Senior UX Designer

Ubisoft Entertainment; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Ubisoft Montreal is seeking a Senior UX Designer to shape the player experience for a large-scale live-service multiplayer first-person shooter. You will join a small, autonomous team to bridge the game vision with player needs, crafting intuitive, scalable experiences across the player journey.

You will collaborate with game design, art, programming, and other disciplines, build UX standards and systems, and champion accessibility and platform compliance in a fast-changing environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of UX experience in the video game industry.
• Degree in UX Design, Interaction Design, Cognitive Psychology, or a related field.
• Ability to transform individual problems into reusable standards and systems.
• Proactive, autonomous and versatile team player.

Responsibilities

• Prepare design work through rigorous discovery research and clear problem definition.
• Design sustainable and scalable UX solutions, including user interfaces, flows, signals, feedback systems, and interactions.
• Produce design artifacts such as sketches, wireframes, user flows, documentation, and prototypes at the appropriate level of fidelity.
• Present, advocate for, and champion UX solutions with multidisciplinary stakeholders.
• Review solution implementation in collaboration with the user research team.
• Iterate on solutions and adjust implementation based on player research findings and feedback.
• Collaborate closely with game design, level design, art, programming, and other disciplines while facilitating alignment when needed.
• Build, maintain, and promote UX standards and design systems.
• Advocate for UX best practices, accessibility, and platform compliance.

Skills

User-centered design

Prototyping

Design systems

Interaction design

Information architecture

Open-world games knowledge

GaaS monetization understanding

Education

UX Design degree

Interaction Design degree

Cognitive Psychology degree

Related field degree

Tools

Figma

Confluence

Miro

Game editor

Job description

As a Senior UX Designer at Ubi Montreal, you will help shape the player experience for an ambitious large-scale live-service multiplayer first-person shooter. Working within a small, autonomous team, you will bridge the gap between the game vision and player needs, creating intuitive, scalable, and cohesive experiences across every stage of the player journey.

What you’ll do

• Prepare design work through rigorous discovery research and clear problem definition.
• Design sustainable and scalable UX solutions, including user interfaces, flows, signals, feedback systems, and interactions.
• Produce design artifacts such as sketches, wireframes, user flows, documentation, and prototypes at the appropriate level of fidelity.
• Present, advocate for, and champion UX solutions with multidisciplinary stakeholders.
• Review solution implementation in collaboration with the user research team.
• Iterate on solutions and adjust implementation based on player research findings and feedback.
• Collaborate closely with game design, level design, art, programming, and other disciplines while facilitating alignment when needed.
• Build, maintain, and promote UX standards and design systems.
• Advocate for UX best practices, accessibility, and platform compliance.

Qualifications

What you bring to the team

• Strong user-centered design mindset.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills within multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to transform individual problems into reusable standards and systems.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of:
  • Motivation and learning strategies;
  • Prototyping;
  • Defining and tracking success metrics;
  • Accessibility and platform compliance;
  • Design systems.
• Advanced knowledge of:
  • Information architecture;
  • Signals and feedback systems;
  • Interaction design;
  • Wireframing and screen layout design.
• Strong understanding of:
  • Multiplayer first-person shooter games;
  • Open-world games;
  • GaaS products and monetization systems.
• Proficiency with:
  • Figma (pixel-perfect design, component properties, auto-layout, variables, and AI workflows);
  • Confluence for creating and maintaining clear, scalable documentation;
  • Miro for building and facilitating multidisciplinary alignment spaces;
  • Working directly within a game editor.
• Minimum of 5 years of UX experience in the video game industry.
• Proactive, autonomous, and versatile team player;
• Curious mindset with a passion for continuous improvement;
• Agile and resilient in a fast-changing environment;
• Strong sense of ownership, attention to detail, and commitment to quality;
• Passion for game and product design.
• Assets:
  • Degree in UX Design, Interaction Design, Cognitive Psychology, or a related field;
  • Experience implementing user interfaces;
  • Strong visual design or motion design sensibilities;
  • Experience with data analysis.

Additional Information

Ubisoft is a global leader in gaming with teams across the world creating original and memorable gaming experiences, from Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow Six to Just Dance and more. They believe diverse perspectives help both players and teams thrive. If you’re passionate about innovation and pushing entertainment boundaries, join their journey and help create the unknown!