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UX Designer I- Commerce

United States, San Mateo, CA

Why PlayStation?

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more.

PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.

The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.

Define the future of gaming & digital content distribution on the PlayStation platform.

The Commerce team drives seamless and secure transactions across the PlayStation ecosystem. We aim to be a reliable, user-friendly, and innovative foundation for payments—supporting new payment methods, streamlining checkout, and protecting players from fraud. Our work spans critical touchpoints across the entire journey — from physical and digital commerce to search, personalization, pricing and packaging, subscriptions, cart, checkout and wallet — all with the goal of creating unified, player-first experiences that are elegant and effective.

As a UX Designer I, you play a key role in shaping the future of the world’s largest game and content distribution platform. You will partner with a cross-functional team of product managers, researchers, writers, engineers, and business partners to define where we go beyond our console experiences today. Your team will ideate and craft experiences that both delight our users no matter where they are or what device they are on.

You will join our Monetization group in a hybrid role based in San Mateo, San Diego or Los Angeles and will become a part of the global Sony design community. A community that celebrates the value of design, design thinking and design process. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with a global team of designers focused on elevating the standard of design across the organization and explore bleeding-edge concepts and technology.

An ideal candidate possesses passion, dedication, and skills vital to deliver best-in-class products and experiences. If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you.

Responsibilities:

  • Gain a deep understanding of the PlayStation brand and services.
  • Ideate innovative solutions with inputs from key partners.
  • Build flows, wireframes, prototypes, and corresponding documentation.
  • Craft and apply design patterns, processes, and standard methodologies.
  • Rapidly iterate on design solutions based on engineering or other constraints.
  • Communicate design ideas in a compelling way, encouraging partners to accept new solutions and concepts.
  • Own a small product or narrow set of features as part of a larger project.

Qualifications:

  • BA/BS in Interactive, Visual or Product Design, Human Factors or equivalent experience.
  • 1-3 years of experience building user-centered interactive designs.
  • A portfolio that showcases thoughtful, simple, deliberate intuitive design, with extraordinary interaction, motion, and visuals.
  • Strong communication skills to clearly articulate your concepts and rationale.
  • Experience crafting web and mobile products.
  • Experience collaborating with Product Management and Engineering counterparts.
  • Experience working with research and insights.
  • High level of proficiency with Figma, including components, auto-layout, prototyping, tokens, animation, plugins, etc.

Desired Skills & Attributes:

  • Experience working with decentralized or global teams.
  • Experience crafting for a global audience in multiple languages.
  • Experience with consumer gaming or media products.

 

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At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.

Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. 

In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more.

 

The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.

$98,300 - $147,500 USD

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.

We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond. 

PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

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