Product Designer, Xbox R&D
Gaming at Microsoft is on a mission to unite the world with amazing gaming experiences!
Xbox Research & Design (XR&D) is a leader in gaming and entertainment experiences for customers worldwide. We design for gamers and game creators of all types across Console, PC, Web, Mobile, and beyond. Together with the Gaming Ecosystem Organization (GEO) we seek to empower game creators to conceive, build, launch, and manage their games using any and all of Microsoft’s software and services from Xbox to Azure.
We are looking for a Designer II to bring their unique blend of user experience passion, craftsmanship, discipline, and creative design thinking to our team with a specific focus on game creator experiences. You're a starter and a finisher — someone who can translate business strategy into product concepts, identify experience gaps, design end-to-end user journeys, and successfully collaborate with other disciplines across the business to bring new ideas to life. Together with our team of designers and researchers, you will help us create innovative experiences fundamental to the success of game studios around the world spanning platforms and genres.
Responsibilities
- Drive product design experiences across the game creator journey
- Collaborate with partners to define goals, present, and deliver design artifacts on time and at high quality
- Create elegant and easily-understood diagrams, wireframes, prototypes, interaction guidelines, and other related artifacts in service of business and user goals
- Apply iterative approach towards shared long-term goals and vision
- Demonstrate design concepts and strategy through prototyping
- Build consensus around design direction
- Develop and articulate rationale from research, insights, analytics, and other inputs
- Participate in brainstorming, critiques, and work sessions
Qualifications
- 4+ years of designing high quality digital product experiences end-to-end (large-scale enterprise and/or storefront management products preferred) and demonstrated application in market
- Ability to cultivate and maintain positive working relationships across disciplines
- Written and verbal communication, presentation, and organizational skills
- Strategic thinking, problem solving, and consensus-building skills
- Experience with design tools (Sketch, Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.)
- Experience with prototyping tools (InVision, ProtoPie, Flinto, Framer, Unity, etc.)
- Minimum of BA/BS degree in Communication Design, Interface Design, Human-Computer-Interaction, Product Design, Architecture, or equivalent experience
Portfolio Review Required
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