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Senior UI/UX Designer
1 year ago
At Space Ape, we are focused on building world-class player experiences. Our games are fun, fresh and brimming with personality, so we want to share them with everyone. This means our players are always at the core of our design process.We have an extremely exciting opportunity for a highly talented UI/UI designer to take our hit music game, Beatstar to the next level. The ideal candidate will be intrinsic to the experience design and visual quality of Beatstar’s user interfaces. They will possess a solid understanding of mobile game UX, demonstrate superior visual design skills, be able to translate high-level requirements into best-in-class interaction flows, and transform those flows into beautiful, intuitive, and functional user interfaces.
Responsibilities
- Design creative, player-focused, user-friendly wireframes, user flows, animations and supporting material for our Beatstar;
- Produce stunning User Interface art assets that compliment and enhance the existing Beatstar style;
- Work hands-on with developers and other artists to implement user interfaces into software;
- Act as the player advocate during the development process, subjecting early-stage designs to usability testing and/or expert review to iteratively improve solutions.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience creating user interfaces for mobile applications including video games
- An outstanding body of work demonstrating UI solutions
- Excellent visual design skills with regard to colour theory, layout and typography with a sensitivity to user-system comprehension and interaction
- Solid experience in information design, creating user flows, wireframes, prototypes and other UX design material
- Proven ability to work with designers, producers and engineers to develop the designs through an iterative process
Bonus Skills
- Experience using the Unity Game Engine;
- Passion for mobile games, music and music apps;
- Experience in conducting user research and evaluating user feedback.
Why Space Ape is right for you
- Be a part of one of several small empowered teams who inspire and challenge one another in the pursuit of our mission
- Autonomy to make your own impact with the support to help it happen
- Designated ‘Ape Space’ creative time where you are free to work on game concepts and ideas away from your day to day
- The freedom to further your skill set the way you want with a generous training budget
- An award winning studio that has been crowned one of the best places to work, for the last 5 years in a row!
- Help run and create games which bring joy to millions of players all over the world
- 5* Glassdoor rating - Check out our reviews
- Entered a long-term strategic partnership with Supercell in 2017
- Competitive salary & stock options
About Space Ape
At Space Ape we pride ourselves on our passion and the trust we place in our people. We look for passionate, productive, team players who are relentless in their pursuit of our mission. There’s no bureaucracy here, we just get things done. Space Ape’s mission is to make the highest quality and most successful mobile games in the world. Founded in 2012 we’ve since launched five games that have been installed by over 100 million people and generated over $250m revenue.
We are part of the Supercell family, giving access to some of the most talented game makers on the planet.
It’s an incredibly exciting time here at Space Ape Games. We have projects at all stages of the development cycle, along with a fast paced environment that promotes genuine autonomy. We recently global launched our exciting new music game, Beatstar! We are also working on a new multiplayer game set in the Boom Beach universe.
Our studio is currently 120 strong and built around the belief that small empowered teams make the best games. This philosophy enables us to innovate, move faster and have the creative ownership required to make the greatest games on mobile.
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