UX/UI Artist
For over a decade, KIXEYE has operated in the competitive gaming sector - focusing on innovation, quality, and accessibility. With multiple games across both web and mobile platforms, KIXEYE has a strong history in releasing high quality strategy games focused on the experience of our players. KIXEYE is a global corporation keen to hire and retain the best talent from around the world, with our operations center located in Western Canada and employees across the United States, Australia, Vietnam and Spain.
Benefits and Perks at KIXEYE
- Compensation: We offer a competitive compensation structure
- Health, Dental & Vision Insurance: Good health is essential to your wellbeing. Always look and feel your best at KIXEYE.
- Life & Disability Insurance: If you are ever knocked off your feet, you can rest assured that we’ll have your back.
- PTO / Holidays: You work hard, balance makes for better work. It’s your time off, use it however you want.
- Continuous Improvement: An annual budget to inspire you to pursue learning.
- Work-Life Balance: Flexible working times and places.
- Remote work: All staff work remotely, and we offer a WFH stipend to help you get set up at home.
- Company Events: We love engaging our staff in employee team building activities!
Can you execute swift decisions when necessary, and take complete ownership in regard to following those decisions through? Can you adapt seamlessly to any situation all while remaining calm and completing all your other many to-dos? Does working amongst a group of extremely creative and passionate individuals excite you? If so, KIXEYE could be the place for you.
KIXEYE is seeking an UX/UI Artist to work on our mobile games that we’re developing in Vietnam.
You’ll be tasked with designing and creating UX/UI assets based off of wireframes/flows created by our team for smartphone and tablet games, as well as creating innovative new ways of interacting with handheld devices. We'll be looking to you to push the boundaries of what can and should be done to make player interactions with our games better and more fun than anything that's been done before.
What you get to do everyday:
- Creating detailed iconography for use in several different games.
- Creating and compositing art for in game stores, event banners and promo materials.
- Develop new UI art styles for upcoming projects.
- Work closely with the Art Director, Engineering team, Product Managers and Producers to develop a high quality UX/UI for our mobile products
- Work with art leads to validate mobile flows before implementation of designs .
- Create art in Illustrator and Photoshop for a variety of tablet and phone devices
What you bring to the role:
- 2+ years experience creating innovative UI for mobile products; 4+ years of experience creating other types of interactive UI/UX.
- Strong understanding of UI and usability principles.
- Some experience working in Unity Technologies game engine. Any knowledge of its UI systems and tools is a bonus.
- Design portfolio of previous UI work and mobile projects.
- Aware of current trends in mobile and game UI designs.
- Strong graphic design skills, particularly in iconography creation, typography, HUD elements, and screen layouts.
- Strong artistic sense with a focus on creating simple, user-centered experiences.
- Advanced experience Photoshop and Illustrator required.
- Knowledge of Apple and Google UI Human Interface Guidelines - you've read the documentation and understand what is possible, while always continuing to push on the boundaries.
- Ability to iterate quickly in a demanding environment and be open to regular artistic feedback.
- Experience taking features from concept to final in-game art.
- Versatile enough to create assets in several different art styles.
- Excellent communication with product and engineering teams.
- Self-motivated worker with ability to prioritize and manage workload to meet critical project deadlines.
- Passion for games is a must.
Location: Vietnam; Remote Work
Reports to: Art Lead and Art Director
**Applicants must include a link to their personal work portfolio to be considered**