We are BossAlien, part of the NaturalMotion family. Our mission is to bring AAA console visuals and deep compelling gameplay to mobile platforms. For the past three years NaturalMotion Studios have been named one of the Best Places to Work in the UK games industry by gamesindustry.biz.
Hiring Update: The safety of our candidates and team members is our top priority. During the COVID-19 pandemic, our workforce transitioned to working from home, with all interviewing and onboarding being conducted virtually until further notice.
Job Purpose
We are looking for UI Artist to join us at BossAlien, a division of NaturalMotion, in creating Star Wars™: Hunters, a competitive arena combat game for the Nintendo Switch system and mobile devices. Star Wars: Hunters will bring players together to engage in thrilling, team-based, multiplayer battles featuring a diverse array of distinctive new Star Wars characters.
You will be responsible for interface design for different sections of the meta, and the implementation of the network of screens /menu graphics, to ensure a positive and intuitive player experience as possible. You will conceptualize and design industry-leading graphics, while working as part of a dedicated games team to provide high quality implementation of the User Interface. You will also have an opportunity to push and share your skills, learn from experienced peers and collaborate with Designers and Concept artists
Key Roles & Responsibilities
- Produce User Interface designs for all areas of the game
- Produce high quality mock-ups of the UI pages
- Create Icon art work
- Prototyping UI functionality
- Technical implementation as per design
- Asset management
- Assist in scheduling
- Ability to work well as part of a team
- Able to take direction and constructive criticism
- Adaptable and enthusiastic
- Proactively helps identify tasks and issues
Required Skills & Experience
- An outstanding portfolio which showcases your knowledge of UI design
- Experience working as an UI Artist
- Good working knowledge of games and the games industry, particularly social and mobile games
- Demonstrated experience with console and/ or IOS / Android platform development
- Experience with Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects
- Solid graphic design skills
- Can iterate documents that convey clear and complete user/data flows prior to development. Using Visio or similar layout tools
- Passionate about, and have good knowledge of UI design, art and culture
- Ability to create high quality assets and screens in the required timeframe
- Excellent communication skills
- Attention to detail, good work estimation
- Passionate about making games
Desirable Skills & Experience
- Experience of social game development
- Strong illustration skills
- Experience of UI mock-up software (Marvel or XD)
What do we offer?
- Competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus scheme and Zynga stock allowance.
- Create next-gen games that will be played and loved by millions of players around the world.
- Work in a family-friendly, collaborative team that invests in your development and growth on-the-job.
- A diverse team of friendly, fun and supportive co-workers.
- Flexible working hours & crunch-free working culture.
- Communal music and laid-back atmosphere.
- Summer/Christmas parties and Happy Hour in the studio each Friday.
- 25 days holiday plus Christmas shutdown and public holiday.
- Private medical care and healthcare cash plan.
- Life insurance and critical illness insurance.
- 6 months fully paid maternity leave or 3 months fully paid paternity leave.
- Annual rail season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme.
- Well stocked office kitchen and free Monday studio lunch.
NaturalMotion is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, religion, pregnancy, marital status or veteran status.
