Niantic's Player Platform UX Design team is hiring a UX Designer to craft innovative, social experiences beyond the core game—helping millions of players discover content and engage with each other both online and in the physical world.
We’re looking for someone who champions the needs of our players, blending intuition with data-driven insights to create seamless and engaging experiences. You’ll design intuitive end-to-end flows, craft thoughtful visual design, and build prototypes that bring ideas to life. As a skilled storyteller, you’ll translate complex use cases into simple, scalable solutions, while maintaining a high attention to detail in your work.
In this role, you’ll partner closely with engineers, product managers, and other creative professionals in an agile, team-oriented environment. You infuse fresh ideas with established design patterns, present your work clearly and confidently, and value feedback as part of an iterative process.
If you’re interested in helping craft the future of real-world interactive experiences, we’d love to hear from you!
Responsibilities- Lead UX design efforts from concept to implementation for one or more player-facing experiences.
- Develop wireframes, appealing mockups, prototypes, and detailed design documentation to clearly describe interaction flows and design concepts.
- Clearly communicate ideas and UX designs to team members, external partners, and leadership through prototypes and presentations.
- Actively participate in team rituals to conceptualize and brainstorm new features.
- Improve and extend existing design system patterns.
- Incorporate user research and player insights into all stages of design exploration.
- Collaborate with cross-functional team members and partners, including regular and reliable attendance and participation in meetings.
- Required in-office minimum 2 days — Wednesday plus one additional team-designated day.
- 3+ years or equivalent experience in UX design, with a portfolio showcasing projects across mobile applications and responsive web.
- Experience using Figma and creating high-fidelity prototypes with a prototyping tool of your choice.
- Familiarity with mobile UX design patterns applied in gaming, fitness, or activity-related experiences.
- Experience designing implementation-ready UX mockups and flows for the purposes of dev implementation.
- Strong visual design skills.
- Creative problem-solving skills and the ability to develop novel UX patterns as needed.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced hybrid environment and handle stress appropriately and/or ability to solve practical problems and be sufficiently adaptable to handle dynamic situations with little advance notice.
- Experience working on cross-functional teams with ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal communications, including asynchronous interactions with others.
- Knowledge and experience with HTML/CSS
- Familiarity with motion design or animation
- Proficiency in Japanese
The total compensation package for this position includes a new hire offer base salary range of $126,900.00 - 174,000.00. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for equity, bonuses, and a comprehensive benefits package
Individual pay within this salary range is determined by work location and additional factors, including assessed job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can answer any questions about new hire total compensation during the hiring process. An overview of benefit offerings for your location can be found on the careers page.
Niantic's global-scale augmented reality platform and digital map powers spatial computing experiences in the real world. Incubated out of the Maps team at Google, Niantic first created Ingress and then Pokémon GO, a cultural phenomenon and hit game played by tens of millions of people each month. Niantic’s platform, which powers Pokémon GO, also supports the company's other games including Pikmin Bloom, Monster Hunter Now.
We believe that cultivating a workplace where our people are supported and included is essential to creating great products our community will love. Our mission emphasizes seeking and hiring diverse voices, including those who are traditionally underrepresented in the technology industry, and we consider this to be one of the most important values we hold close.
Niantic is a hybrid first company. We believe that in person interaction and collaboration fosters creativity, a sense of community, and is critical to our future success as a company. Our hybrid work schedules allow for a mix of remote and in-office work.
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Niantic is the world’s leading AR technology company, sparking creative and engaging journeys in the real world. Our products inspire outdoor exploration, exercise, and meaningful social interaction.
Originally formed at Google in 2011, we became an independent company in 2015 with a strong group of investors including Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, and Alsop Louie Partners. Our current titles include pioneering global-control game Ingress, record-breaking AR game Pokémon GO, and recently released third title, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite.
