Experienced UX Designer

Are you a passionate User Experience Designer looking for new and exciting challenges? Do you have an interest in making the complex seem simple? Do you have the drive and passion to push for new and innovative experiences for strategy gamers?
As a User Experience Designer at Paradox you will be helping us ease the learning curve of deep and complex strategy games on a grand scale. You will be a challenging force that will try to innovate and push new ideas, leading to better games that are more approachable while retaining their deep gameplay. Together with other designers you will develop UX Design Systems and methods for securing a better user experience for our players.
Responsibilities:
Create mockups, wireframes, and prototypes of new interfaces, and evaluate and improve existing ones
Coordinate with designers, programmers, and artists and make changes to both UI and gameplay mechanics if necessary
Share input and ideas around sound effects for interfaces to the Audio Director
Drive innovation and provide a fresh perspective to User Experience in User Interface design
Effectively document and present your designs to the rest of the team

Required Qualifications:
Professional 3+ years experience as a UX Designer, UI Designer, or equivalent
Fluency in English both written and spoken
Familiarity with and/or interest in Paradox Development Studio's games and brands
Experience with strategy games

Desirable Qualifications:
Experience with HTML5, XAML and other GUI coding languages is a plus
Gamepad - Oriented Design and Console Development experience is a plus
Experience developing strategy games is a plus

We are seeking new employees that enjoy working in a team where everyone supports each other but you are also given the freedom and responsibility to take charge of a task and deliver. It’s important that you enjoy working in a team where everyone supports each other, and that you are motivated by having the creative freedom and responsibility to take charge of a task and deliver. You care about quality and you’re motivated by the idea of our many fans around the world interacting with your work. You thrive in a creative environment where people around you enjoy their work and the games we make.
We are open to applicants at Experienced to Senior levels of game industry experience and we strive to create and maintain a diverse workplace, therefore we encourage everyone to apply!
Practical information
Scope: Full time and permanent
Reports to: Design Manager
Location: Stockholm
Some of our benefits include:




If you think that this description matches you, we highly encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we will interview candidates continuously. If you don't match all the requirements, please demonstrate how your passion, attitude and interest in Paradox might compensate for this.
At Paradox Interactive we celebrate difference and care deeply about diversity and inclusion. We therefore encourage you, no matter who you are, to apply for this job if you think you’d be a great addition to our team.