Job Description

Our client, a multinational software and services corporation in Redmond, is looking for a Web Designer to join the Minecraft web team, to take Minecraft’s unique visual style and help bring it to life on the web. This role’s primary responsibilities will be collaborating with business leaders, partnering with other studio creative leads, and engaging with engineering teams to create interactive web designs utilizing Minecraft’s visual style.

The Web Designer is responsible to design web solutions that will become the gateway, companion, and bridge for all things Minecraft and will help lead future experiences across web properties. The ideal candidate is a creative problem solver who is passionate about delighting the community of players and fans. The key component of this role is the ability to inspire, collaborate, communicate and design experiences with a team who are passionate about bringing world class web design solutions to life.

Responsibilities:

• Produce high fidelity mockups based on scenarios, information architecture diagrams, wireframes, flows, and other artifacts rooted in thorough research and cross-team collaboration.
• Partner with the Lead Graphic Designer to create assets, receive feedback, and iterate on digital design concepts.
• Work closely with Program Managers, Engineering Teams, Website Editors and key project stakeholders from the ideation phase through to code production and educating the Site Editors on template usage.
• Work with user researchers to coordinate testing efforts, interpret test results, and incorporate results into design efforts.
• Develop, manage, and refine design systems and pattern libraries.
• Ensure all designs follow accessibility and inclusivity standards defined by WCAG, ADA, and MAS.
• Playing and building in Minecraft.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years’ experience designing for web experiences, including information architecture, interaction design, user research, and usability testing.
• Expertise creating a variety of interaction design documents including user scenarios, task flows, conceptual models, competitor analysis, heuristic analysis, and annotated wireframes.
• Experience creating UI pattern libraries and interaction guidelines across teams in a large organization.
• Extensive experience with content strategy and platform design, from large-scale marketing sites to transactional commerce sites.
• Exposure to and understanding of a variety of design, project management, and development processes and methodologies including agile development methods for smaller and larger teams.
• Ability to produce clear UX documentation for marketing sites, transactional flows, and app experiences (sitemaps, wireframes, and prototypes).
• Ability to iterate rapidly as ideas emerge and priorities change to meet the needs of the project.
• Demonstrated ability to use analytics and user testing to inform the creative process.
• Demonstrated ability to partner confidently with Program Management, Development, Product Planning, Brand, Marketing, and Usability teams.
• Proficient in developing IA and user flows.
• Proficient in Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD or similar tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Bonus: Motion design, Typography.
• Bonus: Experience with localization and designing for accessibility.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Portfolio demonstrating applied knowledge of usability, user-centered design, content strategy, UX documents including site maps, flows, wireframes and strong capacity for both logical and creative thinking.
• Experience designing components and page templates for large scale publishing systems or
• CMS.
• Experience working on a team, collaborating with other creatives and stakeholders.
• Experience creating UI patterns and interaction guides and engineering documentation.
• Experience with information architecture, interaction design, user research, and usability testing.

Attributes:

• Highly motivated with a passion for innovation, exploration, and participation.
• Exceptional attention to detail, internal quality control, and excellent craftsmanship.
• A successful track record of creative problem solving for technical and design challenges.
• Ability to gracefully lead and work on multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadline pressure with strong time management skills.
• Proven ability to exceed personal goals and client expectations.

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Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Job Tags: web design. Salaries: Not Disclosed.

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