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Unity UI/UX Designer

Endless Studios
Remote Arizona
1 year ago
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Reporting To: Art Lead

Location: Although we are headquartered in the U.S., we operate as a globally distributed team and are open to the position being based anywhere, provided you are open to traveling as is reasonably required to collaborate in person with others from the team.

About Endless Studios:

Endless Studios is a youth-centered studio where the next generation of creators apprentice with professionals to create worlds and develop games for an ever-expanding metaverse where you can make anything and mod everything.

Inspired by the collective culture of open source software communities and the creative culture of game modding communities, Endless Studios will operate as a globally distributed, massively open game making studio and learning community

About the Position:

We believe that empowering inexperienced game makers to both learn and create games requires an innovative approach to the user experience of the creation tools they use. We are seeking an experienced UI/UX Designer with game developing experience and experience in the Unity3D game engine to help us develop this approach.

Our in game UX should be able to accommodate editor interfaces that are more approachable than those of professional tools, while at the same time helping scaffold users towards using those professional tools. We also see value in creation experiences that are collaborative and social (and the UX that allows for them). As UI/UX designer, your work will make an important contribution to supporting the next generation of game makers.

Key Responsibilities

  • Plan and craft designs for multiple real-time in game editor interfaces
  • Plan and design UI/UX for menus and gameplay
  • Work with the UI Engineer to implement and layout UI designs
  • Develop standards to maintain consistency of UI/UX across the range of products and experiences that will comprise our service

Desired Experience and Skills

  • Experience in working with game UI/UX and UI/UX in the Unity game engine.
  • Experience with creating friendly user interfaces that allow users to create content
  • An understanding of consistency and standards across a broad spectrum of products in a service
  • A strong knowledge of approaches and techniques used to solve common UI/UX challenges
  • An ability to collaborate with art and engineering teams

It’s a bonus if you have...

  • Multiplayer game experience in any context
  • Experience designing user experiences for learning and/or accessibility
  • Samples of completed Unity game projects you have directly contributed to
  • UI designs available to discuss (implemented or not)

Endless Studios Background

www.endlessstudios.com

Endless Studios was established as an independent venture in the fall of 2021 by E-Line Media and Endless Network to harness the power of games to help the next generation of creators understand and shape their world.

Endless Studios brings together the leadership teams and innovative platforms these organizations have collaborated to create including The Endless Mission (www.theendlessmission.com), a community-driven creation sandbox game where you can you can make anything and mod everything, and Terminal Two (www.terminaltwo.com), a game-based learning platform where players learn the fundamentals of coding and computational thinking through a diverse collection of games where hacking is a key mechanic.

About E-Line

www.elinemedia.com

Across the planet we spend billions of hours a week playing video games. E-Line is a video game developer and publisher dedicated to helping make this incredible investment of time and energy both fun and meaningful. E-Line was founded over a decade ago to develop games that catalyze curiosity, explore meaningful themes, and provide gateways to new perspectives and interests. Our consumer games with meaningful themes (e.g. Never Alone , Beyond Blue ) and our game-based learning platforms (e.g. Gamestar Mechanic , MinecraftEDU ) have reached a global audience of over 10 million players across channels and been used by over 15,000 schools and after-school programs.

E-Line is globally recognized as a pioneer in the games and impact sector. The company is regularly featured at gaming conferences, educational forums, and other global convenings. E-Line has also been a key driver of a number of high-profile impact game initiatives, including the National STEM Video Game Challenge (launched at the White House by President Obama), the Games and Learning Publishing Council (funded by the Gates Foundation) and the ASU Center for Games and Impact.

E-Line is a double-bottom-line, for-profit enterprise whose investors seek market-level financial returns and positive social impact.

About Endless Network

www.endlessnetwork.com

Endless Network is a global network of companies, foundations, non-profits, technologists, and advocates who want to unlock human potential through technology. We are dedicated to empowering the next generation to succeed in the digital economy. We work to transform the lives of kids and young adults by expanding access to technology and information; and by helping them develop 21st century skills.

We believe kids can have fun and learn at the same time. Creating immersive games that teach real coding concepts will help our communities prepare more youth for STEAM careers of the future and equip teachers and parents with reliable tools to keep their students engaged and motivated.

At Endless Network, we not only create epic coding games that kids love, we also partner with organizations that advocate for digital literacy, work to equip youth with tech skills, and promote careers in the new economy.

Endless Studios is is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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