Lead UX Designer - Star Trek Fleet Command

Scopely; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Scopely in Dublin is seeking a Lead UX Designer to join the Star Trek Fleet Command team on a hybrid basis. You will lead UX for complex live-service features, shaping design direction across 4X systems and player experiences.

You will mentor teammates, collaborate with product, designers, and artists, and translate deep game knowledge into intuitive flows. The role offers a collaborative, player‑centered environment with opportunities to influence long-term product design.

Qualifications

• Extensive Game UX leadership in live-service games (4X/strategy preferred).
• Mentorship and team leadership experience with performance management.
• Solutions-oriented mindset with creative problem solving.
• Strong understanding of game development pipelines and constraints.

Responsibilities

• Set design standards, best practices, and strategic UX vision across complex systems.
• Own aspirational UX for new features and player experiences.
• Ground design decisions in real player perspectives and data.
• Produce sketches, wireframes, flows, and interactive prototypes.
• Identify gaps and opportunities to improve design quality.
• Collaborate with product teams, designers, and artists throughout development.

Skills

Game UX leadership

Mentorship & leadership

Problem-solving

Player-centered design

Education

BA/BS in HCI, Design or related

Tools

Figma

Prototyping tools

Job description

Scopely is looking for a Lead UX Designer to join our Star Trek Fleet Command team within our Live Games Portfolio division in Dublin on a hybrid basis.

At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play every day - whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues or through our deep connections with our communities of players. We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing and innovating the mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.

Star Trek Fleet Command is a standout success in the gaming industry. Launched in 2018, our in-house developed 4X Strategy MMO has continually evolved, earning its place as one of the top-grossing games on the market.

What You Will Do

• Set design standards, best practices, and strategic UX vision for Star Trek Fleet Command, defining the craft direction across complex 4X systems.
• Own and champion complete, aspirational UX for new features and player experiences, transforming complex product requirements into intuitive, engaging flows.
• Build deep knowledge of the game to effectively step into the player’s shoes and ground your design decisions in real player perspectives and experiences.
• Find relevant references and comps, deconstructing them to uncover inspiration and common pitfalls.
• Visualise ideas by producing a range of design deliverables that communicate your thinking and design intent. This includes sketches, low to medium fidelity wireframes, user flows, and interactive UX prototypes.
• Identify weak points in designs, gaps in thinking, and opportunities to better deliver on goals by applying critical thinking and a sharp design eye to strengthen solutions.
• Work closely with product teams, game designers and artists to refine ideas and stay aligned throughout development. Proactively share work, keep the right people informed, and provide relevant information when it’s needed.
• Leverage feedback, data, and other insights to refine designs—not just to react, but to reflect and make intentional improvements.
• Support long‑term product and UX consistency through your design work by drawing on developed knowledge of our design principles and patterns.

What We're Looking For

• Proven track record of leadership in Game UX, with extensive experience designing for complex, deep systems in live-service F2P games (4X or strategy experience highly preferred).
• Strong mentorship and leadership capabilities, with experience guiding and developing team members, reviewing work to maintain high craft quality, and managing performance effectively.
• A solutions-oriented mindset that goes beyond identifying problems, bringing thoughtful, creative problem solving to the table.
• A strong understanding of game development norms and pipelines, including how to design with technical constraints, implementation realities, and cross-discipline workflows in mind.
• A fit for a culture built on curiosity, improvement, creativity, and collaboration, paired with a genuine passion for both playing and making games that fuels thoughtful, player-centered design.

At Scopely, we create games for everyone - and want to ensure that the people behind our games reflect that! We are committed to creating a diverse, supportive work environment where everyone is treated with respect. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and welcome individuals from all backgrounds to join us & embrace the adventure!

About Scopely

Scopely is a leading video game and global interactive entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most beloved and enduring experiences, including two of the most successful mobile games of all-time “MONOPOLY GO!” and “Pokémon GO,” along with “Stumble Guys,” “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “WWE Champions,” the Scrabble® franchise, “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” and many others. Across mobile, web, PC, and console, Scopely creates, develops, publishes, and live‑operates one of the most diversified and award‑winning portfolios in the games industry — bringing hundreds of millions of players together through a shared love of play.

Founded in 2011, Scopely is powered by its exceptional team — including thousands of world‑class gamemakers around the globe, a distinctive tenet‑driven culture, and its proprietary technology platform, Playgami. Together, these strengths have fueled Scopely’s position as the #1 mobile games company in the U.S. and #2 globally, generating more than $10 billion in lifetime revenue. Whether building global sensations like “MONOPOLY GO!” from the ground up, or expanding through strategic acquisitions, including the FoxNext, GSN, and Scopely Explore games businesses — Scopely consistently delivers experiences players love today and return to for years to come.

Recognized multiple times as one of the "100 Most Influential Companies in the World" by TIME magazine and one of Fast Company's "World's Most Innovative Companies" and “Best Workplaces for Innovators,” Scopely believes that video games can be a force for good — creating meaningful connections, vibrant communities, and making life better through play.

Scopely has global operations and partners across four continents in more than a dozen countries worldwide. For more information, visit: https://www.scopely.com/.

Employment at Scopely is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications. Scopely does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.