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Join the Chess.com Team as a UX/UI Designer and Shape the Future of the World's Premier Chess Platform
Overview
Salary
No salary declared 😔
Location
Nomad Friendly?
100% Remote- Worldwide
Expires
Expires at anytime
Visa
Visa sponsor - US
Organisation summary
Chess.com is a leading gaming site globally, boasting as the top destination for chess with over 165 million users. Our remote team of 700+ across 60+ countries is dedicated to providing an outstanding chess experience. We combine technology, gaming, and content creation in our mission-driven culture to celebrate life and the timeless game of chess.
Role Summary
- Create simple, engaging user interactions
- Lead core product initiatives with full ownership
- Collaborate with team members to enhance product design
- Apply best practices from the gaming and SaaS industries
- Employ Kaizen principles for continual product improvement
- Ensure design consistency across all platforms in collaboration with the creative team
- Deepen your connection with chess, a game with a history spanning over 1500 years
Role Requirements
- At least 5 years of UX and product design experience in an agile environment
- Passionate about chess with an understanding of the game
- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills
- Commitment to lifelong learning
- Proficiency in UX design software, especially Figma
- Experience with design systems and Figma tokens
- Skilled in user flow definition
- Direct experience with product and development teams to address challenges
- Knowledge of UX research and design implementation
- Expertise in designing intuitive UI flows/forms and attention to detail
- Proficiency in crafting experiences for both web and mobile apps with a mobile-first mindset
- A strong portfolio that demonstrates a user-centered design approach
UX / UI Designer
About Us
Chess.com is one of the largest gaming sites in the world and the #1 platform for playing, learning, and enjoying chess.
We are a team of 700+ fully remote people in 60+ countries working hard to serve the global chess community. We are here to support 165 million players worldwide with the best possible product, content, and tools to serve the chess community!
We are a tech company. A gaming company. A content company. And we do it all with passion and commitment to the game. Above all we prize our mission-driven, flat, life-celebrating, no-corporate culture, and we look forward to meeting you and learning more about what you can bring to the team.
About You
You are a UX designer with an emphasis on clear, clean, and fun interactions. You see design as a series of neverending questions. Asking, “Do you like this? Does this accomplish your goals? Does this make your life better in some way?”
You are a true UX practitioner. A process nut. You are creative, intuitive, and always learning. You have an interest in providing a healthy way for users to escape the stress of the day.
You are a team player. You know to check your ego at the door. You would also love nothing more than to help people around the world discover the fun of chess!
What You’ll Do
- Create simple, clear, and fun interactions
- Take ownership in the creation of core product initiatives
- Collaborate with team members to push our product design vision further
- Delve through best practices across Gaming and SAS platforms
- Utilize Kaizen principles that continually improve products in ways that avoid change resistance
- Work with the creative team to assure consistency across platforms
- Develop a connection to a game that has been growing for 1500 years
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in UX and product design, preferably in a fast-paced and agile environment
- You “get” chess
- Excellent communicator and collaborator
- Lifelong learner
- Familiarity with key UX Design software (Especially Figma)
- Familiarity with utilizing design systems (including Figma tokens)
- Ability to think through and define user flows
- Experience working directly with product and development teams do solve problems
- Familiarity with UX research + implementing designs to act on said research
- Experience designing UI user flows/forms
- consideration for the smaller details: styling inputs, error handling, hover effects, etc
- Experience crafting experiences for both web and mobile apps
- Think mobile first and how to adapt for different form factors from there
- Strong portfolio showcasing a range of user-centered design solutions and your design process.
About the Opportunity
This is a full-time position.
We are 100% remote (work from anywhere, but expect to maintain some overlap with core US hours)
