Staff Product Designer, Player Experience

Staff Product Designer – Player Experience (Slayer Team)

Discord | San Francisco, CA

Full-Time | Onsite | $220K–$247.5K + Equity & Benefits

As a Staff Product Designer on Discord’s Slayer team, I lead the vision and execution of immersive, social-first gaming experiences. Our mission is to embed Discord's social features into games, enhancing player connections both in and out of gameplay. I collaborate cross-functionally with engineers, product managers, researchers, data scientists, and industry partners—including Xbox and PlayStation—to build intuitive, compelling interfaces that elevate the way gamers communicate and interact.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and elevate the visual and experiential quality of product design within the Slayer team, setting the bar for polish, usability, and coherence.
• Lead the end-to-end design process for integrated social features, from conceptual frameworks to high-fidelity execution, QA, and post-launch iteration.
• Partner with game studios and platform partners to ensure seamless UX/UI integration aligned with each game’s unique visual language.
• Shape product vision alongside the Design Director and influence roadmap decisions with deep strategic input and storytelling.
• Mentor and inspire peers through feedback, workshops, and design reviews, contributing to a healthy design culture and upskilling the broader team.
• Drive enhancements to the design system by addressing gaps, proposing new UX patterns, and reducing design debt.
• Act as a design thought leader, translating user insights and gameplay mechanics into delightful player experiences across platforms.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience designing consumer-facing products, ideally in gaming, social, or media.
• Exceptional product thinking and visual design craft across platforms (desktop, mobile, console).
• Experience working with or building design systems, and contributing reusable UX patterns.
• Excellent storytelling and communication skills, with a proven ability to influence stakeholders from peers to executives.
• Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional partners and a user-first mindset.
• Passion for gaming culture and understanding of social dynamics in online communities.
• Portfolio demonstrating leadership on high-impact design projects and systemic thinking.

Bonus:

• Prior experience designing for or collaborating with game developers and gaming platforms.
• Deep familiarity with Discord, Twitch, Xbox, PlayStation, or similar ecosystems.

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