Gameplay UX Designer — Player-First & Cross-Functional

31st Union; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

31st Union is seeking a Gameplay UX Designer to join our Experience Design team in California. You will bridge creative vision and technical execution, collaborating with UI artists, engineers, and game designers to shape intuitive, player-first experiences across our titles.

You will drive the UX vision, produce competitive analyses, personas, journeys, wireframes, and prototypes, and advocate for usability and accessibility while ensuring feasible implementation with production teams.

Qualifications

• Clear and persuasive design articulation to stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of interaction and layout design.
• Experience creating, maintaining, and extending design systems.
• Proficiency with industry UX tools (Figma, ProtoPie).

Responsibilities

• Drive the UX vision and lead feature design discussions.
• Collaborate across disciplines to ensure design feasibility and timely delivery.
• Document UX artifacts: analyses, personas, journeys, wireframes, flows, prototypes.
• Advocate for usability and accessibility in all designs.
• Ensure seamless handoff and execution with engineering and UI art teams.

Skills

Effective Communicator

Design Expertise

Design Systems

Tool Proficiency

Tools

Figma

ProtoPie

Job description

31st Union is seeking a Gameplay UX Designer to join our Experience Design team in California. You will bridge creative vision and technical execution, collaborating with UI artists, engineers, and game designers to shape intuitive, player-first experiences across our titles.

You will drive the UX vision, produce competitive analyses, personas, journeys, wireframes, and prototypes, and advocate for usability and accessibility while ensuring feasible implementation with production teams.