Head of UI/UX

Overview

As Head of UI/UX, you will lead and scale the department to support long-running franchises and large-scale AAA projects. You define the UI/UX strategy, resourcing, and design system adoption, partnering with Franchise and Project Leadership to align on vision and roadmap. You drive data-informed, player-centric design and manage internal teams and external partnerships to deliver high-quality interfaces. This role places you at the heart of innovation in control schemes, accessibility, onboarding, and player journey design, shaping experiences for millions of players.

Pay / Benefits

• Work from Anywhere for a temporary period
• Enhanced holiday allowance and flexible core hours
• relocation package
• private medical and dental insurance
• life and health insurance
• discounts on tech and games

Responsibilities

• Lead recruitment, training, and mentoring of UI/UX talent and foster a culture of excellence
• Define vision and strategy for UI/UX per Franchise strategy and project needs
• Collaborate with Production to establish budgets, timelines, and staffing for UI/UX, owning long-term backlog
• Drive quality standards, design systems, documentation, processes, and data-driven UI/UX decision-making
• Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies in gaming and beyond
• Drive innovation in control schemes, accessibility, onboarding, and player journey design
• Coordinate with UX Testing & Research to validate interactions and translate insights into design
• Collaborate with Franchise/Project Leadership to identify opportunities, risks, and mitigations
• Represent and communicate department vision, strategy, and status to stakeholders
• Maintain guidelines, workflows, and documentation; plan future feature roadmap
• Tiebreak decisions between Projects and Franchise; escalate with recommendations when needed
• Participate in UI/UX reviews and high-level problem-solving to align with player expectations
• Oversee UX research, playtests, data analysis for usability improvements, and vendor management
• Advocate for product- and player-centric design in franchise-wide discussions
• Monitor and apply UI/UX trends and best practices

Key requirements

• 10+ years in UI/UX or related fields with leadership experience
• Proven track record building and leading a UI/UX department
• Ability to balance creative vision with business and technical constraints
• Expertise in UI/UX for games: interaction design, accessibility, information architecture, usability heuristics
• Strong knowledge of game control schemes, onboarding, and player psychology
• Experience in outsourcing/vendor management
• Data-informed, methodical approach; experience with agile/scrum
• Experience with in-house or proprietary game engines (Unreal Engine UMG, Unity UI)
• Excellent organizational, communication, and people-management skills
• Experience with UX research methods, usability testing, and playtests
• Knowledge of data analytics for player behavior analysis

• leadership excellence
• diplomacy and stakeholder management
• strong communication (verbal and written)
• UI/UX for games
• interaction design
• accessibility standards (WCAG, Xbox Guidelines)

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