Social Product Designer, Communities

As a Product Designer, you will define UX strategy for Roblox’s Community Platform and design end-to-end experiences for community tools. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance community engagement and optimize user interactions.

Responsibilities

• Be the go-to designer for Roblox’s Community Platform, defining UX strategy and collaborating on the roadmap for Forums, Groups, and Guilded
• Develop a deep understanding of community-building dynamics, including user needs, behaviors, and motivations
• Design end-to-end experiences that make it easy for users to form and manage groups, participate in discussions, and build vibrant online communities
• Optimize community engagement tools by enhancing social discovery, reputation systems, moderation features, and user-generated content interactions
• Deeply care about craft by creating visually compelling and intuitive user interfaces across devices and surfaces for a global audience
• Collaborate with the Foundation Design Systems team and co-develop new patterns and UI components to ensure consistency and scalability
• Understand the role of younger players, teen and adult players, brands, creators and studios to create a community strategy that serves all audiences
• Understand and communicate with your design work how to engage users and build deep online friendships and connections
• Optimize user flows, connection opportunities and the social graph to enhance and deepen community on Roblox
• Leverage analytics and user feedback to identify pain points and implement data-driven improvements
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior designers, fostering a collaborative and innovative design culture
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, influencing and aligning design decisions
• Partner with engineering by providing high-quality design specs and partner on implementation to deliver a high-quality, high-craft experience
• Present design journeys and strategies at the team level

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Product Design, User Experience Design, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, or a related field
• Proven experience (5+ years) in UX/UI design, with a strong track record of delivery innovative consumer social community experiences
• Strong portfolio showcasing exceptional visual design skills and user-centered design thinking
• Solid understanding of user-centered design principles and best practices
• Expert knowledge of community and communication design patterns and familiarity with e-commerce, 3D Avatars and gaming experiences
• Proactive problem solving and project management skills, with the ability to lead and inspire a design team
• Deep understanding and passion for the gaming industry, especially user-generated content platforms like Roblox
• Keen interest in user experience trends, industry advancements, and emerging technologies
• Ability to balance business objectives, user needs, and technical constraints in design solutions
• Compelling storyteller with strong communication and presentation skills
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to work cross-functionally and influence design decisions
• Motivated and always expanding your skills by looking for new tools and techniques
• End to end systems thinker that advocates for holistic and connected user experiences
• Proficient in design tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Blender, Maya or similar software
• Investigative and inquisitive about product goals from both a company's and user's perspective, promoting a learning culture both within the Product Design team and the larger Roblox organization

Key Skills

• UX/UI design
• Visual design
• User-centered design
• Community and communication design patterns
• E-commerce
• 3D Avatars
• Gaming experiences
• Project management
• Communication and presentation
• Collaboration
• Systems thinking
• Design tools (Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Blender, Maya)