Senior UX Designer

Magnopus•Los Angeles, CA

33d•$100,000 - $150,000

About The Position

Magnopus is seeking a Senior UX Designer for a fixed-term, project-based engagement to support active product and XR / interactive experiences. This role is designed for an experienced UX designer who can step into work already in progress, operate independently, and contribute immediately within a fast-paced, multidisciplinary studio environment. This is a hands-on individual contributor role with opportunities for light mentorship and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Magnopus is an experience focused technology company founded by a team of Oscar-winning artists, designers, and engineers from games, films, and other unusual places. Weâre passionate about creating rich experiences that unite the physical and digital worlds. Because weâre building the future, we endeavor to create a diverse, creative workplace where people from many perspectives collaborate across disciplines to create amazing things together. We invest in our employee's progression with ongoing education and mentorship opportunities through their guilds, and support their happiness and productivity through generous health care, time off, and other benefits. We try to foster a safe environment where we can take risks, and learn from our failures. While we value individual talents, we favor collaboration more. We believe that the leadership of the company works for the employees, not the other way around. We feel strongly that our employees guide who we are as a company and the work we create, so we look for characteristics of curiosity, empathy, respect, honesty, and courage in every candidate. Though weâve delivered a lot of crazy stuff, here are a few you can check out at home: Mission: ISS Disney Pixar Coco VR Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab The Lion King - Virtual Production Elixir

Requirements

7+ years of professional UX design experience
Strong background in product UX, including systems thinking, flows, and usability
Experience designing interactive, immersive, or XR experiences
Proven ability to work independently in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
Comfortable stepping into projects mid-stream and making informed design decisions
Strong communication and collaboration skills across disciplines
Proficiency with design tools such as Figma, Adobe Illustrator, and related UX workflows

Nice To Haves

Experience working in XR, spatial computing, games, or emerging technology platforms
Background in agency, consultancy, or studio environments
Experience designing web-based experiences (responsive layouts, information architecture, interaction patterns) as part of broader product or interactive systems
Experience supporting client-facing work
Portfolio of relevant work is a plus, but not required

Responsibilities

Execute UX design work across active product and XR experiences with minimal ramp-up
Support end-to-end product UX flows, interaction design, and experience definition
Translate high-level goals, requirements, and constraints into clear UX solutions
Produce and maintain UX artifacts, including: User flows and journey maps, wireframes and interaction models, UX documentation supporting design and development handoff
Collaborate closely with design leadership, product, engineering, and creative teams
Participate in internal and client-facing design reviews as needed
Maintain UX consistency and quality across experiences already in development
Provide light mentorship and UX guidance to cross-disciplinary team members
Clearly document decisions and rationale to ensure continuity beyond the contract period