Senior UX/UI Designer (Game Development)

TL;DR

Senior UX/UI Designer (Game Development): Designing intuitive and engaging user experiences for web games and applications with an accent on owning end-to-end user experiences and creating scalable design systems. Focus on turning user research into actionable design decisions and collaborating closely with developers during implementation within game engines.

Location: Hybrid (Christchurch, New Zealand), must be based in New Zealand.

Company

hirify.global is a company focused on building delightful, accessible, and fun web games and digital experiences.

What you will do

• Design intuitive, engaging, and accessible UX/UI across web games and applications.
• Own end-to-end user experiences, from early concepts to polished, playable reality.
• Create and evolve UX/UI languages and design systems that scale across a family of products.
• Collaborate closely with Production, Creative, Programming, QA, and clients.
• Turn user research and usability testing into smart, actionable design decisions.
• Produce wireframes, user flows, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs that developers love.

Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience in UX/UI design for web products, games, or rich digital experiences.
• Strong hands-on skills across tools like Figma, Adobe CC, Jira, Notion, Slack, UXPin, Sketch.
• Proven experience creating design systems and scalable UX/UI languages.
• Confidence supporting implementation and collaborating closely with developers, including getting comfy inside game engines.
• Working knowledge of HTML/CSS and modern front-end constraints.
• Solid understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG, AGI Tag systems).
• Experience running or supporting user research and usability testing.
• Must be based in New Zealand.

Nice to have

• Designed for games (or just really love them), especially mobile or web-based.
• Excitement about children’s media and inclusive, accessible design.
• Nostalgia for Crossy Road, Neopets-era web games, or MiniClip classics.
• Dabbled in Godot, Unity, or Unreal.
• Enjoy working in small, agile teams within a wider product ecosystem.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusivity first: active creation of safe, equitable spaces for everyone.
• Take initiative: own problems and make things happen.
• Explorer mindset: learn, iterate, and embrace challenges.
• Create fun: for each other and our players.