Sr. Lead UI/UX Designer - Activision

Job Title

Sr. Lead UI/UX Designer - Activision

Requisition ID

R027682

Job Description

JOB TITLE: Sr Lead UX/UI Designer

LOCATION: Remote

YOUR MISSION

As a Sr Lead UX/UI Designer, you will own and drive end-to-end UX/UI strategy and execution for Activision’s digital platform experiences, including callofduty.com, activision.com, and other connected web and application experiences.

You will operate as a principal-level individual contributor responsible for leading complex initiatives, defining user experience direction, and delivering high-quality design solutions that support both player needs and business goals.

This role includes but is not limited to the following tasks/duties:

• Lead UX/UI strategy and execution for large-scale digital platform initiatives.
• Drive end-to-end experience design across web and application-based products.
• Create high-quality UX flows, interaction models, wireframes, prototypes, and polished visual designs.
• Partner closely with Product Managers, Engineers, Project Managers, and Marketing stakeholders to define and deliver digital experiences.
• Own design decisions and provide clear rationale informed by user behavior, research, analytics, and business objectives.
• Contribute to and evolve design systems, accessibility standards, and UX best practices.
• Lead design critiques and contribute to raising overall craft quality across the team.
• Help define scalable workflows and collaborative design processes.
• Support usability testing, experimentation, and data-informed optimization efforts.
• Stay current with emerging UX, UI, gaming, and digital product trends.

PLAYER PROFILE

• 8+ years of experience in UX/UI or product design for digital products and platforms.
• Proven experience leading complex UX/UI initiatives across web and/or mobile experiences.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating high-quality UX thinking, visual design, interaction design, and systems thinking.
• Deep understanding of modern UX methodologies, accessibility, responsive design, and component-based systems.
• Ability to independently lead projects and drive alignment across cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience working closely with Product, Engineering, QA, and Project Management teams.
• Strong understanding of user research, usability testing, and data-informed design decisions.
• Passion for gaming and player-focused digital experiences preferred.
• Experience working in fast-paced product organizations preferred.

YOUR PLATFORM

We’re headquartered in Santa Monica, California, housing multiple teams across many disciplines of Marketing, PR, Sales, Supply Chain, and other corporate functions such as HR, IT, Legal, Facilities, and Finance. Santa Monica is the nerve center of our company, where the best ideas combine with unrivalled rigor to create the biggest and best entertainment experiences in the world.

The video game industry and therefore our business are fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

OUR WORLD

Activision Blizzard, Inc., a member of the S&P 500, is the world’s most successful standalone interactive entertainment company. We delight hundreds of millions of monthly active users around the world through franchises including Activision’s Call of Duty®, Destiny and Skylanders®, Blizzard’s World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Hearthstone®, Diablo®, StarCraft®, and Heroes of the Storm®, and King’s Candy Crush™, Pet Rescue™, Bubble Witch™ and Farm Heroes™. The company is one of the Fortune “100 Best Companies to Work For®”. Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Blizzard has operations throughout the world, and its games are played in 196 countries. More information about Activision Blizzard and its products and services can be found on the company’s website, www.activisionblizzard.com.

Rewards

Requirements

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/.

In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $114,080.00 - $211,048.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role’s range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates, new hire compensation is negotiable.