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We’re Criterion, and we love making games!

For more than fifteen years we’ve entertained millions of players around the world with our award-winning games. Our talented people have expressed their passion for world-class game feel, AAA audiovisual quality and technical innovation in the Burnout and Need for Speed series and and more recently in Battlefield 1, Star Wars X-Wing VR, Starfighter Assault and Arcade for Star Wars Battlefront II and Firestorm for Battlefield V.

We believe that healthy, engaged teams make great games, so we place enormous value on collaboration, fresh ideas, and unique perspectives. We’d love to hear yours! Crunch doesn’t help make a better game. We don’t do it. For the past three years we are very proud to have been recognised by gamesindustry.biz as one of the best places to work in the UK. Let’s talk about how you could be a part of it.

What a Senior UI Technical Artist Does At Criterion

We are looking for creative and collaborative people to build the game’s User Interface. You will ensure it is implemented efficiently within the game’s visual scripting and layout engine following engineering principles.

You will work in a team with other UI TAs, Designers, Artists, Engineers and a Producer to build seamless and immersive interfaces to make the player’s experience as intuitive and appealing as possible.

You will use your experience to help mentor the UI TA team, improve workflows and create assets for the interface as part of a creative and collaborative team.

You Will Need

  • Experience leading development of UI features from concept design to live service.
  • Expert understanding of a visual scripting system.
  • Excellent troubleshooting skills for UI issues.
  • Understanding of various gaming platform limitations and requirements.
  • Love of art and games

What’s in it for you? Glad you asked!

Naturally, we offer great benefits packages, but more importantly, because we love working with outstanding creators, we maintain a culture that appreciates creative freedom and autonomy.

  • Great compensation package, annual bonus scheme and stock plans.
  • Benefits including private medical insurance, dental care, pension scheme and life insurance.
  • Extras like employee discounts, Rail season ticket loan, free games.
  • 25 days holiday (including 3 days company shutdown days between Christmas & New Year)
  • Two annual staff parties (Summer and Christmas)

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We’re based in the lovely town of Guildford – 35 minutes from central London.

Our office has an onsite café and gym and is a short walk from the train station and town centre.