Senior Product Designer, Discovery

Roblox Roblox · Consumer · San Mateo, CA · UI/UX

Senior Product Designer for Roblox's Discovery team, focusing on designing user-facing surfaces like homepage, ranking, and search to connect users with experiences. This role involves defining UX strategy, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and mentoring junior designers to create engaging discovery experiences on the Roblox platform.

What you'd actually do

  1. Help define the UX design strategy and collaborate on the roadmap for core Discovery surfaces on Roblox.
  2. Develop a deep understanding of user needs, behaviors, and motivations to advise design decisions.
  3. Care about craft by creating visually compelling and intuitive user interfaces across devices and surfaces for a global audience.
  4. Collaborate with the Foundation Design Systems team and co-develop new patterns and UI components to ensure consistency and scalability.
  5. Understand the role of younger players, teen and adult players, brands, creators and studios to create a discovery strategy that serves all audiences.

Skills

Required

  • bachelor's degree or equivalent in Product Design, User Experience Design, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, or a related field
  • Proven experience (8+ years) in UX/UI design
  • strong portfolio showcasing exceptional visual design skills and user-centered design thinking
  • Proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Blender, Maya or similar software
  • End to End systems thinking that advocates for comprehensive and connected user experiences
  • A solid understanding of user-centered design principles and best practices
  • Expert knowledge of communication design patterns and familiarity with e-commerce, 3D Avatars and gaming experiences
  • Proactive problem solving and project management skills
  • Collaborative mentality with the ability to work cross-functionally and influence design decisions
  • A deep understanding and passion for the gaming industry, especially user-generated content platforms like Roblox
  • A keen interest in user experience trends, industry advancements, and emerging technologies
  • The ability to balance business objectives, user needs, and technical constraints in design solutions

Nice to have

  • mentorship and guidance to junior designers
  • partnering and mentoring other dedicated designers

What the JD emphasized

  • 8+ years
  • strong track record of delivery innovative consumer discovery experiences
  • exceptional visual design skills and user-centered design thinking
  • End to End systems thinking
  • Expert knowledge of communication design patterns
  • Proactive problem solving and project management skills
  • ability to lead and inspire a design team
  • Collaborative mentality
  • deep understanding and passion for the gaming industry
  • keen interest in user experience trends, industry advancements, and emerging technologies
  • ability to balance business objectives, user needs, and technical constraints