Beachhead Studio, an Activision developer located in Santa Monica,
CA, is creating an all-new digital platform and service for the Call of Duty
franchise, Call of Duty® ELITE. Call of Duty ELITE will support in-game integration and bring online experiences and console play together for the first time. For additional information about ELITE, visit http://www.callofduty.com/elite

We have an immediate opening for a talented User Experience Lead to join our team. 

Responsibilities:

• Gather business, interface, and data structure requirements for interactive Web and Mobile applications. 


• Work within the house Design and User Experience team to define interactive experiences. 


• Manage mixed teams (IA, Visual Design, Front-End Development, Vendors) to deliver web site enhancements on time and to spec.
• Prepare paper prototypes and click-through demos of key application interface functionality.


• Produce design artifacts for project deliverables, such as annotated mock-ups, wireframes, user interface elements and interaction workflows
• Incorporate site analytics and customer feedback and apply them intelligently into iterative design solutions.


• Bring projects from concept to realization - doing everything possible to ensure their success.

Required Skills:

• 5+ years of professional web application design experience with an emphasis on interaction, and visual design.
• Experience managing direct reports.
• Experience across the entire product lifecycle (lived through multiple launches)
• Expert abilities with the Adobe InDesign, XHTML, CSS, Rails, and Javascript
• Solid understanding of the capabilities of Web browsers across multiple platforms, and the constraints involved in designing for online media
• Ability
  to rapidly produce multiple visual concepts
• Voracious appetite for all things Web; if it is happening, you already know about it.
• Ability to communicate or prototype transitions and animations within the user interface. 
• Passion and experience in working on mobile and console applications a huge plus.
• Have the adaptability and perseverance to produce multiple rounds of designs in
  pursuit of the most user-friendly solution.
• Expect to engage in an ongoing healthy debate about design vs. user experience.
• Passion for solving interactive problems and finding the easiest, simplest way for users to get from point A to Z.
• A skilled communicator who welcomes honest, candid feedback.