This job listing expired on Aug 4, 2020
Playside Studios are seeking talented UI/UX Artists to join our team. The ideal candidate should have an eye for clean and playful design, possess superior UI skills, and have the ability to translate high-level requirements into coherent UI flow in order to create beautiful, intuitive, and functional user interfaces.
Primary Responsibilities
- Create UX wireframes, storyboards, etc. to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas
- Be able to implement ideas in-engine from whitebox prototype, all the way to a polished final product.
- Work within the UI team and assist in defining the look/feel of key user-interfaces and styles, engaging in all aspects of the design process to ensure a fitting and consistent art style.
- Construct menu systems, buttons, and other necessary UI assets as well as integrate those assets, iterating directly within the game engine to achieve desired results.
- Work with engineers and other team members in understanding the functionality necessary for implementing various interface / interaction solutions.
- Constant research & interpretation of latest UI trends, techniques, and technologies.
- To help in reinforcing great teamwork and amazing studio culture!
Required Skills
- At least three or more years of experience in designing user-interfaces for games and/or other related software mediums.
- Demonstrable UI design skills with a strong portfolio, showing an affinity toward casual/clean visuals
- Experience working within Unity3D, with specific proficiency using Unity UI and Animation systems.
- Moderate to high degree of experience within Photoshop.
- Proven ability to work on a diverse range of styles.
- Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively.
- Experience with software development processes, and working within production deadlines.
- Excellent verbal/written communication with both internal and external parties.
- Ability to clearly articulate reasoning behind design decisions.
Desired Skills
- Experience in 2D Art/Illustration
- Knowledge in C# scripting language.
- Experience working within Unreal.
- Experience developing for VR devices.
Please provide a portfolio with examples of relevant work.
All qualified candidates will be asked to take a skills assessment test.