Decentralized Disney

Lead UI/UX Designer

Location
Remote
Job Type
Full-time
Experience
1+ years
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Jay Rosenkrantz
Jay Rosenkrantz
Founder

About the role

Heroic Story is building a web 3 game show that uses NFTs and tokens to help creators make more money and contribute to the creation of valuable narrative IP. Reporting directly to the Head of Product, you will be one of the early 10 team members that is going to play a key role in defining our users' experience for navigating Heroic Story on our mobile and desktop web app. Our team has a unique culture where engineers and designers are both heavily involved in the product design process.

Where you will make an impact:

  • Work cross-functionally with the Lead Engineer and Head of Product to iterate on designs and get them in front of real people in our Discord community
  • Conduct user interviews
  • Contribute to the overall aesthetic and design philosophy as we continue to iterate
  • And whatever you can dream up! — at this early stage, ideating on design and inspiring your team members is part of the job, and you will have creative freedom to explore what's possible with this novel web3 tabletop game.

What you bring:

  • 2+ years of experience working alongside engineers, product managers, and other designers shipping real products
  • A strong command of Figma for prototyping, iterating and sharing your work
  • Minute attention to detail and a love for using data to build beautiful products for our users
  • The ability to turn limited information and uncertainty into bold, concrete product design decisions
  • Excellent communication skills
  • An open, growth mindset when giving and receiving feedback
  • Basic understanding of HTML and CSS
  • A self-starter attitude to drive toward design decisions, ship, and iterate

Bonus Points:

  • previous experience designing UI/UX for web app games
  • can illustrate and work with 3D libraries and animated SVGs
  • love tabletop rpg games 🎲
  • passion for learning about web3 design, creator economy, and NFTs (+1 bonus point if you already own some 😀)

If you don't fulfill every single requirement, we'd still love to hear from you!

About us

We are building the next version of tabletop gaming — an online, text-based role-playing game, and a companion app for browsing our marketplace and exploring character backstories and lore.

The mission of Heroic Story is to unlock new ways for creators to earn passive income by participating in our community.

Joining Heroic Story means jumping on a fast-moving train where you'll get plenty of agency and the potential to make a sizeable impact at an early-stage tech company that's expanding how creators earn. These are unsolved, open-ended problems with tons of room (and need) for creativity. Help us take Heroic Story to the next level!

Benefits

  • Work remotely
  • Full access to our virtual office in Gather.town!
  • Competitive compensation, benefits, and meaningful equity
  • Generous PTO policy and mental health days
  • Work-from-home equipment/design stipend
  • The opportunity to join a passionate team in building something that makes creators' lives more connected and fun

Why you should join Heroic Story

We're building decentralized Disney, and starting by creating a collaborative, community-owned worldbuilding game powered by smart contracts and NFTs. We're well-capitalized to build for the long run,with funding from top entertainment and crypto funds, and gaming industry angels including the co-founder of Twitch and co-founder of Kabam. The impact of decentralized technologies on the world will be seismic, and we're at the beginning of the next dotcom boom. Web 3 tools are in their infancy and blockchain computing faces significant challenges. We're going to solve so many interesting problems and build the most knowledgeable and talented creative community in the world. Join us on the wild ride and help pioneer how these technologies will impact the future of meaningful storytelling and entertainment.

Heroic Story
Founded:2019
Team Size:7
Location:Los Angeles, CA
Founders
Jay Rosenkrantz
Jay Rosenkrantz
Founder
Scott Rosenkrantz
Scott Rosenkrantz
Founder