Rec Room is the best place to build and play games together. Chat, hang out, and explore millions of rooms, or build something new to share with the world! Rec Room’s Studio product allows Creators to build whatever they imagine using a custom version of Unity editor. The Studio Team is responsible for both Experience (Room) and Avatar creation, including designing, building, publishing, and selling their creations with approachable tools that empower infinite possibilities.
As a Product Designer for the Studio Team, you will help shape the future of identity, user-generated content, and cross-platform gaming.
You will define the User Experience (UX) vision and strategy while creating world-class designs that come to life as you work with teams to spec, roadmap, ship, and iterate to success. You'll improve processes across product teams and help grow the design discipline.
IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL:
- Create world-class user experiences that delight a diverse, global audience of Creators
- Leverage design thinking to craft strategy and approach that maximize the impact of your designs
- Work cross-functionally with Product and Engineering to determine feature roadmaps and contribute to the overall vision for Rec Room Studio
- Work with designers across the company to share and improve upon best practices and process
REQUIREMENTS:
- 7+ years of product design experience
- Proven leadership, organizational, and execution skills
- Experience working with 3D modeling tools (i.e. blender, Maya)
- Experience working with game engines such as Unity or Unreal engine
- Experience defining design vision and strategy for consumer products or games
- Experience going through a full product lifecycle, integrating customer feedback into design requirements, driving prioritization and pre/post-launch execution
- Experience developing UX frameworks that create reusable solutions applicable across multiple features rather than one-off implementations.
- Experience designing for various input devices while preserving their native feel and interaction models.
- Experience working in a technical environment with a cross-functional team (i.e. art, development, data, etc) to drive design vision and help define product requirements
- Bachelor's degree (or foreign degree equivalent) in HCI, Interaction Design, Ergonomics, or equivalent work experience
BONUS SKILLS:
- Expert knowledge of UGC platforms and communities
- Working knowledge of game development tools
- Design systems and component building
- Visual craft, 3D experience and iconography
The base pay range for this position is listed below; please note the base pay may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Stock options and, in some cases, a sign-on bonus may be offered as part of the compensation package. We also offer a full slate of benefits, including flexible vacation, medical, dental vision, life and disability coverage, long-term care insurance, FSA, commuter benefits, a 401(k) plan with company match, and a parental leave program. We also offer some not-so-standard benefits, including equipment, family, and pet care stipends.
Base Pay Range
$137,000—$185,000 USD
COMPANY INFO TO KNOW:
Rec Room offers generous medical, dental, and vision plans that cover you, your spouse/domestic partner, and your children. We also support your retirement benefits with a company match. Rec Room values work-life balance by providing unlimited paid time off. Our company values are real and drive our culture. We work hard to be a safe and friendly place for people from all walks of life.
Rec Room provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Applicants who need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process may contact [email protected] in confidence. Rec Room will work with each individual to define their application-related needs and to try to accommodate those needs.
Applicants can find our CCPA disclosure notice here.
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What We Do
Rec Room is the best place to build and play games together. Party up with friends from all around the world to chat, hang out, explore player-created rooms, or build something new and amazing to share with us all. With MILLIONS of player-created rooms, there is something for everyone. Hop into a game of paintball with some new friends or zen out in a park with a few of your besties. Rec Room is available on all major gaming platforms, including mobile, console and VR, and is free to play.
Why Work With Us
Rec Room has built a thriving and unique culture around action, autonomy, and trust. We hire talented and driven people and allow them to do their best work, in whatever way that is best for them. We don’t focus on hours or location, but on output and impact. Everyone at Rec Room is empowered to make decisions, have a voice, and be their true self.
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