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Join the Game-Changing Team at Chess.com as a UX/UI Designer
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Organisation summary: Chess.com is the ultimate destination for chess lovers around the globe, boasting as one of the largest gaming sites with over 165 million players worldwide. As a pioneering tech and gaming company, we are committed to delivering exceptional products, content, and tools to enhance the chess experience. Operating with a remote team of 700+ in over 60 countries, our culture celebrates life, flattens hierarchies, and fosters a mission-driven environment. If you're passionate about design and chess, you'll find a welcoming community eager to collaborate with you.
- Role Summary:
- Design clear and engaging user interactions.
- Lead core product initiative designs.
- Push the boundaries of product design in collaboration with a creative team.
- Implement continuous improvement principles to enhance products seamlessly.
- Ensure design consistency across various platforms.
- Connect with the historical and globally beloved game of chess.
- Role Requirements:
- At least 5 years of UX/product design experience in a dynamic, agile setting.
- A passion for and understanding of chess.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills.
- A commitment to continuous learning.
- Proficiency in key UX design software, especially Figma.
- Experience with design systems like Figma tokens.
- Skilled in creating user flows and interaction designs.
- Experience collaborating with product and development teams to address challenges.
- Knowledgeable in UX research and applying insights to design.
- Expertise in designing intuitive UI user flows and forms, with attention to detail.
- Design experience catering to both web and mobile apps, with a mobile-first approach.
- A strong portfolio demonstrating user-centered design solutions and process.
UX / UI Designer
About Us
Chess.com is one of the largest gaming sites in the world and the #1 platform for playing, learning, and enjoying chess.
We are a team of 700+ fully remote people in 60+ countries working hard to serve the global chess community. We are here to support 165 million players worldwide with the best possible product, content, and tools to serve the chess community!
We are a tech company. A gaming company. A content company. And we do it all with passion and commitment to the game. Above all we prize our mission-driven, flat, life-celebrating, no-corporate culture, and we look forward to meeting you and learning more about what you can bring to the team.
About You
You are a UX designer with an emphasis on clear, clean, and fun interactions. You see design as a series of neverending questions. Asking, “Do you like this? Does this accomplish your goals? Does this make your life better in some way?”
You are a true UX practitioner. A process nut. You are creative, intuitive, and always learning. You have an interest in providing a healthy way for users to escape the stress of the day.
You are a team player. You know to check your ego at the door. You would also love nothing more than to help people around the world discover the fun of chess!
What You’ll Do
- Create simple, clear, and fun interactions
- Take ownership in the creation of core product initiatives
- Collaborate with team members to push our product design vision further
- Delve through best practices across Gaming and SAS platforms
- Utilize Kaizen principles that continually improve products in ways that avoid change resistance
- Work with the creative team to assure consistency across platforms
- Develop a connection to a game that has been growing for 1500 years
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in UX and product design, preferably in a fast-paced and agile environment
- You “get” chess
- Excellent communicator and collaborator
- Lifelong learner
- Familiarity with key UX Design software (Especially Figma)
- Familiarity with utilizing design systems (including Figma tokens)
- Ability to think through and define user flows
- Experience working directly with product and development teams do solve problems
- Familiarity with UX research + implementing designs to act on said research
- Experience designing UI user flows/forms
- consideration for the smaller details: styling inputs, error handling, hover effects, etc
- Experience crafting experiences for both web and mobile apps
- Think mobile first and how to adapt for different form factors from there
- Strong portfolio showcasing a range of user-centered design solutions and your design process.
About the Opportunity
This is a full-time position.
We are 100% remote (work from anywhere, but expect to maintain some overlap with core US hours)
