Visual & User Experience Designer

Company: Valve Software
Location: Bellevue
Posted on: May 3, 2021

Job Description:

As a user experience designer at Valve, you will join a world-class group of software engineers, business leaders, and designers who are continually creating and releasing social entertainment experiences to players around the globe. We're hoping to add your expertise in visual communication, user experience design, usability, writing, and marketing to our team. Valve is an entertainment and technology company driven to design and deliver extraordinary entertainment experiences to customers. We hire people with broad skill sets who also exhibit deep expertise.Every designer at Valve contributes in a wide variety of ways:We define and articulate goals, we design and publish user interfaces, architectures, layouts, and graphics, we devise and implement user studies, we write press releases and blog posts, we manage projects, and much more. We also recruit designers like you.At Valve, our design process hits full swing once our products are in customers' hands. Our best work is the result of an ongoing dialog with customers. This is fundamental to the way we create great products. Through years of shipping software as a service through Steam (our digital distribution platform) we've learned the value of including our customers throughout the entirety of this process. With an engaged community of millions of users, you'll have opportunities to improve your work based on what you learn.Do you prefer to collaborate with peers to define the work that you pursue, rather than simply following a vision that's been set for you? If you're seeking an opportunity to steer product definition, functional exploration and design decision-making, consider joining Valve. We can't wait to see where you'll take us!QualificationsAn online portfolio of work which demonstratesExperience launching consumer products and services while iterating based on customer feedbackMultiple case studies of released products and your influence upon themStrategic product and forward thinking that informs your intentional, meaningful decisionsA customer-centered approach, with a confidence in making users happy despite (or even thanks to) constraintsGraphic design utilized as a communication and problem-solving toolExperience and skills which demonstrateA proven track record of using design as a tool to lead in a multidisciplinary environmentAn ability to be self-critical and improve your work based on feedbackA detailed understanding of graphic and user interaction design principles (especially typography), and the desire to build your designs with a personal commitment to quality and a preternatural attention to detailYour interest in user feedback, and an understanding of data collection and analysis to inform decisions and iterationA Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent work experience) in Graphic, Industrial, Interaction Design, or a similar area of expertiseWhat We OfferAn organization where 100% of time is dedicated as groups see fitThe opportunity to collaborate with experts across a range of disciplinesA work environment and flexible schedule in support of families and domestic partnershipsA culture eager to become stronger through diversity of all formsExceptional health insurance coverageUnrivaled employer match for our 401(k) retirement planGenerous vacation and family leaveOn-site amenities in support of health and efficiencyFertility and adoption assistanceReimbursement for child care during interviewsSDL2017

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