Product Designer II, Free to Play

We are seeking an experienced Product Designer to join our product design team at PrizePicks, focusing on extending the scope of our Free to Play offerings to appeal to a variety of different fan segments. The ideal candidate will have focused on creating fun, visually appealing products in the past, and will have a strong background in designing for optimization, user experience, and business impact. You’ll collaborate with product managers, engineers, and other designers to ideate, prototype, and ship experiences that surprise and delight our players. Your work will directly impact how we attract and retain passionate fans both into more conventional sports games and into new and innovative ways of interacting with and making predictions.

What you’ll do:

• Partner with product managers, engineers, marketing, brand creative, and other key stakeholders to create designs for innovative free-to-play prediction games for a wide variety of fan personas and engagement levels
• Create intuitive, data-driven designs that optimize the end-to-end user journey, including onboarding, retention, and re-engagement flows.
• Design and test scalable, flexible, and reusable UI/UX patterns that align with our brand while driving key business metrics.
• Utilize qualitative and quantitative research to inform and validate design decisions.
• Act as a thought leader and advocate for how free-to-play games can engage users right away and drive conversion into paid products, communicating your design rationale to stakeholders clearly and persuasively.
• Collaborate with engineers to ensure seamless implementation of your designs and adherence to best practices.
• Iterate rapidly on designs and prototypes based on user feedback and A/B testing outcomes.

What you have:

• Proven experience in product design with a strong portfolio, ideally focused on mobile games or other products with high sensory appeal, fun factor, and low barriers to entry
• Strong portfolio showcasing data-informed design solutions and measurable business impact.
• A deep understanding of growth metrics, user behavior, and design’s role in driving acquisition, retention, and monetization.
• Exceptional collaboration skills that inspire cross-functional teams and drive alignment.
• Experience in native mobile app design with a solid understanding of patterns and standards from Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) and Google’s Material Design, as well as contributions to a design system.
• Strong storytelling and communication skills, able to present design concepts clearly and persuasively to stakeholders.
• Animation skills, with experience using tools like Rive to create dynamic, engaging, and interactive designs that elevate the user experience.
• A detail-oriented and iterative approach to problem-solving, leveraging research and testing to refine solutions.
• Humility, emotional intelligence, low ego, and ability to thrive in environments where 0-1 thinking and navigating ambiguity is required.

Where you’ll live:

• While we prefer candidates based in Atlanta, we are open to qualified applicants from anywhere in the U.S. and are willing to consider remote candidates.

Benefits you’ll receive:

In addition to your great compensation package, we’ll shower you with perks including: 

• Company-subsidized medical, dental, & vision plans 
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Bi-annual bonus
• Flexible PTO to encourage a healthy work/life balance (2 weeks STRONGLY encouraged!)
• Generous paid leave programs, including 16-week paid parental leave and disability benefits
• Workplace flexibility and modern work schedules focused on getting the job done, not hours clocked
• Company-wide in-person events and team outings
• Lifestyle enhancement program
• Company equipment provided (Windows & Mac options)
• Annual performance reviews with opportunities for growth and career development

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