Lead UX Designer

At Kabam, we’re constantly raising the bar of excellence in free-to-play gaming. We hire for passion and diversity so that we can triumph in our collective skill. Our teams are made up of a fusion of personalities and interests bound together by a collaborative nature, fun-loving culture, and a drive to do what it takes to make great games. And this is where you come in…

As Lead UX Designer
, you lead and mentor a team of UI, Technical UI, and UX Designers on a mature, top-grossing mobile title while staying hands‑on yourself. This is a player‑coach role: you set direction for the team and you do the work alongside them, owning significant design problems end to end. You craft human‑centered experiences grounded in interaction and visual design principles, working inside an established product, brand, and design system rather than from a blank page.

You are highly organized, self‑motivated, and an excellent communicator who moves easily between high‑level strategy and low‑level detail. You have an inherent desire to understand players and to represent them in the game.

This role is a full‑time, on‑site position based 5 days a week at our Downtown Vancouver studio.

• Own significant design problems directly as a hands‑on contributor, setting the quality bar by example.
• Define and drive UX outcomes for live features and longer‑term product bets.
• Lead and mentor a team of UI, Technical UI, and UX Designers, developing them through direct collaboration and review.
• Work within the demands of a live‑service cadence, balancing new feature work against ongoing events, seasonal content, and the existing UI framework.
• Own the UI and UX process, coalescing product, game design, engineering, art, and live ops needs into actionable artifacts.
• Present and communicate design intent and outcomes to stakeholders, driving designs to completion at the highest quality.
• Collaborate with the leadership team on capacity plans, development, and the product roadmap.
• Partner with data and UXR teams to build a deep understanding of players and create meaningful experiences for them.
• Partner with the UXR team to test and validate designs.
• Review and give feedback on the team’s deliverables.
• Foster an environment for knowledge sharing and learning.
• Participate in staffing, recruitment, and team resource allocation.

• Education in Interaction Design, HCI, Cognitive Science, Psychology, or a design‑related field with Human Factors.
• An exceptional portfolio demonstrating effective solutions to human‑centered design and visual design problems, ideally including live or shipped product work.
• 8+ years as a UI and/or UX Designer or Product Designer in a professional capacity, preferably within video games.
• One or more shipped titles in a Lead UX Designer role, preferably in mobile free‑to‑play games.
• Direct experience designing for mobile, free‑to‑play, live‑service games, including working inside an established design system and shipping into a live product.
• Comfortable operating as a player‑coach: leading a team while carrying a meaningful hands‑on design load.
• Expert‑level command of Figma (the team’s primary tool) and the Adobe Suite, plus strong prototyping skills. Familiarity with other industry tools (Sketch, and similar) is welcome.
• Deep understanding of target players: their needs, motivations, behaviors, and constraints.
• The ability to solve complex problems in resourceful, effective ways with human‑centered design in mind.
• Experience with Inclusive Design and advocacy.
• An exceptional eye for visual design.
• Ability to own multiple features in parallel.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills.
• Self‑starter with excellent prioritization skills.

• Experience with Unity, including the UI pipeline, is a major plus.
• Ability to translate product KPIs into UX deliverables.
• Experience with data‑driven (quantitative) design.
• Experience in user research.
• Experience working with licensed IP and brand guidelines.
• A passion for games and for Marvel.

• Extended Health Coverage: effective day one, no waiting period! Our benefits cover health, dental, life, disability, and extended paramedical services such as…