VP of UX (Remote)

User Experience     ·    New York, NY     ·    Full-time

Who We Are

At Statespace we’re using cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and video games to revolutionize the way that humans improve.

Our first product, Aim Lab, is a personalized training platform that helps gamers learn about their strengths and weaknesses and train for the game they love. Aim Lab has over 20 million players around the world and is available for free on Steam and even on Roblox. Aim Lab also has official partnerships with some of the biggest publishers, including Riot, Ubisoft, and Activision Blizzard.

Our team consists of scientists, designers, engineers, and game industry vets coming together from places like NYU, MTV, NASA, Yale, Nintendo, and the NFL. We are well-funded and supported by some of the world’s best investors and entrepreneurs, including Khosla Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Lux Capital, Expa Capital, and WndrCo.

Our Culture

Weird. Non-traditional background. Underdog. Outcast. If people have used any of these words or phrases to describe you…welcome home. Kick-ass engineer or designer without a degree? Come join our team.

We hire talented, self-motivated people and get out of their way. We are based in NYC but have a remote work culture and are looking for exceptional people to join our team regardless of their physical location.

We value performance, not hours worked (or when you work them). We believe you shouldn’t have to miss your kid’s play or doctor’s appointment for the sake of adhering to an arbitrary work schedule.

However, if you are looking for a job where you are happy to just collect a nice paycheck and/or nap under your desk like George Costanza, we are not the right fit for you (we don’t even have desks).

The work we do is hard, and therefore, a key company goal is to mitigate needless obstacles that prevent our team members from accomplishing their goals. To that end, our vacation policy is “take it whenever you want to”, our PTO policy is “take it whenever you need to”. We offer very generous medical, dental, vision, and retirement plans.

As Aim Lab’s VP of User Experience, you will design and optimize the player experience and create intuitive, player-focused experiences for our millions of players around the world. You will work on ambitious and complex projects — and product areas that encompass multiple features and span across teams. You will work from concept through the product development lifecycle and collaborate with other teams to create cohesive, player-first experiences. You will be trusted to develop user experiences for all aspects of our game across PC, console, and mobile platforms, and report directly to the CEO.

Key Responsibilities

• Build a world class UX team that balances amazing user experiences against business and user needs
• Set UX goals by partnering with CEO and Product and Data Analytics teams
• Understand our audiences and create user experiences that exceeds their expectations and needs
• Mentoring Design leader and ensuring their growth
• Partner with Product management and engineering to align teams and ensure consistency
• Provide teams with the right UX designs at the right time (e.g., Strategy articulation, discovery/ user research results, journey maps, wireframes, flow mockups and prototypes) to meet product goals and to guide understanding
• Break down experiences thoughtfully for teams to be able to iterate incrementally
• Help implement prototypes (with engineering support) to brainstorm concepts and validate with players
• Lead UX design efforts across multiple workstreams, focusing on the interaction design and player flows for these areas
• Collaborate across teams and channels to design large-scale products for players
• Work with the Design team to ensure a seamless visual identity across products
• Manage Agency Partners and Contractor relationships

Ideal Skills

• 5+ years of experience (depending on degree) designing digital product experiences, games as a service/ live services, and platforms as a User Experience Designer
• Familiarity with design with Unity Experience with industry standard digital design and prototyping tools
• Passion for gaming

The location of this role is US-Remote

We believe in hiring the best, the brightest, and cultivating a culture of collaboration and appreciation. You will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, citizen status, age, disability, military or protected veteran status, genetic predisposition or carrier status or any other legally protected status.

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