UX Designer

Rockstar Games

UX Designer

Salary Not Specified

Rockstar Games, Canongate, City of Edinburgh

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 1 week ago, 12 Sep | Get your application in now before you're too late!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 88629368a5574785908d6143e82f07d7

Full Job Description

Brief interpretation able to dissect a design brief, identify knowledge gaps, additional information required, and objectives needed for the roadmap.
Planning choosing the correct deliverables for a project in collaboration with the necessary teams and wider business objectives.
Process understand, apply, and advocate for the users by employing user-centred design techniques and processes, from project initiation to on-going product evolution.
Understanding know how to interpret insights from existing and new research and how these apply to a project.
Producing flows to demonstrate how an experience should function. These may be supported by the creation of complex interactive prototypes at various fidelity.
Communicating complex architectures and content structures with clear diagramming and artefact creation.
Collaborate and communicate with other teams continuously throughout the lifecycle of the project. Presenting work to stakeholders throughout project lifecycle.
Always be aware of and learning evidence-based design methodology and ways to improve the work and design process.

2 + years' professional experience in a design environment, or in a similar capacity within the games industry.
Degree or equivalent work experience in a related field, such as Interaction Design, HCI, Human Factors and UX, Psychology, Anthropology, etc.
Portfolio demonstrating applied UCD processes and full case studies.

SKILLS

Build lasting relationships with internal stakeholders.
Great communication skills to collaborate closely with our teams worldwide.
Experience in understanding complex content structures and designing and improving architecture for large scale systems.
Problem solving for longevity and systems ready solutions rather than bespoke or one-off concepts.
Strong creative problem-solving capabilities.
Solid foundation and understanding of UX methodology and user-centred design.
Analytical and methodical in your approach to working.
Be proactive in your ongoing learning, skills development, and self-improvement.
Proficiency in industry standard design tools (Figma, Adobe CC etc).
Passion for playing and making games.
A desire to share knowledge, expertise and help others improve their skills.
Showing initiative when presented with a problem; even in moments when that problem is presented as a solution., Experience working on large scale enterprise projects and content management systems is advantageous but not essential.
Experience with complex information architecture and content strategy is advantageous but not essential.
Experience with compliance, accessibility for TV/GUIs/Console is advantageous but not essential.
Multi-platform and omni-channel experience is advantageous but not essential.

At Rockstar Games, we create world-class entertainment experiences.
Become part of a team working on some of the most rewarding, large-scale creative projects to be found in any entertainment medium - all within an inclusive, highly-motivated environment where you can learn and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry.
Rockstar Dundee is on the lookout for talented UX Designer who possess a passion for games. This is a full-time, permanent and in-office position based in Rockstars unique game development studio in Dundee, Scotland.
WHAT WE DO

We work as a global UX Design team to create intuitive, effective, and engaging user interfaces across all Rockstar games.
We build bridges and foster close collaboration with teams across the business to turn the creative vision for the game into a seamless, high quality player experience.
We design for players and advocate for their needs and expectations by applying user-centred design methodologies to our workflows.