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Blizzard Entertainment in is hiring: Lead UX Designer in Irvine

Blizzard Entertainment in
Irvine, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/3/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/30/2025

The minions of Hell are growing stronger...

Are you passionate about building a highly talented UX design team and crafting successful user experiences in games?

The Diablo IV team is looking for a highly motivated and experienced Lead UX Designer to come work with us and help us craft something extraordinary for social, customization, and cross-platform experiences.

This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The home studio for this role is Albany, NY, or Irvine, CA.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with UX / UI Director and key game development stakeholders to ensure all Diablo IV features achieve game goals and improve player experience
  • Coach, mentor, and support your team members to grow and advance
  • Establish and maintain strong relationships with game development stakeholders
  • Work as part of Diablo UX / UI lead team, develop Diablo UX / UI maturity and create a healthy team culture with lead peers
  • Continually evaluate the UX / UI based on feedback from users, user research, game designers, product managers, etc.
  • Identify opportunities to improve implementation standards, process, and collaborative workflows
  • Support interface screens implementation using efficient and flexible layout design
  • Review and iterate with your team to ensure features are built to design specifications and presentation / interaction to both look pixel perfect and feel great

Qualifications

  • Minimum 7 years of experience as a UX designer, interaction designer, or similar on public products
  • Minimum 3 years of experience as a lead or people manager in the design field
  • Experience with UX implementation in a modern engine or platform (e.g., Unity, Unreal, or HTML5)
  • Ability to adhere to a project's existing visual and interaction patterns
  • Experience with designing for multiple control schemes (e.g., Controllers, Mouse & Keyboard, and / or Touch Screen)
  • Positive attitude around receiving and providing objective feedback
  • A passion for video games, user experience design, and user interface design
  • A portfolio showing a solid grasp of usability design principles, user flows, and prototypes you have created for UI screens, as well as samples of your visual design ability
  • Pluses

  • Passion for the Diablo franchise and ARPG genre.
  • Interests in nurturing a healthy game community.
  • Experience designing interfaces for a variety of platforms and / or control schemes.
  • And yeah, you will need these things to apply

  • Resume.
  • Portfolio demonstrating relevant skills. Only online work submissions, please. (e.g., website, blog, or online album).
  • Willingness to complete a test if requested to do so.
  • Your Platform

    Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. ( a division of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ : MSFT), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industry's most critically acclaimed and genre-defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards.

    Our World

    Activision Blizzard, Inc., is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology, and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, Candy Crush, and Bubble Witch. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!

    Our ability to build immersive and innovative worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional, and financial well-being for 'Every World' - we've got our employees covered!

    The video game industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

    We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

    We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com. General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

    We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.

    Rewards

    We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional, and financial well-being for 'Every World' - we've got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including :

  • Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
  • 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
  • Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
  • Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
  • If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.
  • Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part-time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting

    In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $111,780.00 - $206,882.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role's range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates, new hire compensation is negotiable.

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