Senior UI Artist - London, United Kingdom - Sharkmob

Sharkmob
Sharkmob
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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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The role:


As a Senior UI Graphic Design Artist at Sharkmob, you will play a big role in creating visually captivating and intuitive user interfaces for our game titles.

Leveraging your expertise in graphic design and user interfaces you will collaborate with cross-department teams to craft engaging and immersive interactive experiences that resonate with stakeholders and players.


Responsibilities:


  • Collaborate closely with the Art Director, Game Designers, Programmers and your Lead to design and create visually stunning and intuitive user interfaces that enhance the player experience and seamlessly integrate with the game world.
  • Help to develop and maintain a consistent visual style and design language for UI elements, ensuring that they are inline with the overall art direction of the game.
  • Create amazing UI elements that enhance immersion and storytelling, integrating UI seamlessly into the game world and narrative
  • Stay up to date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and design techniques to continuously improve the quality and innovation of our UI designs.
  • Incorporate motion graphics and animations into the user interface to enhance interactivity and provide visual feedback to players. Create engaging transitions, animations, and dynamic elements that elevate the overall user experience.
  • Collaborate with User Experience (UX) designers to ensure that UI designs are userfriendly and intuitive, providing a seamless gameplay experience.

Requirements:


  • Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in UI/UX design, with a strong emphasis on designing for video games.
  • Exceptional graphic design skills, with a keen eye for typography, color theory, and composition.
  • Proficiency in industrystandard design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.) and Figma.
  • Strong portfolio showcasing a range of UI designs, including examples of high quality UI elements and integration into game worlds.
  • Solid understanding of game development pipelines and the ability to collaborate effectively with crossfunctional teams.
  • Experience creating UI assets for various platforms (PC, console, mobile), with an understanding of technical limitations and considerations.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to receive and provide clear, constructive feedback to team members.
  • Passion for gaming and a deep understanding of how UI/UX design contributes to player engagement and immersion.


Sharkmob London is a brand-new AAA studio in the heart of London, with aspirations to build one of the largest and most creatively ambitious development teams in the world.

Just like the original Sharkmob studio in Malmö, Sharkmob London was founded by a team of industry veterans. As a part of Tencent Games we have the experience, backing, and ambition to build the games of the future


Remuneration and benefits:


  • Competitive salaries based on uptodate data from external benchmarking providers & reviewed annually.
  • 30 days annual leave, in addition to all UK Bank Holidays.
  • Hybrid workfromhome policy.
  • Discretionary annual performancebased bonus.
  • Private pension (10% total, up to 5% individual contribution matched by Sharkmob).
  • BUPA private Healthcare, Cigna dental cover, life insurance scheme and income protection policy.
- £425 yearly preventative healthcare allowance.

  • Core studio hours 10:0016:00 with 1 'wellness hour' to be used per week.
  • Daily breakfasts, snacks & refreshments at the studio.
  • VISA sponsorship (individual & dependents).
  • Relocation assistance for people outside the UK (1 month accommodation, flights/travel paid for, logistics/removal costs reimbursed).
  • Assistance for people relocating within the UK (reimbursement for expenses on travel into London for flat viewings and moving vans/couriers)
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