Top UX Designer Jobs

Leads end-to-end product design and development for toys and hardlines across entertainment franchises. Provides creative direction, protects brand integrity, guides licensees and partners, reviews prototypes and production materials, identifies market and consumer trends, and ensures commercially viable products meet quality, timeline, and retail objectives. Collaborates with category, franchise, legal, and external stakeholders while presenting design strategies and managing creative priorities.

Support product development by attending licensee meetings, contributing to product concept ideation, researching market trends and white space, preparing presentation materials, and managing incoming sample inventory and documentation.

Lead visual direction for characters, world, concepts, lighting and VFX on a large interactive entertainment project. Establish visual standards, workflows, and scalable pipelines; mentor artists and partners; review deliverables for quality and technical feasibility; drive cross-discipline collaboration and ensure timely delivery of high-quality, scalable content.

Lead and mentor an animation team to create polished, gameplay-ready NPC and player animations for AAA real-time titles. Oversee animation pipeline, documentation, cross-discipline coordination, and production planning while contributing hands-on to mocap, keyframe, and facial animation work to uphold quality and style standards.

Lead and deliver high-quality character animations for gameplay or narrative sequences. Drive animation systems from concept to implementation, mentor animators, collaborate with design and engineering, improve pipelines, and solve complex artistic and technical animation problems for AAA games.

Lead design of player-focused UI systems: create Figma wireframes, player flows, visual direction, style guides, and collaborate with engineers and artists to ensure usable, accessible, and responsive interfaces. Mentor junior designers and simplify complex gameplay concepts into intuitive user experiences.

Lead design and implementation of major gameplay systems from concept to polish using rapid prototyping (Blueprint) in Unreal Engine 5. Build scalable, performant open-world and systemic mechanics, collaborate with engineering/art/UX, iterate via playtests and telemetry, mentor designers, document specs, and identify/mitigate technical risks.

Lead licensed toys and hardlines product design for Japan: manage approvals, oversee product development from concept to production, set category design strategy, coach the team, collaborate with licensees and cross-functional partners, and drive design innovation aligned to brand and business goals.

Lead and define the creative story and guest experience for assigned projects at Universal United Kingdom Resort. Direct art and production design, collaborate with IP holders and project teams, present concepts, procure talent and resources, and maintain creative intent through all project phases while ensuring quality and safety compliance.

Lead the creation and pipeline design for procedurally generated vegetation, organic assets, and architectural facade kits. Manage and mentor a procedural art team, collaborate with Houdini/Tech Art and Environment teams, optimize workflows for scalability across platforms, and ensure production readiness, quality, and risk visibility for large-scale environments.