Remote UX/UI Director - Large Entertainment
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Contract
3 days ago
$110 - $130 USD
Key skills
AILeadershipUser ResearchProblem SolvingCollaboration
About this role
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce's client is seeking a UI/UX Director for a remote role.
Overview:
The client is looking for a UI/UX Director to drive and own the vision and quality execution of The Game's player interface. As a UI/UX Director you will be responsible for defining problem spaces and executional strategy based on product needs and goals. You will collaborate with other discipline directors to align on goals, constraints, and execution. You will also be accountable for unblocking, empowering, and managing the UI/UX discipline and ensuring the quality of their craft.
In the context of The Game, you are a member of a director level leadership group that directs efforts across multiple of The Game's teams. You will be accountable to the Assistant Game Director while continuing to drive consistent and holistic user experience across project wide.
Responsibilities:
* Own, driving, and communicating the UI/UX vision for The Game based on creative and production priorities
* Own The Game UI/UX quality, design craft excellence, and consistency while holding UI/UX teams accountable to achieving vision and goals
* Prioritizing the UI/UX backlog, breaking down UI/UX problems for UI/UX Leads to own and communicate status with other leaders
* Build alignment in the Director leadership group of UI/UX goals, constraints, and executions
* Work with Executive Producer to make sure teams are staffed appropriately for size and shape of goals, including strategy for using external development
* Develop and champion best practices of UI/UX process
* Collaborating on creative problem solving for product wide problems spaces beyond UI/UX
* Works with Executive Producer and Engineering Director on goals and needs of UI Technical Design, Visual Design, UI/UX tools and workflows
REQUIREMENTS:
* Experience as a UI/UX Director developing and implementing UI/UX vision for large-scale, multiplatform, live-service competitive FPS games
* Ability to creatively align and collaborate with other director level discipline leaders to help define and break down problem spaces
* Leading UI/UX teams in developing philosophy, process, capabilities, and execution; Deep experience with philosophy, process, design, documentation, and workflows of UI/UX systems
* Leading UI/UX teams to break down ambiguous problems spaces to clear goals, strategies, and tactics with testable hypothesis and tracking metrics
* Defining what successful UI/UX collaboration and integration looks like with other disciplines including User Research
* Managing UI/UX discipline including defining UI/UX roles, performance expectations, leading the hiring process, and building a highly functioning discipline; Extensive demonstrated ability to work independently, driving tasks to completion with efficiency and reliability
* Proactive in making design decisions and solving problems with a focus on the broader impact to the overall project
* Social intelligence, great interpersonal skills, and empathy for creative teams
The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.
We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.
Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.
This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.
Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
By clicking ?Apply Today? you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages or emails from Kforce and its affiliates, and service providers. Note that if you choose to communicate with Kforce via text messaging the frequency may vary, and message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You will always have the right to cease communicating via text by using key words such as STOP.
Kforce's client is seeking a UI/UX Director for a remote role.
Overview:
The client is looking for a UI/UX Director to drive and own the vision and quality execution of The Game's player interface. As a UI/UX Director you will be responsible for defining problem spaces and executional strategy based on product needs and goals. You will collaborate with other discipline directors to align on goals, constraints, and execution. You will also be accountable for unblocking, empowering, and managing the UI/UX discipline and ensuring the quality of their craft.
In the context of The Game, you are a member of a director level leadership group that directs efforts across multiple of The Game's teams. You will be accountable to the Assistant Game Director while continuing to drive consistent and holistic user experience across project wide.
Responsibilities:
* Own, driving, and communicating the UI/UX vision for The Game based on creative and production priorities
* Own The Game UI/UX quality, design craft excellence, and consistency while holding UI/UX teams accountable to achieving vision and goals
* Prioritizing the UI/UX backlog, breaking down UI/UX problems for UI/UX Leads to own and communicate status with other leaders
* Build alignment in the Director leadership group of UI/UX goals, constraints, and executions
* Work with Executive Producer to make sure teams are staffed appropriately for size and shape of goals, including strategy for using external development
* Develop and champion best practices of UI/UX process
* Collaborating on creative problem solving for product wide problems spaces beyond UI/UX
* Works with Executive Producer and Engineering Director on goals and needs of UI Technical Design, Visual Design, UI/UX tools and workflows
REQUIREMENTS:
* Experience as a UI/UX Director developing and implementing UI/UX vision for large-scale, multiplatform, live-service competitive FPS games
* Ability to creatively align and collaborate with other director level discipline leaders to help define and break down problem spaces
* Leading UI/UX teams in developing philosophy, process, capabilities, and execution; Deep experience with philosophy, process, design, documentation, and workflows of UI/UX systems
* Leading UI/UX teams to break down ambiguous problems spaces to clear goals, strategies, and tactics with testable hypothesis and tracking metrics
* Defining what successful UI/UX collaboration and integration looks like with other disciplines including User Research
* Managing UI/UX discipline including defining UI/UX roles, performance expectations, leading the hiring process, and building a highly functioning discipline; Extensive demonstrated ability to work independently, driving tasks to completion with efficiency and reliability
* Proactive in making design decisions and solving problems with a focus on the broader impact to the overall project
* Social intelligence, great interpersonal skills, and empathy for creative teams
The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.
We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.
Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.
This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.
Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
By clicking ?Apply Today? you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages or emails from Kforce and its affiliates, and service providers. Note that if you choose to communicate with Kforce via text messaging the frequency may vary, and message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You will always have the right to cease communicating via text by using key words such as STOP.