DESCRIPTION
Amazon is all in on games.
If you share our belief that games will produce some of the future’s most influential voices in media and art, come join us. You’ll have the power of Amazon Web Services’ cloud, Twitch, Amazon eCommerce, and our digital and physical media publishing infrastructure available as raw material to forge a future filled with amazing experiences for players, broadcasters and creators. Our team includes industry veterans of dozens of titles including Thief, System Shock 2, Everquest, Half Life 2, Left for Dead, Age of Empires, Halo, Portal, Borderlands 2, Gears of War, Forza, The Last of Us, and H1Z1. Amazon Game Studios is looking for a talented interface artist to help us develop the look and feel of our UI.
You will be responsible for:
- Providing iterative mockups of a variety of game screens, including menus, social UI, and the HUD. Be prepared to explore the same layouts from multiple angles.
- Help to establish and hone the look and feel of the UI, including color schemes, buttons, iconography, and visual FX.
- Create animatics (in After Effects, Flash, or the program of your choice) showing how UI elements move, wipe, and respond to user interaction.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years experience in the games industry
- 1+ shipped AAA title as a UI artist.
- Portfolio demonstrating a strong sense of layout and composition that incorporates color, font choice, and a balance between aesthetics and readability. Include at least one example of using animation in a design.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- A strong background in motion graphics, title sequences, and modeling, or a more generalist UI artist with previous experience in menu design and layout.
- Expert level experience with Photoshop and/or Illustrator.
- Experience working in game development (pc or mobile), motion graphics for film or tv.
- Familiar with either Scaleform, Flash, After Effects, Maya, Cinema 4D, or equivalent software.
- Work in marketing or graphic design.
- Experience with 2D animation, Motion Graphics, or Visual Effects Animation.
- Basic scripting skills for Actionscript, HTML, or Javascript.
- Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role.
- Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role.
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.