UX Designer

Posted 25 Days Ago
Cary, NC
In-Office
126K-185K Annually
Mid level
Gaming • Metaverse
The Role
As a UX Designer at Epic Games, you'll design user-focused experiences for Fortnite, collaborate with teams, and ensure designs are functional and engaging.
Summary Generated by Built In
WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

UX DESIGNWhat We Do

We design customer and user-focused experiences that are fresh and innovative, while problem solving by anticipating user behavior and hurdles. We approach the most complex of problems and address them with simple, intuitive, and useful solutions.

What You'll Do

Epic Games is seeking a UX Designer to help shape the future of Fortnite and the broader Epic ecosystem. You’ll join the Fortnite UX team, working closely with product managers, programmers, and other designers to bring engaging player experiences to life. You’ll contribute to the design of key features, create prototypes and specifications, and help ensure our designs are both delightful and functional at scale.

In this role, you will
  • Deliver clear wireframes, flows, prototypes, and specifications to communicate design solutions
  • Participate in design critiques, usability testing, and iteration to ensure the best player experience
  • Contribute to design systems and shared patterns while applying them to your work
  • Communicate design ideas effectively, adapting the level of detail to the audience.
  • Work collaboratively with UI Artists, Tech UI Designers, Programmers, and UX Researchers to develop features
What we're looking for
  • You can clearly communicate your design ideas and feedback with other designers and stakeholders
  • You have experience contributing to end-to-end product experiences, with a strong understanding of UX fundamentals
  • You take ownership of the craft and quality of your work, ensuring products meet a high bar. Proactively collaborating with the team, you identify and pursue opportunities for improvement when necessary
  • You have a passion for making and playing games, and have a strong sense of player empathy
  • You consistently demonstrate a high level of self-motivation and a genuine commitment to personal growth and development
  • Please submit a portfolio of relevant design work that conveys your experience in designing and shipping successful products across multiple platforms (mobile, PC, and console platforms)

This role is open to multiple locations in North America (including CA & WA).

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).

California Base Pay Range
$126,267$185,192 USD
Washington Base Pay Range
$114,788$168,356 USD
ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.

Top Skills

Prototyping
Ui Design
Ux Design
Wireframing
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The Company
HQ: Cary, NC
5,500 Employees
Year Founded: 1991

What We Do

Founded in 1991, Epic Games is an American company founded by CEO Tim Sweeney. The company is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, and has more than 50 offices worldwide. Today Epic is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates one of the world’s largest games, Fortnite, and Epic has over 600 million accounts with over 5 billion friend connections across Fortnite, Fall Guys, Rocket League, and the Epic Games Store. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is also adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation. Through Unreal Engine, Epic Games Store, and Epic Online Services, Epic provides an end-to-end digital ecosystem for developers and creators to build, distribute, and operate games and other content.

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