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Job description:
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Discord has a highly engaged community
of millions of daily active users who
use the platform for many different
reasons, but there’s one thing that
nearly everyone does: play video games.
Discord plays a uniquely important role
in the future of gaming, and we are
focused on making it easier and more fun
for people to hang out before, during,
and after playing games.Our mission on
the Developer Platform team is to help
game studios succeed by creating
meaningful experiences for players. As a
B2B2C (business-to-business-to-consumer)
team, we serve two key audiences. For
game studios, we build smart
integrations and intuitive tools that
make it easy for developers and
community managers to connect with
players and bring the best of Discord
into their games. For players, we
enhance on-platform experiences that
deepen their connection to the games
they love and make it easier to build
lasting friendships through play, which
ties directly to Discord's mission
of helping people find belonging.
You'll focus on the player-facing
side of that equation: the experiences
players have on Discord and in-game as a
result of studio integrations. For
example, you might design in-game ways
to invite Discord friends to play,
mobile-friendly ways to see what friends
are playing right now, or new ways to
bring game moments and achievements onto
Discord to spark social connection. Your
work will span surfaces like in-game
overlays, the Discord client, and
Discord mobile, wherever players
discover games, make new friends, and
play together.
As a product designer, you'll work
across the full product development
cycle, from early exploration through
launch and iteration. In a given week,
you might be prototyping an in-game
invite flow, playtesting a mobile
surface with your engineering partners,
and walking the squad through your
design rationale in a review. You'll
bring a thoughtful mix of user empathy,
systems thinking, and visual craft to
solve meaningful problems for developers
and players alike. If you're
energized by complex challenges,
passionate about games and community,
and excited to help shape how studios
partner with Discord, we'd love to
hear from you.
This person will report to the Sr.
Product Design Manager on our Developer
Platform Design team.
What You'll Be Doing
Embed within the Player Experience squad
and partner with a staff designer,
engineers, product managers, and data
scientists to design the player-facing
side of studio integrations, from
concept through launch and post-launch
iteration.
Design player-facing features like
friend invites, game presence, and
shareable game moments, accounting for
how developers configure and integrate
them so the experience holds up across
every game and platform.
Mix your visual, UX, and interaction
design skills to solve for the
constraints of both desktop and mobile
surfaces, ensuring feature parity and
quality.
Playtest your work regularly, iterating
on feedback from players, peers, and
leadership to reach a polished,
production-ready experience.
Produce comprehensive design
documentation and interactive
prototypes, and keep them up to date as
decisions evolve, so engineering and
product partners can build with
confidence.
Share work early and often in critiques
and team reviews, and communicate the
business and user-centered rationale
behind design choices in forums such as
design reviews, project-team meetings,
and leadership discussions.
What you should have
2+ years of experience designing and
shipping a web/app product for a variety
of devices and platforms.
Experience designing consumer-facing
mobile features specifically (not just
responsive web), including familiarity
with mobile platform conventions and
constraints (iOS/Android).
An ownership mindset with a bias toward
action, helping to drive projects and
decisions forward.
A high craft bar and attention to detail
in user experience, visual design,
interaction design, and prototyping,
with proficiency in Figma and
prototyping tools to demonstrate
interaction, functionality, and flows.
Ability to communicate complex problems
and experiences simply, and to know when
a user journey, wireframe, deck,
prototype, or design specification will
be most effective in doing so.
Experience working within a design
system, and contributing back to it.
Experience designing for mature
products, both against a vision and
through incremental improvements.
Bonus Points
Experience designing mobile-first
experiences.
Casual or committed gamer, on mobile and
PC.
The US base salary range for this
full-time position is $148,000 to
$166,500 + equity + benefits. Our salary
ranges are determined by role and level.
Within the range, individual pay is
determined by additional factors,
including job-related skills,
experience, and relevant education or
training. Please note that the
compensation details listed in US role
postings reflect the base salary only,
and do not include equity, or
benefits.Why Discord? Discord plays
a uniquely important role in the future
of gaming. We're a multiplatform,
multigenerational and multiplayer
platform that helps people deepen their
friendships around games and shared
interests, and helps developers build
and grow their businesses. We believe
games give us a way to have fun with our
favorite people, whether listening to
music together or grinding in
competitive matches for diamond rank.
Join us in our mission! Your future is
just a click away!
Discord is committed to inclusion and
providing reasonable accommodations
during the interview process. We want
you to feel set up for success, so if
you are in need of reasonable
accommodations, please let your
recruiter know.
Please see our Applicant and Candidate
Privacy Policy for details regarding
Discord’s collection and usage of
personal information relating to the
application and recruitment process by
clicking HERE.
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