About the role
Role Overview
Scopely is seeking a Principal/Senior Manager UX Designer to join the Monopoly GO! team in Barcelona, Spain, on a hybrid basis. The role involves partnership with product and development teams to create new gameplay experiences for the Monopoly GO! title.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end UX strategy and execution for a product area, driving initiatives independently from discovery through implementation.
- Identify opportunities to improve the player experience through product thinking, player insights, and data.
- Lead discovery initiatives to deepen the understanding of player behaviors, motivations, and opportunities.
- Drive ideation of new concepts, facilitating workshops, brainstorming sessions, conceptual designs, and prototypes to validate ideas early.
- Create innovative player experiences while balancing creativity with product goals, technical constraints, and production realities.
- Evolve UX frameworks, principles, and design patterns that promote consistency, scalability, and high-quality player experiences.
- Champion user research as an essential part of the UX process, partnering with Research to identify risks, define learning objectives, and translate findings into product decisions.
- Deliver high-quality designs, prototypes, and documentation to communicate the intended player experience to Product, Engineering, and Art teams.
- Build strong cross-functional relationships, driving alignment and helping teams navigate ambiguity to reach player-focused solutions.
- Contribute to the growth of the UX discipline by sharing knowledge, raising quality standards, and building a collaborative design culture.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience designing user experiences for games.
- Proven track record of creating impactful gameplay features with deep expertise in game mechanics, player motivations, progression systems, rewards, and player psychology.
- Strong product thinking, with the ability to balance player needs, business goals, and technical constraints.
- Experience in independently owning complex product areas and driving work forward.
- Expertise in creating prototypes to validate ideas, identify risks early, and iterate quickly.
- Ability to move between tactical execution and strategic thinking.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to challenge assumptions, influence decisions, and build alignment.
- Highly collaborative, proactively sharing ideas and seeking feedback.
- Strong communication, diplomacy, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to navigate disagreements professionally.
- Comfortable working in ambiguity and taking ownership to move initiatives forward.
- Passion for mentoring, raising craft quality, and contributing to the continuous improvement of the UX discipline.
Bonus Points
- Experience directly managing or mentoring UX designers, with the ability to support individual growth while leading by example through hands-on design craft.
About Scopely
Scopely is a leading video game and global interactive entertainment company. The company develops, publishes, and live-operates a diversified portfolio including Monopoly GO!, Pokémon GO, Stumble Guys, Star Trek Fleet Command, MARVEL Strike Force, the Scrabble franchise, and Yahtzee With Buddies. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in the U.S., Scopely utilizes its proprietary technology platform, Playgami, to support operations across more than a dozen countries. The company is committed to creating meaningful connections and communities through its games.