Description
A Little More About UsWe are a growing team who are partial to creativity and fun. We create technology that we as gamers would want to use. Our goal is to make the easiest to use platform for recording, replaying, and reliving your games. Period. Creating and managing replays shouldn’t be a chore. We want everyone to have what they need to improve their skills and laugh with their friends, all in one package.
Working Here
Our office is cozy, which fits our close-knit group of fun-loving folks. We have that startup feel and offer free snacks and drinks and catered lunch on Fridays. Our office building has a gym, plenty of areas to stretch our legs outdoors, and is located near Caltrain. We relax with monthly events such as gift exchanges, themed potlucks, and Magic: The Gathering tournaments.
Everyone at Plays.tv works hard and puts their unique signature on what they do. We’ve got a hot pot of assorted personalities that stew really well together. We also really like food.
Job Description
As a Senior Product Designer at Plays.tv, you will work closely with our Product Design team to build our core desktop, web, and mobile products for gamers and the gaming community. You will have a strong understanding and practice of user experience design, visual design, user research, information architecture, interaction design, content strategy, analytics, and accessibility.
Responsibilities:
- Design for desktop, web, and mobile interfaces, applying standard user-centered design guidelines and techniques
- Develop detailed use cases, user workflows, and user interface requirements and specifications utilizing user stories, context scenarios, journey mapping, wireframes and other design deliverables
- Create consistent and cohesive visual designs and graphical assets for user interfaces across different platforms
- Design and implement methods that provide development teams and business stakeholders an understanding of the needs and behavioral traits of end users
- Collaborate with product managers to define product requirements, markets, and users by participating in competitive analysis, user research, and developing personas
- Work closely with developers to implement pixel perfect designs with a strong understanding of front end development and technical constraints
Requirements:
- 4+ years of product design experience
- Bachelor’s degree in human-computer interaction, design, cognitive science, communication technologies, information science, or relevant work experience
- Experience applying user-centered design methods such as user research, personas, information architecture, wireframing, rapid prototyping, and usability testing
- Demonstrated experience working on desktop, web, and mobile applications
- Proficiency with design tools such as Sketch, Zeplin, Photoshop, Illustrator, and prototyping tools
Bonus Points If:
- You play video games on PC
- You have experience shipping products related to gaming or video consumer products
To apply, please provide your resume and portfolio of current and past work