Studio: Aspyr Media, Inc.
Job Opening: UI Artist
Location: Austin, TX, US
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Reporting to the UI/UX Lead, the UI Artist will collaborate closely with the UX and Design Team, Art Director, Engineers, QA, and Production to implement and optimize user-friendly interfaces, including graphics, icons, and buttons to help players understand complex games or game features. Additionally, the UI Artist may create and optimize animations, design typography to match the theme of the game and add to the usability of the game overall.
- Generate and optimize assets for menus, HUD, buttons, widgets, icons, buttons, backgrounds, data displays, top-down maps, and other game features that help players understand complex games
- Collaborate with the UI/UX Lead, User Experience Designer, Art Leads, Game Designers, and Engineers to iterate on features until they reach shippable quality
- Translate flowcharts and wireframes into fun, usable, and visually polished UI systems
- Create assets that maintain and develop the visual identity of current and upcoming titles
- Help problem-solve technical hurdles of tools and improve our pipelines
Qualifications & Skills:
- 5 or more years of experience in the games industry as a Technical Artist or UI Artist managing game projects from concept to implementation
- Ability to rapidly prototype and iterate through solutions
- Experience with Unreal Engine and UMG UI Designer software
- Experience with Photoshop and Illustrator and knowledge of 3D programs such as Maya, or 3DS Max
- Good understanding of graphics optimization practices
- Excellent communication and organization skills
- Motion graphics, 3D, or VFX experience is a plus
