Sr. Product Designer, Games
About The Position
We’re hiring for a Senior Product Designer to join the Games team at LinkedIn. This team has been moving quickly launching the new games experience and has already established LinkedIn as a strong player with 6 beloved daily games. This role will work on maturing our playing experience, growing adoption and retention as well as developing new games. We operate like a startup, but with the scale of the world’s largest professional network. If you’re the type of designer who thrives just as much in dreaming up and executing crazy ideas as you do in optimizing complex growth funnels, you’ll do well in this role. We’re looking for someone who has experience successfully designing and launching 0 → 1 initiatives, always looks at the glass half full, loves to share ideas, and thrives in organized chaos. Experience building and scaling social/mobile games is a big plus. Why join the Product Design team at LinkedIn? Designers are strategic partners, from product innovation and planning to launch Work and learn with passionate, talented, and supportive people We’re equipped with the best design tools in the business and are heavily investing in AI tooling and training for our team A trusting, open environment helps us do our best work…and we have fun together! We’re looking for designers who lead by connecting the dots between user insights, design patterns, and business goals. You will partner and collaborate closely with user research, UX writing, product management, engineering, marketing, and data science. Designing for the world's workforce takes a diverse, empowered team — come be a part of ours. Learn more about our design community at design.linkedin.com #LinkedInDesign
Requirements
- BA/BS degree in graphic design, design communication, human-computer interaction, or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Experience participating in the complete product development lifecycle of web and/or software applications
- 5+ years of experience in user experience design or industry experience (corporate, software, web or agency)
- To be considered for this position, you must include your portfolio, website or other samples of work.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in delivering medium to large-scale projects independently or with some support from senior ICs or Managers
- Capable of influence across the respective business area and regularly engaging in cross-functional discussions
- Experience in delivering design solutions for unstructured problems that have some dependencies on other products/teams
- Demonstrated ability of coaching team to more effectively apply design patterns
- Effectively communicates ideas to the broader organization
- Experience in solving structured problems that have few dependencies and dealing with a high level of ambiguity
- Experience building and scaling social/mobile games is a big plus.
Responsibilities
- Effectively communicate conceptual ideas, design rationale and the specifics of user-centered design process
- Create holistic design solutions that address business, brand, and user requirements
- Work with web developers and engineers to deliver final products
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
