Employment opportunities

Senior User Experience Designer

Description
As a designer at Valve, you’ll be part of an extremely motivated, dedicated, and experienced group of people. You’ll be joining a team that is responsible for some of the most compelling computer entertainment experiences of the last decade. You will also contribute significantly to Steam, Valve’s pioneering gaming community and e-commerce platform.

At Valve, defining the user’s experience encompasses the entire process of designing a product–be it a game, an internal software tool, or a web application.

Specifically, you will:
Translate business and product-level requirements into feasible, compelling entertainment and e-commerce experiences.
Create conceptual wireframes, user flow diagrams, and low-fidelity prototypes for discussion and testing purposes.
Design high-fidelity mockups to solidify design direction and planning.
Create working prototypes for usability and proof-of-concept testing.
Produce finished shipping designs, finalizing layout, color, typography, images, and icons.
Get your hands dirty in HTML, CSS, Flash, and other similar tools.
Be a vigilant advocate for the user’s experience.
Take pride in and feel responsibility for a high degree of personal ownership of your work. Millions of people will immediately interact with your finished designs.
Not be pigeon-holed into conceptual or abstract work. Rich, high fidelity presentation will be expected as an end-result of your work.
Not live in a production-only ghetto. Your ideas will directly shape the experiences you create.
Be passionate about: Business. Writing. Typography. Games. Innovation. Craftsmanship. Fun.

Required Qualifications
BS/BA/BFA degree in graphic design, or visual communication
At least six years of professional design experience in the software industry
A thorough understanding of user interface design and usability principles
An online portfolio of work


To apply, please email your resume, URL, and/or work samples.