UX Designer II, Competitive Team - VALORANT

As a UX Designer II working with the Competitive team on VALORANT, you will be responsible for delivering design work in a high-scope, complex, and often ambiguous product area. You will own design improvements and features for competitive gameplay, and be a major contributor to our new social competitive teamplay ecosystem: Premier. Premier is all about teaming up with your friends to practice, grow, and compete to become the best in your region. You will be a key designer on Premier features and help shape what the future of social competitive play on VALORANT will look like.

VALORANT is Riot’s take on a character-based tactical shooter (Find out more info on VALORANT). As a User Experience Designer on the team, you will be an important contributor to defining the team’s product and feature vision for our players, and trusted to understand how to reach our core audience. You will work closely with your team to produce strong UX flows that have a clear understanding of the heart of the competitive experience. You will report to the UX Manager for your team’s area.

Responsibilities:

• Design and improve Competitive and Premier system features, including owning the holistic end-to-end competitive experience.
• Support high-level design in developing intuitive control schemes and UX flows.
• Build wireframes, interactive prototypes, and presentations as needed for proof of concept and implementation.
• Communicate ideas and collaborate across teams to create designs in-game.
• Be prepared to help implement prototypes (with engineering and UI support) to show proof of concept.
• Collaborate across teams and disciplines to design large-scale products for players. 
• Articulate design decisions and communicate your data-informed vision, design rationale and solutions to team members.  
• Deliver appropriate level of design artifacts for the team (e.g., Strategy articulation, discovery/research results, journey maps, flows, wireframes, mockups and/or prototypes) 

Required Qualifications:

• 3-5 years experience designing digital experiences, products, and platforms as a User Experience Designer or Interaction Designer
• Experience with Figma for design library management and prototyping, experience with Adobe Creative Suite

Desired Qualifications:

• A minimum of a BA/BS degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction/ Interface Design, Communication Design, Graphic Design, or equivalent experience 
• 1+ years of experience with Unreal Engine

We will review your work as part of the application process, so please provide a portfolio link or work samples with your application.

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this could be your role!

Our Perks:

Riot has a focus on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy, in addition to other perks such as flexible work schedules. We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner and children, and a 401k with company match. Check out our benefits pages for more information.

Riot Games fosters a player and workplace experience that values teamwork embodied by the Summoner's Code and Community Code. Our culture embraces differences as a strength, and our values are the guiding principles for how we approach work. We are committed to putting diversity and inclusion (D&I) at the center of everything we do, and promoting a fair and collaborative culture where Rioters treat one another with dignity and respect. We encourage you to read more about our value of thriving together and our ongoing work to build the most inclusive company in Gaming.

(Los Angeles Only) Base salary range between $140,100 USD - $195,700 USD + incentive compensation + equity + 401K with company match + medical, dental, vision, and life insurance + short and long-term disability + open PTO.

(Bellevue Only) Base salary range between $140,100 USD - $195,700 USD + incentive compensation + equity + 401K with company match + medical, dental, vision, and life insurance + short and long-term disability + open PTO.

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance relating to an applicant's criminal history.