Niantic, Inc. is hiring : UX Designer, Pokémon GO in San Francisco

Niantic's UX Design team builds innovative mobile experiences for tens of millions of users worldwide, encouraging discovery, exercise, and meaningful social experiences.

The Pokémon GO team is looking for a well-rounded UX Designer to help us deliver the next wave of experiences for our players. Working in a collaborative environment, you’ll partner closely with peers across game design, art, product, and engineering teams to champion the best interests of our broad player base through the design of intuitive, engaging, and usable game UX.

We’re looking for someone who is a strong voice for the player, applying both intuition and data-informed research to drive creative solutions for existing and new experiences. We value adept storytellers, that can translate complex use cases into simple, scalable designs that can be implemented by the team. You are comfortable dealing with ambiguity and can help teams shift and re-focus efforts as needed.

Are you interested in helping craft the future of real-world interactive experiences? We'd love to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Support 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.
• Clearly 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.
• Required in-office min 2 days a week

Qualifications

The total compensation package for this position includes a new hire offer base salary range of $120,600-174,000. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for equity, bonuses, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Individual pay within this salary range is determined by work location and additional factors, including assessed job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Niantic is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from diverse candidates.

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