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UI Technical Artist
2 years ago
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What We Do:
Founded by an incredible entrepreneurial team, including the Co-Founder and former CEO of YouTube, the Founder and former CEO of Zappos, and the Co-Founder and Chief Creative for BLITZ Agency - our current CEO, GreenPark is the first sports and esports metaverse where fans connect, compete, and level up with one another. Here, you suit up, get recruited by your favorite team and go head-to-head against your rivals in epic battles. Now you can prove, once and for all, that you are the MVF (Most Valuable Fan)! Make game predictions, play mini games, and join a virtual Watch Party to cheer on your favorite team. Collect digital trading cards of your favorite players, level them up, unlock rewards, challenge friends to mini games and deck your Greenie out in your best gear. We are currently partnering with Riot Games, the LCS, NBA, La Liga with other esports & sports leagues coming soon.
User Interface Technical Artist
Job Description
GreenPark is looking for a seasoned and versatile UI Technical Artist with a knack for visual design and the technical prowess of implementation in Unity 3D. As GreenPark’s UI Technical Artist , you aim to craft best in class visuals, through bridging interface design with game art. You will work cross-discipline between the visual design lead, UX Design, animation and motion, vfx, audio, and engineers, with the ultimate goal of realizing UI mock-ups to reality. As a creative team member, you will convey UI clarity and world class design aesthetics to offer players the best experience.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with the Art Director and Technical Art Director to establish a consistent visual clarity, design language, and player feedback.
- Design UI Architecture and system catered to product and feature needs.
- Create interactive UI prototypes and proof-of-concepts in Unity3D.
- Contribute to design and implementation of UI assets in-engine.
- Collaborate with engineers to carry designs from concept to final implementation within constraints.
- Proactive in solving technical problems before they arise.
- Apply and maintain cohesive user flow throughout gameplay systems and features
- Iterate usability through player feedback and optimize for simplicity, clarity, and functionality.
- Set the standard for UI hard and fast rules and ensure best practices are maintained.
- Ensure scalable layouts across devices with product localization challenges in mind.
Required Skills:
- 3+ years working as a Technical UI artist/designer in video games using Unity3D.
- Comfortable working with C# and/or Visual Scripting.
- Passion for UI workflow optimization and efficiency.
- Experienced implementing dynamic UI artwork in Unity3D.
- Advance in Photoshop, Illustrator, and/or After Effects
- Solid understanding of Maya.
- Experienced in combining 2.5D, 3D, with UI.
- Experienced in overcoming challenges of mobile UI from an artistic and technical perspective.
Desired Skills:
- Foundation in graphic design.
- Great eye for motion design and vfx.
- Experienced working in Adobe XD, Figma and/or Sketch
- Ability to work well within a dynamic, cross-discipline, and iterative team environment.
- Self-motivated, collaborative, excellent interpersonal skills.
- Positive attitude and an ability to receive and provide objective feedback.
- Awareness of latest trends in user interface design.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
Note: Please do not forget to submit your portfolio for review with your submission.
What we offer
- Opportunity: With a small, core team of talented people, iterating and scaling fast, you ’ ll be hands-on and learning right away.
- Location: We have two amazing offices - LA (Calabasas) and SF (Downtown Burlingame).
- Culture: We strive to be welcoming and inclusive. As an early team member, you ’ ll be active in recruiting decisions ensuring we build a culture you want to be part of.
- Salary: A competitive salary with stock options.
- Benefits: Option to join a Health, Vision and Dental benefits plan with growing benefits as the company is growing.
- Time-Off: Flexible PTO
- Away Games: With a team split between Los Angeles (Calabasas) and Burlingame, there ’ s occasional travel.
Please note: We do NOT offer H1B sponsorship or transfers at this time.
We find ourselves in unusual times and as such, both of our offices are on a Work From Home schedule due to COVID-19. But don't worry, we have your back when it comes to provisioning all the necessary hardware you will need to perform at the top of your game all from the comfort of your home.
Please remember to include your Portfolio for review with your submission.
What We Offer:
- Opportunity: With a small, core team of talented people, iterating and scaling fast, you’ll be hands-on, collaborating and learning right away
- Locations: Although our headquarters is in Los Angeles, we are currently a remote workforce in California, Washington, Texas, North Carolina, Nevada and New York. Flex work options coming in 2022
- Culture: We strive to be welcoming and inclusive. As an early team member, you’ll be active in recruiting decisions ensuring we build a culture you want to be part of
- Salary: A competitive salary with stock options
- Benefits: Currently offering employee-created benefits covering Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, LTD/STD, FSA, Dependent Care FSA, Life Insurance, EAP and home office stipend
- Time-Off: Flexible PTO
Who We Are:
Sports is more than a game, and so are we. Genuine collaboration, integrity and heartfelt camaraderie is what makes us a true team. We believe in the success of our company, partner relations and that our player community must ultimately be driven by the strength of our inclusivity, diversity and integrity. We believe that we must be the global community that we are building for. This is what creates the Future of Fandom. This is what makes us GreenPark.
Where You Can Find Us:
Try GreenPark for yourself and let us know what you think! Check us out on the app stores: iOS & Android
Check out our website to get even more details on who we are and what’s coming! https://greenparksports.com/
Please note: We do NOT offer H1B sponsorship or transfers at this time.
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