens, content and states that are intuitive and engaging while balancing player, business and technical goals.
• Support the creation and management of a comprehensive design system.
• Collaborate closely with the other Experience Designers to gather requirements, explore creative directions, produce prototypes and iterate based on testing results.

Qualifications

• An advanced level of experience as a UX designer, interaction designer, product designer or similar role.
• An exceptional portfolio demonstrating user-centered designs across a range of digital products. Research and data informed designs that meet users' needs and their motivations.
• Responsive and adaptive UX design experience, with examples in portfolio.
• Experience creating, contributing to and working with large design systems.
• Experience partnering with UXR and analysts to drive planning and find opportunities for research.
• Familiarity with qualitative and quantitative user research methods and experience incorporating insights from analysis into designs
• Partner with stakeholders to set priorities and find balanced design solutions to player and business goals within technical constraints.
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills, an optimistic outlook, and the desire to inspire excellence.
• Knowledge of inclusive design principles and experience designing for usability and accessibility.
• Passion for playing and making games, with a deep understanding of what makes them fun and engaging.
• Comfortable presenting cohesive design solutions to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proficiency in a variety of modern design tools: Adobe XD, Figma, Sketch, Principle, Adobe CC, etc.
• Familiarity with The Sims 4, The Sims franchise and the life simulation game genre.

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Electronic Arts Inc. 是全球领先的互动娱乐软件公司。 EA 提供适用于联网主机、个人电脑、手机和平板电脑的游戏、内容和在线服务。

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Days Open: 73

Can this position be remote?: 1

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA 是一个奉行机会均等的雇主。 所有招聘决定均不考虑种族、肤色、国籍、血统、生理性别、社会性别、性别认同或表达、性向、年龄、遗传信息、宗教信仰、残障状况、医疗状况、怀孕状况、婚姻状况、家庭状况或退伍军人身份等因素的影响。 EA 还会遵照相关法律，为符合条件的残障个体改善工作环境。