Senior UI Artist

Escape Velocity is seeking a talented Senior UI Artist with experience in AAA quality UI Art implementation using Unreal Engine 5 or similar engines. The role involves driving the UI Art vision, collaborating with UX, Art Directors, and Game Director, and delivering high-quality UI assets from prototypes to final implementation. The ideal candidate will be accountable for UI Art quality, work collaboratively with various teams, and contribute to shipping product features on time in a fast-paced, fully remote environment.

Must Have

• Drive the vision for UI Art on Escape Velocity’s projects
• Collaborate with UX, Art Directors, and Game Director to pitch vision
• Effectively plan and communicate work, ensuring realistic goals and dependencies
• Deliver high-quality UI assets throughout the development process
• Be accountable for the quality and consistency of UI Art produced
• Work collaboratively with UX Design, Tech Design and Engineers
• Actively participate in the creation and implementation of design systems, game menus, HUD elements, Iconography, UI materials and shaders, UI animation and motion design
• Work quickly and effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Be flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity
• Contribute to shipping product team features on time and to quality
• Flag new and emerging design patterns or systems to the Art Directors
• Collaborate with the greater UXUI Department to ensure consistency and quality

Perks & Benefits

• Generous PTO allowance
• Summer and Winter holidays studio closure (separate to PTO allowance)
• Private Medical & Dental Healthcare
• Private Mental Health scheme
• Generous annual Health & Wellbeing allowance
• Discretionary Studio Bonus
• Top range tech for your home set up
• Other benefits based on your region

Description

What we are looking for:

We are looking for a talented Senior UI Artist to join our team who has experience implementing AAA quality UI Art in Unreal Engine 5 or other comparable game engines. You will possess a deep understanding of user interface design within the gaming industry and have a passion for creating visually stunning and intuitive UI experiences.

Requirements

What we will do together:

• Drive the vision for UI Art on Escape Velocity’s projects by embracing the art style and direction defined by the Art Directors and using the art style guide as the backdrop to create UI that is both in alignment with UX’s wireframes and is thematically perfect to the art style.
• Collaborate with UX, the Art Directors, and the Game Director to pitch your vision, before doing some of your own strong implementation against that plan.
• Effectively plan and communicate work, ensuring realistic goals and dependencies.
• Deliver high-quality UI assets throughout the development process, from early prototypes to final implementation in the game engine.

What you will bring:

• Be accountable for the quality and consistency of UI Art produced on the team.
• Work collaboratively with UX Design, Tech Design and Engineers to create AAA quality UI experiences; actively participate in the creation and implementation of design systems, game menus, HUD elements, Iconography, UI materials and shaders, UI animation and motion design.
• Work quickly and effectively in a fast-paced environment; be flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity; contribute to shipping product team features on time and to quality.
• Flag new and emerging design patterns or systems to the Art Directors.
• Collaborate with the greater UXUI Department to ensure consistency and quality is maintained.

Benefits

Interested? A bit about Escape Velocity:

Escape Velocity is a team of passionate, talented developers working at a studio that offers excellent benefits, on what we believe is a once-in-a-career project with a committed publisher. But that doesn’t necessarily make us unique. What does make us special? We value the time, energy, and talent of our players and our colleagues. We want every hour spent developing and playing our games to be an incredibly rewarding and worthwhile use of your time. To that end, we are ‘Fully Remote’ and support team members nearly anywhere in the world. We prioritize honesty, even when that means sharing bad news. We strive to give everyone autonomy so they can determine how best to work and play, and we care more about what you bring to the game and studio than how many hours you’re clocking. We’re dedicated to building a culture of play, which not only makes us better game makers, but also strengthens the bonds between us all. We believe in constant improvement across all areas – from the game itself to our production design – and are constantly re-evaluating how we spend our time to ensure that we’re not wasting yours and we’re all always working on the most important things.

A few benefits you can expect from us:

• A generous PTO allowance
• Summer and Winter holidays studio closure (separate to PTO allowance)
• Private Medical & Dental Healthcare
• Private Mental Health scheme
• A generous annual Health & Wellbeing allowance
• Discretionary Studio Bonus
• Top range tech for your home set up
• Other benefits based on your region