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Game UI Designer
1 year ago
Pixelberry Studios is a top mobile games developer, creating fun and engaging games with heart for over nine years. We’re a division of Nexon, one of the Top 10 largest gaming companies in the world. Our studio is 3-for-3 launching games into the App Store's Top 25 Grossing chart. Our market-leading, award-winning mobile game, Choices: Stories You Play, broke into the Top 5 in the App Store. Our vision for success is based around innovative game design, diversity, and putting our players first!
We've seen firsthand the positive impact that games can make. Because of that, we leverage our commercial success to make a real difference: we have partnered with numerous non-profits, saved actual lives with our games, and donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to charities. Players love our games’ focus on racial, gender, sexual, and identity diversity while holding us accountable when they expect more.
Some of us at Pixelberry have worked together for over 10 years through multiple companies. As a result, we strive to create long-term relationships that help sustain our success. We continue to add new individuals who aren’t just searching for another stepping stone but a place to put down roots and actively make a difference. We love what we do and are looking for passionate, like-minded people who want to grow, learn, and make a difference together.
SUMMARY OF POSITION
At Pixelberry, we strive to expand the potential of narrative games. As we create new games and experiences in that pursuit, we are searching for a highly creative and detail-oriented Game UI Designer to help refine existing products and build the next generation of narrative games. This role will work closely with the Design and Product team to design UI features from our ambitious roadmap, collaborate with other Designers to create a cohesive product, and pioneer design methods that scale. The ideal candidate has experience creating high-fidelity UI assets. We are looking for candidates who can showcase a strong understanding of visual design and modern UI language.
Our headquarters are in Mountain View, CA but we can accommodate a remote work environment for a candidate from the following states: California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, and Washington.
Currently, all Pixelberry staff work remotely with the option to work in-office, if desired.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Create deliverables such as icons, optimized game-ready assets, wireframes, app flows, high and low-fidelity UI layouts, and interactive prototypes
- Clearly communicate your designs through the use of sketches, mockups, and prototypes
- Collaborate with other designers, leading brainstorming sessions and providing feedback to ensure a strong holistic product
- Work closely with engineering, production, and QA to implement the working software
- Provide accurate design estimates and advocate for the highest quality designs, striving to find elegant design solutions to reduce the impact on the rest of the team
- Contribute throughout the whole lifecycle of game development shipping fun, innovative features
REQUIREMENTS
- Portfolio of sample projects that showcases Design experience, including high-fidelity UI assets, ideally from a game.
- Bachelor’s Design degree or equivalent industry experience
- 5+ years of experience in UI/UX design or relevant visual design field
- Excellent UI design and visual design skills
- Shipped 2+ successful products or games
- Experience building out UI/UX interaction patterns, flows, wires, and animations
- Experience using Figma as both a Design and a communication tool
- Self sufficient and driven by a strong desire to learn new concepts and methodologies
- Strong communication skills and experience working with other Designers
- Good analytical, interpersonal, and problem solving skills
PLUSSES
- Experience or passion for narrative or interactive fiction games
- Experience creating Game UI assets for different genres (Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Etc.)
- Experience with UI animation
- Experience building interactive prototypes
- Experience with Unity
BENEFITS & PERKS
- Competitive salary
- High level of autonomy and freedom
- Rich & flexible health, disability, and employee assistance offerings to meet the needs of a diverse workforce
- 401(K) with matching program
- Paid Year-End Break
- For local employees that elect to work in-studio, a relaxed office environment with free food and snacks
- Virtual escape rooms, video game nights, trivia parties, and other team-building activities throughout the year!
HOW THIS JOB IS DIFFERENT
- Learn about the business side of mobile games. Our team is very good at what we do.
- Good work/life balance. We are family-friendly and look at things in the long term.
- That warm fuzzy feeling that you’re not just making a difference at a company, but in the lives of people all over the world.
Pixelberry Studios values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, Black/BIPOC, LGBT individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. Pixelberry is also an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.
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