# UI Artist

## Details

- **Company:** [Keywords Studios](https://hitmarker.net/companies/keywords-studios.md)
- **Location:** Tokyo, Japan
- **Contract type:** Contract
- **Level:** Entry \(0–1 years\)
- **Tags:** UI Design, Graphic Design, Motion Design, Animation, Game Design
- **Posted:** 2026-07-16
- **Apply:** [View and apply on Hitmarker](https://hitmarker.net/jobs/keywords-studios-ui-artist-4467343)

## Description

## Company Description

Keywords Studios is a global provider of creative and technical services to the video games industry, with over 13,000 professionals across 70+ studios in 25+ countries. We support clients across the entire game lifecycle through four core Service Lines:

- Create — Game development, art production, and audio
- Globalize — Localization, localization QA, functional testing
- Engage — Marketing, LiveOps, community, and player support
- Media & Entertainment

In Japan, Keywords Studios delivers its full range of services across Create, Globalize, and Engage, supporting leading publishers, developers, agencies, and IP owners through both local and global teams.

## Job Description

***Applicants must be currently residing in Japan and possess valid authorization to work in Japan.***

**UI Creation**

- Maintain the vision of the game while crafting visual and functional systems for UI.
- Demonstrate creativity and the ability to adapt to various game styles and graphic styles.
- Produce assets that align with the project’s artistic direction and technical requirements.
- Develop polished assets optimized for real-time game engines.

**Collaboration & Production**

- Work as part of a team, collaborating with different disciplines and be proactive in problem solving technical and artistic.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams throughout the production pipeline to ensure artistic consistency and quality.
- Participate in reviews, feedback sessions, and iterative development processes.

**Technical Art & Optimisation**

- Ensure assets meet performance, memory, and platform-specific requirements across all gaming platforms.
- Apply strong understanding of optimisation techniques.
- Maintain consistency in quality while adhering to technical constraints and engine limitations.

**Innovation & Continuous Improvement**

- Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, tools, and workflows.
- Contribute ideas and improvements to pipelines and production processes.
- Continuously push the visual quality and innovation of game art production.

## Qualifications

**Required Skills and Experience:**

- Experience as a UI Artist within the video game industry, with a strong portfolio showcasing high-examples of UI Design, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics, Iconography.
- Strong understanding of UI and Interaction Design.
- Exceptional design, typography and motion design skills.
- Strong understanding of industry-standard software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects and/ or Animat.
- Experience creating optimized assets for modern real-time game engines such as Unreal Engine or Unity.
- Ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, communicate ideas effectively, and incorporate feedback throughout production.
- Knowledge of game development pipelines and the ability to adapt artistic styles to suit various game genres and target platforms.
- Fluent in Japanese and with a high degree of English language proficiency.

**Desirable skills and experience:**

- Passion for gaming and a strong understanding of market trends, player expectations, and gaming cultures across PC, Console, and Nintendo platforms.
- Experience successfully guiding and communicating with other art teams to ensure artistic vision and asset quality are maintained from concept through to final in-game implementation.

## Additional Information

**Employment Type:** 1-Year Contract

If you'd like to know more about Keywords Studios we recommend visiting our corporate site [HERE](https://www.keywordsstudios.com/en/)

Keywords is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and supportive working environment.

Role Information: EN

Studio: Keywords Studios

Location: Asia Pacific, Japan, Tokyo

Area of Work: Art Services

Service: Create

Employment Type: Full Time, Contract

Working Pattern: Remote

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Department: Art