Intermediate UI Artist

This Game Studio is looking for a talented Intermediate UI Artist to join our team. If you have a passion for mobile game systems and a desire to work in a truly cross-functional, small studio environment - we would love to hear from you!

This is a fully remote full time position in BC.

As an Intermediate UI Artist, you will create polished impactful visuals for the UI that enhance and elevate the overall player experience across different mobile platforms. You will collaborate closely with UI/UX Designers, Art Director, and the rest of the development team to translate wireframes and UX flows into high-fidelity, pixel-perfect art assets to ensure the player experience is clear, intuitive and enjoyable!

Responsibilities

• Turn UI/UX wireframes and flows into compelling and engaging UI visuals, with an understanding of player needs and motivations
• Create cohesive icons, components, screens and other UI elements that enhance the game's theme and art style
• Implement, update, and optimize UI art assets in Unity
• Create simple UI animations and transitions to improve overall feedback
• Work closely with UX Designers and engineers to ensure screens are scalable and function as intended across different types of devices
• Gather and iterate the visuals based on feedback
• Help maintain and expand an evolving UI style guide and component libraries
• Share creative ideas and solutions for the game's interactions, animations and interface to elevate the game's look and feel

Qualifications

• A strong portfolio showcasing UI work, with a great eye for layout, hierarchy, colour, typography and overall visual consistency
• Experience designing UI for games, with at least one shipped title or provided UI/UX for a live game
• Comfortable working with Unity to implement, update, and optimize art assets
• Proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, or other art programs
• Able to work closely together with designers, engineers and other team members to see designs through to implementation
• Creative mindset and ability to problem solve design and technical challenges
• Open to feedback and able to iterate quickly while keeping designs clean and cohesive

You must reside in BC and be qualified to work in Canada

Nice to have

• Creating FX for game UI
• Experience designing for UX
• Familiarity with version control systems like Git for managing art assets
• Have an interest in mobile games and what makes them fun!