Horizon Blockchain Games Jobs in Toronto, Canada

At Horizon, we’re building a New Dimension where Internet economies are fun, accessible, and for the benefit of all participants. Skyweaver, a digital trading card game, is a fun and challenging TCG where players can win, own, trade, and sell their NFT game items. With its novel game economy, it puts players's first.

As a UX Designer, you will be responsible for advocating and understanding our users and creating delightful experiences to make Skyweaver even more fun and engaging! We are looking for someone hungry for knowledge and enthusiastic about understanding our users' "hows" and "whys." You'll collaborate with a multi-cultural talented team of creative people that are eager to create a fantastic game.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver wireframes, user flows, user journeys, and interactive mockups
• Take a user-centered design approach and rapidly test and iterate your designs
• Gather and evaluate user requirements in collaboration with project stakeholders
• Conduct user research and usability test when necessary
• Interpret data and qualitative feedback

Skills and requirements

• Have experience with UX processes, including user research, usability testing, IA, design, etc.
• A solid grasp of user-centered design, planning and conducting user research, user testing, rapid prototyping, heuristic analysis, usability and accessibility concerns
• Self-sufficient; able to manage workload and meet project deadlines
• Knowledge of standard UX design tools like Figma, Sketch, InVision, Photoshop
• Growth mindset: Open to receiving feedback and constructive criticism

What you'll do:

• Plan and execute user studies such as usability tests and user interviews to learn user preferences, attitudes, behaviours, and feedback in collaboration with the data analytics team
• Write reports including findings and recommendations that drive user discovery and future design improvements
• Participate in strategic discovery and decisions about design
• Create and present UX deliverables like Task flows, wireframes, and prototypes
• Test your prototypes with real users
• Take the initiative and run small projects while being an active team player who understands that efficiency is driven by collaboration and teamwork
• Constantly participate and contribute to refine the UX methodology of the company

Why Horizon?

· A chance to deliver massive impact at a small and quickly growing company
· Competitive salary and equity package
· Accelerate your career by joining at the early stages
· Be part of defining Web3, the next generation of the Internet, and creating symbiotic economies where both users and creators share in the value generated by networks
· Work with an outstanding team made of wonderful people who have built and sold successful companies, launched amazing products, and have rich experience in infrastructure, architecture, blockchain, games, finance, investing, strategy, consulting, design, marketing, community, and more.
· Work life balance unlike the “crunch” culture you find at larger studios
· New PC, and generous allowance for work-from-home setup
· Health, dental, and vision benefits
· We’re conscious about mental health and have modern vacation policies
· We invest in everyone’s personal development and subsidize courses, books, and conferences, so you never stop learning
· Work on hard, big, meaningful problems that can shift markets
· Learn more about our values and the traits we embody at https://careers.horizon.io/

We are committed to diversity and encourage applicants from all backgrounds, genders and faiths. While we're building incredible products, we also want to add to our wonderful team and company. The best way to do that is to attract talented folks from all areas and to have their experiences inform their work.

Horizon Blockchain Games focuses on Video Games, Internet Infrastructure, Online Gaming, and Blockchains. Their company has offices in Toronto. They have a small team that's between 11-50 employees.

You can view their website at https://horizon.io or find them on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.