Product Designer (Gaming)

Location: Hybrid role based at the San Francisco, CA home studio

Salary: $124,000–$229,400 annual base pay in the U.S.; incentive compensation may also apply.

Company

Xbox Media builds player-first, full-stack monetization technology for advertising across Xbox surfaces and ad-supported gameplay.

What you will do

• Design immersive ad formats from early concepts and prototypes through production.
• Translate product requirements into cohesive solutions that feel native to gameplay.
• Develop interaction patterns, visual systems, animations, and polished prototypes.
• Communicate concepts through visual design, storytelling, motion, and documentation.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, game studios, marketing, creative, and research partners.
• Support player research and playtesting, incorporate feedback, and advocate for player needs.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant professional experience in product, interaction, visual, or creative design; 8+ years preferred.
• Portfolio demonstrating product and interaction design, including interactive or game-related experiences.
• Experience applying, evolving, or contributing to visual design systems.
• Experience with prototyping or motion tools such as Principle, Framer, or After Effects.
• Solid understanding of user-centered design, interaction design, and visual design fundamentals.
• BA/BS degree preferred; equivalent education and relevant experience may be considered.

Nice to have

• Experience designing game advertising formats, monetization features, or branded experiences.
• Illustration skills for game-inspired assets, icons, storyboards, or UI elements.
• Motion design or interactive prototyping experience for real-time environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings or reimbursement accounts, and insurance coverage.
• 401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, and charitable donation matching.
• Paid holidays, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, parental leave, and bereavement leave.
• Mental health, wellbeing, and fitness programs, plus free and discounted games.
• Relocation assistance may be available when the company requires a geographic move.