Senior User Experience Designer

About Us

We are one of India's most exciting & fast-growing mobile gaming companies. Founded in 2014, and creating a global mobile gaming landscape in partnership with Modern Times Group (MTG), our Vision is to create simple, impactful casual game experiences at a massive scale. Since our inception, we have built a worldwide network of chart-topping games, and powerful tech & analytics infrastructure to turbocharge their growth. Our product portfolio consists of evergreen hits like Daily Themed Crossword, WordTrip, WordJam, WordRoll, TileMatch, Jigsaw, Wordy, 2248 Number Merge, Word Search Solitaire and Many more.

Visit us at www.playsimple.in to know more.

Position Summary

The Senior UX designer is the player's advocate in the team. You'll be responsible for crafting delightful player experiences that impact millions of gamers worldwide. The role requires you to have a holistic approach to experience design, from concept to execution. Work closely with game designers, artists and product managers to develop unique concepts, and bring them to life with clear wireframes and effective prototypes.

Required skills:

• 5+ years of experience as a UX Designer/Product Designer
• A strong portfolio demonstrating robust knowledge of design fundamentals
• Basic knowledge of games (be it mobile, PC, console, board games etc)
• Empathy for players, young and old
• A keen eye for aesthetics and strong opinions on it
• Great communication skills, particularly the ability to communicate design decisions
• Decent research, observation and deconstruction skills
• Proficiency in Figma (preferred) or similar wireframing tools

Bonus points:

• If you love games. This helps you empathise with players a lot more easily.
• Visual design skills are also good to have. This enables you to communicate better with the game artists.
• If you have experience designing for accessibility. Many of our players have additional needs and it's always good to have a designer who's particularly mindful of it.
• If you're able to use mathematics to your advantage. A lot of design decisions are data-driven, and understanding the numbers gives you an edge.