UI Designer

UK Remote or West Midlands Based – Birmingham/Worcestershire Area 

Please Note: We welcome applicants that prefer to work from home, so please get in touch!  

Role and Purpose

We are seeking a highly skilled and creative UI Designer to design and create visually appealing and user-friendly interfaces for our game development projects. The ideal candidate is passionate about user-centred design, as well as a skilled UI artist who stays up to date with the latest design & art trends and technologies and possesses excellent visual design and communication skills. 

Responsibilities

  • Create visually stunning and intuitive user interfaces for AAA games projects, following best practices in user-centred design across a range of visual styles. 
  • Collaborate closely with Producers, Engineers, Creative Director, and Design/Art teams to understand the project requirements and translate them into engaging and user-friendly UI designs. 
  • Ensure content is optimized for real-time rendering applications, in line with quality/performance targets, and compliant with project-specific constraints.    
  • Create wireframes, mock-ups, and previs using industry-standard design tools, effectively communicating design concepts and interactions. 
  • Work closely with your Leads and the Production team to help prioritize tasks and feedback, meet project milestones, and deliver high-quality work on time. 
  • Problem-solve technical issues and workflow hurdles within your field. 
  • Work with the Art team to ensure consistency, quality and coherence in visual design and artistic direction for each individual project. 
  • Stay up to date with the latest UI design & art trends, tools, and technologies that could benefit the wider team and actively contribute to the improvement of our pipeline. 
  • Conduct usability testing and analyse user feedback to identify areas of improvement and optimize the user experience. 

 

Requirements

  • A strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional visual design skills and a keen eye for detail. 
  • Highly proficient in using industry-standard UI tools such as Unreal Engine’s Unreal Motion Graphics to create polished, animated, and fully functional UI. 
  • Proven experience as a UI Artist, Designer or similar role, developing for multiple platforms. 
  • Solid understanding of user-centred design principles and best practices, and the ability to apply them effectively in the design process. 
  • Familiarity with user research techniques, usability testing, and data-driven design decisions. 
  • Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to find innovative solutions to technical challenges.  
  • Strong support-focused interpersonal skills, able to communicate and collaborate effectively.  
  • Give and receive critique well. 
  • Proven ability to manage your own time, working under deadlines whilst maintaining a high quality bar. 
  • A passion for bringing impactful interface design to life in a game environment. 

 

Desirable Skills

  • Programming knowledge, such as HTML, C++ or C# languages to a production quality level.  
  • Good working knowledge of C++ for Unreal Engine. 
  • Previous shipped title(s) within a relevant game production pipeline.  
  • Knowledge of accessibility standards and best practices. 
  • Experience collaborating with remote or distributed teams. 

 

Portfolio

Please send through any relevant documents/links to your CV, cover letter and/or portfolio. 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

 

What We Offer

Based just outside Birmingham, Flix offers a friendly, nurturing work environment with the opportunity to build games as part of an extremely talented, ambitious studio. The team is made up of welcoming, passionate, active gamers that support one another in all aspects of development. 

We also offer the following; 

  • Private healthcare.
  • Additional time off over Christmas on top of standard holidays.
  • Bonus scheme.
  • Team outings and events.
  • Summer and Christmas parties.

If you have the drive and skills for making games and think you have what it takes to work within our team then we’d love to hear from you.

For more information visit our site – www.flixinteractive.com

 

 

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