Position: Senior UI Designer
Company: Simplify
Category: Design
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper
Published: 2023-04-01T00:00:00+03:00

The Senior UI Designer will be responsible for iterating on concepts, delivering high fidelity mock-ups, and bringing visual designs to life in the engine. Well-organized and structured, they must streamline and communicate the relevant information using visual means to lead the player through a gratifying gaming experience. This individual will work in close collaboration with the Art Director, Creative Director, game designers, programmers, and other team members.  

In this role you will :
Establish a consistent and cohesive vision for the presentation of the game interface across the project
Partner closely with the UX design to ensure form and function work hand in hand
Drive the visuals from conception, through development, implementation, QA and launch
Create high fidelity visual comps for game features, HUD, and iconography
Define, maintain, and propagate design style guides and reference documentation to support a coherent visual experience across the game
Collaborates with technical designers to ensure visual direction is technically feasible
Capable in the tool set, can implement example content. Can export assets, leverage the engine, and collaborate with programmers to bring assets to life in-game.
Contributes and may own pieces of development and maintenance of motion guide or equivalent 

What we're looking for :
- 5 to 8+ years of experience as a UI Designer (or equivalent) creating interfaces for video games.  
- A varied portfolio that demonstrates an understanding of graphic design, layout, motion design, iconography, and typography for games. 
- Good sense of designing user interfaces that is mindful of player comfort, empathy, UX thinking and accessibility recommendations. 
- Proficiency using Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop and Illustrator, After Effects)
- Knowledge of Figma 
- Attention to detail and solid organization
- Clear and concise communications style enabling to explain the thought process behind visual design solutions, and rally people around design goals
- Open-minded, friendly, and positive attitude
- Serious passion about gaming
- Experience with Unreal Engine UMG is a plus 
- Familiarity with materials and shaders for UI is a plus