About the Company
If you want to build, develop, and see your impact, join Skillz and level up your Career!
Skillz, the first publicly-traded mobile eSports platform that hosts billions of casual mobile gaming tournaments for millions of players worldwide, is revolutionizing the gaming industry. By fostering social competition within games, the Skillz platform helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling real-money activity in their games and providing operational support while connecting players through fair, enjoyable, and meaningful competition.
At Skillz, we understand the thrill of achievement and the satisfaction of overcoming challenges. Want to join a team made up of alums from Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, Twitter (X), Roblox, Zynga, Samsung, Lyft, EA, Riot, Nexon, Gameskraft, PlayStation, Unity, Scopely, Tinder, Intel, Deloitte, EY, Twitch, DraftKings, Wynn Resorts and more? Learn more to see if Skillz is the right fit for your next career move!
Why Skillz
Culture of Impact: Join a united team of builders, creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs driven by the desire to win. At Skillz, we create value, obsess over our product, and make a difference in the world.
Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with our comprehensive benefits package, which includes 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision expenses for both you and your dependents. Additionally, take advantage of our 401K matching, equity incentives, pre-tax benefit options, and more.
Wellness Support: Enhance your well-being with our array of wellness initiatives, including meditation and mental health resources, physical fitness coaching and classes, family planning assistance, health and parenting guidance, virtual therapy sessions, and more.
Time off: We offer competitive paid time off (PTO) & company holidays to help you recharge and pursue your passions.
Las Vegas Headquarters: Skillz strongly believes in a five-day a week, collaborative office environment at our 36,000+ square foot headquarters. Enjoy free breakfast and catered lunches, snacks, a full-size gym with showers, commuter benefits, insurance, team bonding events and many more.
Recognized Success: Skillz has earned recognition as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, CNBC's Disruptor 50, San Francisco Business Times' Best Places to Work, Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000 list, and many more.
Development Opportunities: We hold our employees to high standards while providing them with professional growth opportunities. We operate like a startup, and encourage all of our employees to collaborate and voice feedback about our product and ways we can improve as a business. We believe in never settling, and that also pertains to your growth.
About the Role
We're looking for a Product Designer to create end-to-end product experiences that drive player conversion, engagement, and retention. You'll partner with Product, Engineering, and Marketing to take ideas from concept and wireframes to high-fidelity UI and shipped features, while shaping experiences players love in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Design end-to-end product experiences — from concept and wireframes through high-fidelity UI and shipped features — with a focus on player conversion, engagement, and retention.
- Conduct and synthesize user research (usability tests, competitive teardowns, heuristic evaluations) to ground design decisions in real player behavior.
- Collaborate closely with Product Managers to translate business and player requirements into clear design briefs and ship-ready specifications.
- Partner with Engineering to ensure high-fidelity implementation, participate in design QA, and flag deviations promptly.
- Support A/B testing and experimentation by designing variants and interpreting results to inform future design iterations.
- Work with Marketing to ensure campaign creative and in-app promotional surfaces are visually cohesive and on-brand.
Key Competencies
- Bachelor's degree in Design, HCI, Interaction Design, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience.
- 3–5 years of Product Designing experience of experience designing consumer-facing mobile or web products. Gaming or social casino experience is a strong plus.
- Expert-level Figma (components, auto-layout, variables, prototyping). Familiarity with Zeplin, Maze, Loom, or equivalent handoff and research tools is a plus.
- Experience with interaction design and micro-animation for mobile apps; motion design skills are a plus.
- Comfort working in a fast-paced, agile environment with short iteration cycles.
Location: Onsite - Bengaluru, Karnataka
Travel Requirement: Less than 10%
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Skillz embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to diversifying our workforce, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status, and we operate in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Design, HCI, Interaction Design, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 3-5 years of product design experience designing consumer-facing mobile or web products
- Expert-level Figma (components, auto-layout, variables, prototyping)
- Experience with interaction design and micro-animation for mobile apps
- Ability to conduct and synthesize user research (usability tests, competitive teardowns, heuristic evaluations)
- Experience partnering with Product and Engineering to produce ship-ready specifications and perform design QA
- Experience supporting A/B testing and experimentation (designing variants, interpreting results)
- Comfort working in a fast-paced, agile environment with short iteration cycles
- Familiarity with Zeplin, Maze, Loom, or equivalent handoff and research tools
- Motion design skills
- Gaming or social casino experience
What We Do
Skillz is the leading mobile games platform that connects players in fair, fun, and meaningful competition. The Skillz platform helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling social competition in their games. Leveraging its patented technology, Skillz hosts billions of casual esports tournaments for millions of mobile players worldwide, and distributes millions in prizes each month. Skillz has also earned recognition as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, CNBC’s Disruptor 50, Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups, San Francisco Business Times’ Best Places to Work, and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000. We’re building a groundbreaking company that's pioneering an entirely new industry, and we're searching for top-notch people to join our mission. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to meet you!
