Warner Bros Careers: Senior UX Designer (Temp)

UX Designer is needed in Needham, United States.

Client: Warner Bros Careers

Location: Needham, MA

Contract: Full-time

Every great story has a new beginning, and yours starts here.

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.

Who We Are…
When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Warner Bros. Games Boston is a Warner Bros. Games development studio focused on creating free-to-play games for mobile platforms. The studio is utilizing its extensive expertise in creating persistent online worlds that foster powerful social gaming communities to develop its hit mobile game, Game of Thrones: Conquest.

The Job
WB Games Boston is looking for a Senior UX Designer to join our team. In this role, you will leverage your expertise in UX development to create unique, high-quality experiences on an upcoming mobile title. You will need to be able to quickly iterate and develop flows, screens, icons, and information hierarchy. Top design skills, collaboration and communication are key as you will work across multiple groups to translate requirements into compelling and top-notch designs.

This role may be long-term remote for candidates living in select states within the U.S. The incumbent will be employed by Yoh Staffing and will receive salary and benefits accordingly.

The Daily

• Rapidly design and create low-fidelity Wireframes, Prototypes, user flows, and more for multiple features, large and small.
• Work with stakeholders and define fact-finding research opportunities for target player personas, user journeys, and flows.
• Think critically, demonstrate empathy, and create recommendations for player interactions and desired behaviors within our game systems.
• Drive collaboration with engineers, PMs, artists, and game designers to initiate and document ideation of feature needs.
• Seek reviews from stakeholders and peers to rapidly iterate upon UX designs, making decisions informed by feedback and user data.

The Essentials

• 3+ years professional xp in a UX Design role on mobile products (games preferred).
• A portfolio that demonstrates a thoughtful UX methodology and user-friendly designs in professional work. Applications submitted without a portfolio link will not be considered.
• Advanced knowledge of at least one standard UX tool such as Figma, Sketch, XD, etc.
• Professional knowledge of UX best practices, platform requirements, user empathy, and accessibility.

The Nice to Haves
Knowledge of Game UX, or mobile UX practices

How We Get Things Done…
This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

The Legal Bits…
Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for this position, please contact us at [email protected].