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Sr Visual Designer
Blizzard Entertainment
Irvine, CA, United States
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Blizzard Entertainment is looking for an experienced Sr. Visual Designer to help lead visual design for an innovative unreleased project. You’ll be working with an in-house cross-functional team to bring the same Blizzard design quality and polish to a cutting edge immersive experience.
We are looking for a designer with a passion for crafting visual experiences and user interfaces for software and apps (not just static websites), who can appreciate the importance of creating designs that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also help users be more efficient and effective.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Conjure – Create magical visual experiences combining motion and visual effects that invoke wonder and awe.
• Collaborate – Work closely with a team of stakeholders, business analysts, program and product managers, engineers, UX designers/researchers, and quality assurance to lead visual design from concept to implementation. Establish relationships and partner with designers across the company to share knowledge and establish common practices and standards.
• Communicate – Create meaningful design deliverables such as style guides, sketches, mock-ups, and design specs to help the team understand what to build and why.
• Iterate – Revise and improve designs based on stakeholder and user feedback, technical input, and business decisions
• Deliver – Drive creative projects from inception through development, implementation, QA, launch and ongoing support
• Teach and mentor – Level up the skills of the team and help hire new talent
REQUIREMENTS
• BA/BS degree in design (e.g. interaction, graphic, visual, communications, product, industrial, or related field), or equivalent experience with a strong portfolio of work.
• Strong motion design skills and the ability to create captivating experiences
• Exceptional graphic design skills and artistic sense for high aesthetic graphics, UI, composition, and typography
• Proficiency in prototyping and design tools (Photoshop, Illustrator, Axure, InVision, Sketch, etc.)
• Effectively collaborate and communicate with multidisciplinary team members to explain and evangelize design solutions to rally people around your stated design goals
• Ability to plan and execute comprehensive design strategies
• Ability to mentor and grow junior designers
• Demonstrated understanding of information flow, readability, and interface usability principles
• Attention to detail and solid organization
• Open-minded, friendly and positive attitude
PLUSES
• Ability to Rapid Prototype using Unity
• Experience in designing user-interfaces for complex applications and productivity software
• Experience leveraging user research, key performance indicators, and site analytics to help make informed design decisions
• Experience as a designer working closely with development teams in an agile development environment