Senior UI/UX Designer

Jam City, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited vacation

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Life insurance

401(k)

Catered lunches

Yoga & wellness

Company events

Dog friendly

Job summary

Jam City, Inc. seeks an experienced UI/UX Designer to shape the user experience of a new mobile narrative game within our Narrative studio, behind Hogwarts Mystery. You will collaborate with top talent to move from concept to final product, crafting intuitive interfaces and visuals for engaging gameplay.

You’ll translate narrative goals into polished UI, maintain style guides, and iterate based on usability feedback and playtests, ensuring scalable UI across devices.

Qualifications

• 3 - 5 years of experience designing UI/UX for mobile games.
• Solid understanding of user-centered design principles for mobile UX.
• Proficient in creating wireframes, flows, and interactive prototypes using tools like Figma.
• Strong experience in UI art including polished game-ready assets such as icons, buttons, menus, HUDs.
• Strong visual/graphic design foundation - typography, layout, color theory, information hierarchy.
• Experience with UI VFX, animations, and transitions to enhance user feedback.
• Excellent collaboration and communication across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Design wireframes, flows, and interactive prototypes for a new mobile narrative game.
• Build and maintain UI style guide and UX documentation for clarity and consistency.
• Create high-quality, user-friendly UI assets aligned with art direction.
• Provide cohesive UI design spanning narrative gameplay, puzzles, systems, and monetization interfaces.
• Collaborate with Game Design, Art, and Engineering to translate goals into UI/UX solutions.
• Prototype and iterate on UI/UX concepts based on feedback and testing.
• Ensure interface scalability across devices and resolutions.
• Research market trends to inform innovative UI/UX design.

Skills

Wireframes and flows

Interactive prototypes

UI/UX for mobile games

UI visuals and assets

Collaboration across teams

Narrative-driven UX

Usability testing

Prototyping tools

Tools

Figma

Unity

Job description

As a leading mobile games developer, Jam City is looking to “level up” our talent. We’re searching for innovators who consider themselves dynamic, collaborative, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.

PERKS & BENEFITS

• Unlimited Vacation, Paid Sick Days & Holidays
• 100% Employee Covered Medical, Dental, Vision Plan Base Plan
• Life Insurance, 401k, Flexible Spending Accounts, Commuter Benefits & More
• Catered Lunches & Well-stocked Kitchens
• Yoga & Wellness Activities
• Happy Hours
• Company Events
• Dog Friendly

We are looking for an experienced UI/UX Designer to bring their expert game UI/UX skills to help build a new game within our Narrative studio, the team behind the hit mobile game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. You’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with top industry talent and contribute to the development of a new title, from initial concept to final product.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design wireframes, flows, and interactive prototypes to define the user experience for a new mobile narrative game
• Build and maintain the UI style guide and UX documentation, ensuring clarity and consistency across the product as it evolves through development
• Create high-quality, user-friendly UI assets aligned with the game’s art direction and design needs
• Provide cohesive UI design spanning the full player experience - from narrative gameplay and puzzle interactions to systems, progression, and monetization interfaces
• Collaborate closely with Game Design, Art, and Engineering to translate high-level goals into intuitive, visually compelling UI/UX solutions
• Rapidly prototype and iterate on UI/UX concepts based on team feedback, usability testing, and player insights
• Ensure interface scalability and responsiveness across a range of devices and screen resolutions
• Research market trends and competitive titles to inform innovative and genre-appropriate UI/UX design

QUALIFICATIONS

• 3 - 5 years of experience designing UI/UX for mobile games
• Solid understanding of user-centered design principles and best practices for mobile UX
• Proficient in creating wireframes, flows, and interactive prototypes using tools like Figma
• Strong experience in UI art, including creating polished game-ready assets such as icons, buttons, menus, HUDs, and other visual elements
• Strong visual/graphic design foundation - typography, layout, composition, color theory, and information hierarchy
• Strong background in the design and implementation of UI VFX, animations, and transitions to enhance user feedback
• Proficiency with Unity, including integrating UI assets and understanding engine constraints
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills across cross-functional teams (Art, Design, Engineering)
• Outstanding creativity and drive; Passion for narrative-driven or puzzle-based gameplay and crafting intuitive player experiences
• Comfortable working in an iterative, feedback-driven environment with evolving design goals
• on-site 5x week.

NICE TO HAVE

• Focused experience in UI art and visual design, with proven ownership of UI visual style and asset production
• Experience shipping a new mobile title from concept to live operations
• Background working on narrative-driven or puzzle adventure games
• Familiarity with licensed IP and brand guideline constraints

CHECK OUT LIFE AS A JAM CITIZEN:

• Company news and events on our LinkedIn
• Company Blog
• Employee Feedback on our Comparably page
• Find videos on our teams and games on our Youtube

OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, DIVERSITY, & INCLUSION

We believe in creating games that unite people across the world and that showcase our commitment to providing an environment that is both inclusive and diverse for our players and employees. We strive to create a workforce that is reflective of our global player community as we know that we are stronger and better when we play together. To help promote an inclusive culture, we celebrate the visible and invisible diversity of our Jam Citizens through initiatives including Employee Resource Groups, cultural events, trainings, speaker series, and more.

Jam City is an equal opportunity employer. We enthusiastically accept our responsibility to make employment decisions without regard to race, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, religion, ethnicity, marital, or domestic partnerships status, disability, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, veteran status, domestic violence victim status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expressions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws. Our management is committed to following this policy with respect to hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruiting, pay, and other forms of compensation, training, and general treatment during employment.

ABOUT JAM CITY

Jam City is a leading entertainment studio with a proven track record of creating some of the world’s most beloved casual puzzle and story-driven mobile games. As the creative force behind fan-favorite, award-winning titles such as
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery,
Cookie Jam and
Panda Pop, Jam City develops engaging and dynamic games that become an enduring part of our players’ lives. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles with a global network of studios and talent. For more information, please visit www.jamcity.com.