UI Artist - Leamington Spa, United Kingdom - Kwalee

Kwalee

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Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Title - UI Artist

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Reports Into:

Lead Artist

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Location

Hybrid/ Leamington Spa

A Little Bit about Kwalee.

Kwalee is one of the world's leading multiplatform game developers and publishers, with well over 900 million downloads worldwide for mobile hits such as Draw It, Teacher Simulator, Let's Be Cops 3D, Airport Security and Makeover Studio 3D.

We also have a growing PC and Console team of incredible pedigree that is on the hunt for great new titles to join TENS, Eternal Hope, Die by the Blade and Scathe.

What's In It For You?

Hybrid working 3 days in the office, 2 days remote/ WFH is the norm
Flexible working hours we trust you to choose how and when you work best
A dog friendly office (There's dogfree areas too, if pooches aren't your thing)
Profit sharing scheme we win, you win
Private medical cover delivered through BUPA
Life Assurance for long term peace of mind
On site gym take care of yourself
Relocation support available
VISA Sponsorship available
Quarterly Team Building days we've done Paintballing, Go Karting & even Robot Wars
Pitch and make your own games on Creative Wednesdays
An amazingly well equipped office with ping pong, darts, pool tables and video games while keeping refreshed with free snacks and a stocked kitchen (we have every kind of milk imaginable)

Are You Up To The Challenge?
Creating a new UI system from the ground up. Fresh start, clean slate, nothing to hold your creativity back. Follow the industry's trends or set your own.

Your Team Mates

With the stroke of their brushes, our game art teams bring vibrance and colours to the lights and clockwork of our Kwalee games.

As creative doers, they not only offer look and feel, but they also use time and business constraints to solve aesthetical challenges unsolvable by clever design.

What Does The Job Actually Involve?

Defining the look and feel of the game. Main screens, Dialogue windows, buttons and everything else is your sandbox
Working closely with our UX artist and Game Design team. Prototyping, testing ideas.
Participating in art reviews and being receptive to feedback and art direction
Troubleshooting any art issues from a creative and technical standpoint.

Your Hard Skills

4 years minimum experience as an Artist in the game industry with at least 3 of those as a UI art specialist in F2P mobile games.
A portfolio that showcases your UI art talents
Experience in Unity, implementing and iterating on your UI designs
Solid understanding of art and design fundamentals
A desire to learn new skills.
You're a team player with a desire to help others in the team and teach them the tricks of the trade

Your Soft Skills
Kwalee has grown fast in recent years but we're very much a family of colleagues.

We welcome people of all ages, races, colours, beliefs, sexual orientations, genders and circumstances, and all we ask is that you collaborate, work hard, ask questions and have fun with your team and colleagues.

We don't like egos or arrogance and we love playing games and celebrating success together. If that sounds like you, then please apply.

A Little More About Kwalee

Founded in 2011 by David Darling CBE, a key architect of the UK games industry who previously co-founded and led Codemasters, our team also includes legends such as Andrew Graham (creator of Micro Machines series) and Jason Falcus (programmer of classics including NBA Jam) alongside a growing and diverse team of global gaming experts.

Everyone contributes creatively to Kwalee's success, with all employees eligible to pitch their own game ideas on Creative Wednesdays, and we're proud to have built our success on this inclusive principle.

We have an amazing team of experts collaborating daily between our studios in Leamington Spa, Lisbon, Bangalore and Beijing, or on a remote basis from Turkey, Brazil, Cyprus, the Philippines and many more places around the world.

We've recently acquired our first external studio, TicTales, which is based in France.

We have a truly global team making games for a global audience, and it's paying off: - Kwalee has been voted the Best Large Studio and Best Leadership Team at the TIGA Awards (Independent Game Developers' Association) and our games have been downloaded in every country on earth - including Antarctica