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UI Artist - Frontend

With a passion to deliver high-end cinematic games, Supermassive Games is carving a unique and exciting path in the games industry. Want to join us on the journey?

Supermassive Games are seeking a Frontend/UI Artist to work on one of our exciting new projects!

The Role

You will be creating high-quality and engaging UI and motion design content for use in our games currently in development.

Key Responsibilities

• Concept, design and pre-visualisation of frontend menus and UI elements to a brief provided by key stakeholders such as the art director and game designer
• Creating production art assets and working closely with a front-end programmer to ensure they are implemented accurately in game
• Meeting work targets and milestones deliverables in a high-pressured full production environment

Requirements

Experience

The ideal candidate will have:

• A strong portfolio showcasing high quality immersive interface experiences, motion graphic animation and 2D art that demonstrates experience in designing game menus and UI.
• Minimum of one shipped title, with experience in all stages of a project life cycle.
• Understanding of current UX and UI design trends within AAA titles.
• A strong interest in graphic & motion design, typography and colour theory.
• The ability to follow an artistic vision and work within the boundaries of a style guide.
• A drive to constantly push graphic design quality
• Attention to detail
• The capacity to take on board constructive criticism
• Good collaboration with the art team and other team members on the project.
• A highly positive proactive work ethic
• Excellent communication skills.
• Good organization, problem solving and time management skills

Essential Technical Skills
Adobe Creative Suite: Being highly proficient in After Effects, Illustrator and Photoshop.

Desirable Technical Skills

• Experience with commonplace UI/UX software such as Sketch, InVision, Adobe XD or Figma
• Game development experience
• Experience with general prototyping processes
• Experience running user testing sessions
• Experience creating style guides
• Unreal Engine 4

To enjoy working at Supermassive you also need to be:

• Flexible and open-minded
• Determined and self-motivated
• Prepared to rise to a challenge
• Always striving for quality
• Creative and innovative

Benefits

Why join us?

• We make big games with small teams - you will play a full and active role
• Challenging and rewarding projects as standard
• 25 days annual leave
• Pension and life assurance
• Social events - including large summer party
• Constantly improving tools and workflow so you can focus on creativity
• Fast decision-making allows good ideas to flourish
• We celebrate and nurture talent
• Our supportive, inclusive and friendly team culture is something we are proud of
• Work-life balance is something we respect and protect
• Ultimately, you’ll work on the cutting edge - making innovative and immersive game