Job Details
Posted date: Sep 05, 2024
Category: Design & Creative
Location: Redmond, WA
Estimated salary: $215,800
Range: $137,600 - $294,000
Employment type: Full-Time
Travel amount: 25.0%
Work location type: Up to 100% work from home
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
Within Team Xbox, we aspire to empower the world’s 3 billion+ gamers to play the games they want, with the people they want, anywhere they want. Gaming, the largest and fastest growing category in media & entertainment, represents an important growth opportunity for Microsoft. We are leading with innovation, as highlighted by bringing the Game Pass subscription to PC, bringing Xbox to new devices with Cloud Gaming, and our recent acquisition of Activision Blizzard King is creating exciting new possibilities for players.The Xbox Experiences and Platforms team is home to the design and engineering work that makes this vision possible. We build the developer tools and services that enable game creators to craft incredible experiences, the commerce systems that connect publishers with their audience. Our team helps gamers engage with their next favorite games, the platforms on which those games play at their best, and the experiences that turn every screen into an Xbox.
As a Principal Design Architect for the Xbox Design team, you will:
Be a pathfinder. As a curious and passionate learner, you will often be the first to innovate, discover a new UX pattern or unlock a customer solution. When you do this, you’ll create a path for others too.Influence and impact through making. As a team of makers, we believe in the value of showing and sharing experiences through design. Your story telling will be customer focused and articulate their journey.Partner across the design org. Your work will naturally intersect with experienced leaders across the gaming organization. You are a natural design collaborator.Establish effective processes. Design systems and process are constantly evolving. You improve and integrate design flows to lead the industry.
This Principal Design Architect is well versed in product development cycles, can bring user-centered design processes to life, has AI co-design experience, and has a diverse and extensive portfolio. We will look to this person to articulate an experienced design point of view, inspire the team, and resolve the best course of action in partnership with User Research and Data Science. This role reports directly to the Head of Design.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Set a creative and experiential vision for gaming services across PC, Mobile, Smart TV, Web, Console and moreDesign experience ecosystems that span multiple productsMentor and train creative staff at all levelsCollaborate across teams and disciplines with peers and authorities in monetization, brand, marketing, development, etc.Partner closely with product leads to set the vision and agenda for the overall productCraft scenarios, flows, information architecture diagrams, wireframes, prototypes, UI pattern libraries, interaction guidelines, and other artifactsEmpower rapid prototyping with appropriate level of detail: translating abstract ideas to visual assets that allow the product team to rapidly convergeFoster implementation of emerging AI tools that compliment and accelerate designer workflowsCommunicate and execute strategic design direction to Microsoft’s gaming leadership teamEmbody our culture and values
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 8+ years experience working in product or service designOR Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 6+ years experience working in product or service designOR equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience working in product or service design or using design thinking to solve problems).
Preferred/Additional Qualifications:
Deep knowledge of UX designAdvanced level proficiencies in FigmaAbility to quickly produce elegant and easily understood artifacts, both personally and via the design teamCross-team and cross-discipline communication skills and understanding of related business and technology processesConfident presentation skills to all levels of an organizationInnate curiosity for UX and UIInclusive design experience15+ years in Product Design preferred
Product Design IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $180,400 - $294,000 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until September 11, 2024.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.
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