Design Director

Description

Blizzard Entertainment is currently looking for a design director to join the team working on Battle.net, the online gaming service used by players of our Warcraft real-time strategy, StarCraft, and Diablo games. The advent of eSports has made Battle.net more important than ever in providing a service to match players, both individually and in groups, with opponents of the appropriate skill level. In addition to focusing on optimizing our matchmaking functionality, the design director will help grow Battle.net into a more dynamic, interactive service for our online community.

• Define and optimize the user experience for Battle.net through a comprehensive model for user interaction.
• Create conceptual wireframes, user flow diagrams, and high-fidelity prototypes to solidify design direction and plans.
• Design and deliver advanced features to enable new gaming experiences, improve content delivery, and enhance community features.
• Collaborate with interaction designers, usability engineers, graphic designers, and developers to design and optimize the user interface, information architecture, and interaction design for Battle.net.
• Manage the development of an active and growing Battle.net community through innovative web technologies and user-centered design techniques.
• Discover the needs of Battle.net users and find ways to enhance their experience.