Jr. Product Designer, Web

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<div id="about-position"> <h4><strong>ABOUT THIS POSITION </strong></h4> <p data-start="634" data-end="729">The Digital Extremes Web team is looking to hire a motivated Junior Designer interested in helping us shape Warframe.com and Soulframe.com. You should be creative and curious, passionate about gaming, and have completed an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in web/visual design or a related discipline. You will work with us primarily on website designs and occasionally related touchpoints like the Warframe companion app or the PC game launcher. At Digital Extremes, you’ll learn how to balance content and accessibility with interactive visual designs. If these last few sentences have gotten you excited, we’d love to chat with you!</p> <h4><strong>RESPONSIBILITIES</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Participate in the creative process for Warframe and Soulframe websites, from research and ideation to final execution. You will take ownership of projects from start to finish.</li> <li>Partner with our Senior, Principal, and Lead Designers to collaborate on big ideas and to create web-ready assets.</li> <li>Prepare Figma files and final image assets for dev handoff and provide design QA on websites in development.</li> <li>Collaborate with marketing, multimedia, community, development, and other teams to align goals and maintain consistency across the Warframe and Soulframe universe. </li> <li>Learn and uphold UX principles for web and mobile.</li> <li>Create flexible, screen-agnostic designs and prototypes in Figma.</li> <li>Use Adobe Photoshop to edit game art and create textures and images for the web.</li> <li>Document and contribute to our design system.</li> </ul> <h4><strong>REQUIREMENTS</strong></h4> <ul> <li> A two or four year degree in Visual Design or related degree: UX/UI, Interactive Design, Product Design, Web Design, Graphic Design, etc.</li> <li>Exceptional visual and technical understanding of the creation of interactive websites. </li> <li>A strong attention to detail; someone who strives for pixel-perfection and polish on their work.</li> <li>Comfort with ambiguity; the ability to create concepts and make decisions with incomplete information as our games are constantly in development. </li> <li>Knowledge or experience related to information architecture, motion design and branding.</li> <li>Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for clear, inclusive, and collaborative feedback.</li> <li><strong>An online portfolio is required for consideration. </strong>Please include three or more projects that demonstrate your knowledge and experience in UI/UX, product design, interactive design or web design.</li> </ul> <p>Please note that the salary range mentioned in this job description should serve simply as a guide. The final compensation offered may vary based on a variety of factors, including bonuses and/or incentives, or a candidate’s experience, skills, budget and location. Digital Extremes is committed to providing a fair, equitable, and competitive package that reflects the value a candidate brings.</p> <p>Salary Range: $50,000 -$60,000 CAD</p> <p><em>Existing Vacancy: Yes – we’re currently hiring candidates for an existing vacancy in this position<br></em></p> <p><em>We believe in the power of human connection. At Digital Extremes, we do not use artificial intelligence (AI) to screen, assess, or select candidates. All applications are reviewed by human, qualified recruiters.</em></p> <p>During your interview, our recruitment team will leverage  Gemini as a note-taker only. At Digital Extremes, a core value of our studio is that we do not leverage AI in any of our development processes; this is a strict company policy.<br>Please note that we permit the use of AI tools exclusively for administrative support, it is not used for candidate selection, screening, or any part of the decision-making process. All evaluations are conducted solely by our team to ensure our hiring remains a human-led process, just as our development remains the work of our artists and creators.</p> </div><div class="content-conclusion"><p id="about-digital-extremes"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>ABOUT DIGITAL EXTREMES</strong></span></p> <p>Founded in 1993 by James Schmalz, Digital Extremes ranks as one of the world's top independent video game development studios. Originating with the co-creation of Epic Games' multi-million unit selling Unreal® franchise including Unreal and Unreal Tournament, Digital Extremes went on to develop Dark Sector®, BioShock® for the PlayStation®3, the BioShock 2 multiplayer campaign, and The Darkness® II. The studio has reached its greatest critical and commercial success with the free-to-play action game, <a href="https://www.warframe.com/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.warframe.com/&source=gmail&ust=1700229633017000&usg=AOvVaw2pE2MdsZjRBpvgq6Dy6mcY">Warframe®</a>, boasting a global community of 75 million registered players on PC, PS4™, PS5™, Xbox One™, Xbox Series X/S™, Nintendo Switch™, and iOS™. The studio's most recently announced project is the much anticipated <a href="https://www.soulframe.com/" target="_blank"…