UI/UX Artist
UK Remote or West Midlands Based – Birmingham/Worcestershire Area
Please note: We welcome applicants who prefer to work from home; however, we cannot offer visa sponsorship for this opportunity at this time.
Role:
We are looking for a talented and creative UI/UX Artist to help design, own and deliver visually appealing and user-friendly interfaces, both for Flix’s own internal projects and our high-profile co-development partners. As a key member of our UI team, you will utilise your technical understanding and visual design expertise to balance aesthetics and usability, creating interfaces that are both visually engaging and intuitive for players. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills, solid work ethic and a positive, proactive attitude.
Responsibilities:
- Create visually stunning and intuitive user interfaces for AAA game projects, following best practices in user-centred design – from conception to implementation in-engine.
- Create mock-ups and prototypes using industry-standard design tools, effectively communicating UI concepts, interactions and user flows.
- Create polished UI assets, iconography and supporting visual elements suitable for implementation in-game.
- Follow and uphold UI style principles, maintaining consistency across the project and ensuring content aligns with the game’s aesthetic, branding and gameplay requirements.
- Actively participate in UI reviews, giving and incorporating feedback to improve the quality, consistency and usability of the user experience.
- Follow best practices for UI asset creation, implementation and optimisation, ensuring interfaces maintain visual quality, usability and performance across target platforms.
- Pro-actively communicate and collaborate across discipline teams to help uphold the game’s quality bar, design principles and delivery requirements.
- Work closely with your Leads and the Production team to help prioritize tasks and feedback, raise issues, and deliver high-quality work on time.
Essential:
- Proven experience as a UI Artist in games, with a strong portfolio demonstrating excellent visual design skills, attention to detail, and the ability to communicate complex information clearly and effectively.
- Strong understanding of the UI Art creation and implementation pipeline for game engines, particularly Unreal Engine.
- High proficiency in relevant industry-standard software, such as Photoshop, Figma, and Unreal Engine’s UMG.
- Ability to create and implement UI animations and transitions within a game engine.
- Demonstrated core UI Art skills, including hierarchy, composition, readability, usability and accessibility.
- Experience designing for multiple platforms and input methods.
- Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work positively in a team environment.
- Ability to manage your time effectively and own end-to-end delivery of your work.
- A passion for gaming and a drive to deliver visually stunning and captivating gaming experiences.
Desirable:
- Experience with UI requirements for console certification.
- An eye for graphic design principles, branding and visual identity development.
- Skills in adjacent creative disciplines such as illustration, motion graphics, animation or 3D content creation.
- Knowledge of accessibility best practices and a passion for making gaming accessible.
- Previous shipped title(s) within a relevant game art production pipeline.
What We Offer:
Based just outside Birmingham, Flix is made up of welcoming, passionate, active gamers that support one another in all aspects of development. We offer you to:
- Join a friendly, nurturing work environment with the opportunity to build games as part of an extremely talented, ambitious studio.
- Work on market-leading AAA titles and IP with globally reputable studio and publisher partners.
- Be part of a sustainably growing game developer studio as we consciously expand our team and projects on a case-by-case basis.
- Learn within an independent studio across a wide range of projects and opportunities both internal and external.
Application:
Please send through your portfolio and cover letter. If your examples are from previous works with another studio, please make sure samples are cleared for release by copyright owners. Links to an online portfolio are preferable, otherwise we accept showreels via Dropbox or other secure sharing platforms.
Send your application to – careers@flixinteractive.com
If you love making games and you would like to contribute to a team and project where your drive and skills will be welcomed and encouraged, then we would love to hear from you.
GDPR COMPLIANCE – When applying for this job you’re authorising Flix Interactive to store your application information and distribute it to the appropriate email inboxes of senior team members in order to review your role eligibility.
Your application will be stored on a private cloud based online system for processing. If you would like us to update, delete or refine your application please email info@flixinteractive.com. Your request will be appended within 30 days of receiving your email.
Please note – In compliance with GDPR law your data will be used for recruitment purposes only. We are unable to accept candidates requiring visa sponsorship for this opportunity at this time.
