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Are you a bold artist with strong UX knowledge and a seasoned expert in developing fresh, art-rich & varied looks for UIs?

Paradox is looking for a Senior 2D UI Artist to be a champion in the art team: developing the overall look of our UIs with a meticulous eye for detail, high quality artwork and strong knowledge of UX. You will work closely with the Art Director in shaping the overall vision of our game UIs across a wide variety of themes - from historically accurate period conflicts to fantastic space faring colonisation!

As a Senior 2D UI artist at Paradox, you will collaborate closely with our UX and Production Teams to ensure cohesive execution of UIs that are easily digested by new players. You will also help craft our game art hands on by creating whatever UI elements, art assets, art styles and supporting artwork that our games may require. You will have the opportunity to carry out thorough historical research, mentor less experienced artists and create art briefs for outsourced assets. Quality checking artwork from outsourcers to ensure consistent high standards is also a key part of the role.

Essential:

  • Experience creating user interfaces from concept, through prototype to final
  • Strong knowledge of UX to facilitate collaboration with our UX team.
  • Highly skilled creating high quality UI art and illustrations from scratch with the portfolio to prove it
  • Ability to create as well as adapt to and follow a variety of artistic styles
  • Articulate in contextualizing decisions, communicating ideas and giving feedback
  • Comfortable using English in spoken and written form

Desirable:

  • A passion for the strategy game genre
  • An interest and understanding of world culture and history
  • Knowledge of After Effects and 3D software.
  • Skills in CSS, Actionscript, Javascript and HTML

This is a great opportunity to have a huge impact on our best-selling strategy games. You will be a central member of the world's leading game developer for Grand Strategy games!

As part of the recruitment process, you may be asked to perform a test.

Practical information
Scope: Fulltime and permanent
Reports to: Art Manager
Location: This position is based in Stockholm

If you think that this description matches your background, we highly encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we will interview candidates continuously for this position. In your application, please show us why your previous experiences and skills would work for this role and why you are interested in working at Paradox. If you don't match all the requirements, please demonstrate how your passion, attitude and interest in Paradox might compensate for this.

Since we strive for a diverse and inclusive workplace, we highly encourage anyone, no matter who you are, to apply for this job if you think that you'd be a great addition to our team.