Senior UI Artist

Summary

Join nDreams Studio Elevation, a leading VR studio, as a Senior UI Artist on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This fully remote UK-based position offers a competitive salary and involves implementing art direction for VR games, delivering UI solutions, and creating visually appealing assets. You will research and produce UI prototypes, utilize Unreal UMG and blueprints, and mentor junior team members. The role requires proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and a strong understanding of UI/UX principles. nDreams offers various benefits, including flexible hours, duvet days, personal development time, a pension scheme, health insurance, and life cover.

Requirements

• Competent with demonstrable versatility in digital techniques, focusing on Graphic Design, dynamic layout, composition, colour theory, and typography
• Use core Adobe software (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects and Adobe XD) to a highly proficient level
• Awareness for UI/UX principles
• Can, with autonomy, build upon and interpret new content within any given art direction to deliver a cohesive aesthetic
• Able to employ a clear design process building assets from initial brief to execution in UI
• Displays a interest and understanding of the Digital Games Entertainment Software industry, and how good UI plays a role
• Ability to develop visual ideas, critique others’ work respectfully and to react positively to constructive feedback to reach a satisfying solution
• Can create inventive solutions to design and wider developmental questions
• Can use good judgement and draw on experience to quickly explore and iterate ideas
• Effective time management, verbal and written communication and achieving a required level of finish within a given time frame
• A consistent attitude to deliver an effective environment conducive to mentoring
• Consistently strive to maintain or exceed the highest quality standards of the company with excellent attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Implement art direction for delivery on time and to standard, maintaining oversight beyond handoff to ensure art assets stay true to concept and project
• Deliver UI solutions for our games, demonstrating clear visual language, awareness and implementation of User Experience considerations
• Research and produce definitive mood-boards, storyboards, wireframes and prototype UIs that illustrate user flows, functions and visual goals
• Design and produce visually appealing and optimised art assets for use in game UI
• Use Unreal UMG and blueprints to create working flows, animate and build functionality into UI widgets
• Mentor others to share experience and skillsets, and helps to build the level of quality

Preferred Qualifications

• At least 2 years’ experience in an industry UI role
• Experience with Unreal UMG and other game engines
• Working knowledge of software such as Maya and Houdini
• Demonstrable Graphic Design ability
• Technical knowledge and skills relating to UI production and associated competencies
• Experience in working within a team environment in an intermediate to senior role

Benefits

• Flexible hours
• Duvets days
• Your birthday off
• Dedicated personal development time and support
• Regular socials
• Excellent holiday offering
• Pension scheme
• Health insurance
• Life cover