Senior UX Design Researcher, Innovation (New Westminster)

Senior UX Design Researcher, Innovation (New Westminster)

04 Aug
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Socket.dev
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New Westminster

04 Aug

Socket.dev

New Westminster

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Sony Interactive

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Sony Interactive

Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world.

UX Designer, Connect You bring clarity to complex ecosystems, translating identity frameworks, account services, safety policies, and platform technologies into seamless, intuitive player experiences. You leverage emerging capabilities to design secure, scalable solutions that build trust across regions and devices. Your work will help players, families, and communities get started, manage their accounts and relationships, stay safe, and move seamlessly across PlayStation products and services.

You will design intuitive, scalable experiences across console, mobile, web, and other connected surfaces, spanning areas such as account journeys, onboarding, identity, privacy, safety, family management, social connection, communication, self-service support, and cross-device continuity. You will partner closely with product, research, engineering, policy, legal, and regional teams to balance usability, trust, compliance, privacy, safety, and business objectives. As a senior designer, you will help define experience strategy, simplify complex systems,



influence cross-functional decisions, and deliver high-quality design solutions that work globally across platforms, surfaces, and regions.

You will join the Connect design team in a hybrid role based in San Mateo and be part of the broader Sony design organization. You will collaborate with a global network of designers to elevate craft, advance systems thinking, and deliver forward looking, player centered experiences at scale. Own UX for a core platform surface, system feature, or end-to-end player journey.

Lead design from concept through launch across console, web, and/or companion experiences. Translate complex technical and platform constraints into intuitive, performant user experiences. Contribute to and evolve platform design systems and standards.

Facilitate critiques and drive high-quality design execution across teams. Present and communicate design decisions clearly to cross-functional and leadership stakeholders. Balance innovation with usability, accessibility, performance, and platform consistency.

BA/BS in Interaction or Product Design, Human Factors, or equivalent experience. ~5+ years of product or UX design experience, including platform or systems-level work.



~ A portfolio that showcases thoughtful, simple, deliberate & intuitive design, with extraordinary interaction, motion, and visuals. ~ Experience shipping complex, multi-surface experiences (console, mobile, web, or connected devices). ~ Robust systems thinking and interaction design skills. ~ High level of proficiency with Figma, including components, auto-layout, prototyping, tokens, animation, plugins, etc. ~ Bonus Deep knowledge of player behaviors, gaming culture, and industry trends. Proven ability to design scalable, localized experiences for diverse international markets. Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks.

Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category. We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity.

📌 Senior UX Design Researcher, Innovation (New Westminster)
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📍 New Westminster

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