Senior UI Artist

2 Weeks ago • 4-8 Years • UI/UX Design

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Job Description

Playground Games seeks a Senior UI Artist to design and implement top-tier UI assets for the Fable reboot. Responsibilities include owning various UI features, collaborating with team members across departments, meeting deadlines, and maintaining high quality. The ideal candidate is an expert graphic designer with strong UI/UX skills and a passion for games development. They will mentor junior team members, stay updated on UI/UX trends, and contribute to a cohesive art style. The role demands exceptional communication, attention to detail, and a strong understanding of 2D animation and motion design.
Must have:
  • Proven track-record in UI development
  • Strong graphic design skills
  • Passion for UX design and accessibility
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Obsessive attention to detail
  • Passion for game development
  • Knowledge of 2D animation
Good to have:
  • Traditional illustration skills
  • Mentoring experience
  • Great interpersonal skills

Description

Playground Games is looking for a talented and passionate Senior UI Artist to help create a world-class interface for the Fable team 

About Us: 

As a first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and, most of all, fun. We are excited to be rebooting the much-loved Fable franchise and are expanding our diverse team to create a new classic in the action RPG genre.  

About the role: 

As an important member of the art team, you’ll work closely with our creative leadership to help build a AAA interface and to help shape the visual identity of our final product. From day-to-day, you’ll be involved in everything from planning and prototyping features to the concept and implementation of in-game assets. You’ll participate in regular show-and-tell sessions where you’ll pitch and present ideas to the team and collaborate to build an exceptional UI experience for our players. 

The ideal candidate is an expert graphic designer with an obvious passion for UI and games development. You should be a champion for your discipline and thrive in a highly collaborative environment where all opinions matter. You should be comfortable providing and seeking out feedback from your peers on a regular basis and always be striving to learn and hone your craft. You’re a driven and ambitious self-starter that’s a great team player, able to easily switch gears based on the requirements of the project. 

This is a once-in-a-career opportunity to join a growing new team of industry veterans and make your mark on something special right from start. If this all sounds awesome to you, don’t hesitate to get in touch! 

 

What You’ll do: 

  • Own various UI features. Design, concept and implement top-tier UI assets, maintaining a cohesive art style while ensuring smooth integration into the game. 
  • Collaborate and communicate effectively with lead, team members, and others across various departments, delivering tasks on time and maintaining high-quality standards.   
  • Mentor fellow team members through the sharing of your skills, providing clear constructive feedback and being an active team player. 
  • Stay informed about the latest trends in UI design and continually hone your skills. 

What You’ll bring: 

  • A proven track-record in developing exceptional UI experiences from start to finish. 
  • Strong foundational graphic design skills (colour theory, composition, typography etc). 
  • A passion for great UX design and accessibility in games. 
  • Excellent communication skills. 
  • A willingness to pick-up and learn our in-house tech and tools. 
  • An obsessive eye for detail. 
  • A strong passion for both playing and developing games. 
  • A good working knowledge of 2D animation and motion design. 

Desirable: 

  • Traditional illustration skills. 
  • Experience in mentoring and fostering creativity in other growing artists. 
  • Great interpersonal skills. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to make world-class games with an established, talented, and collaborative team at one of the industry’s most exciting first-party game studios.   

Playground Games is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we believe that diversity and inclusion fuels creativity.  We are dedicated to creating a safe, comfortable and welcoming working environment.    

We strive to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices of our team members.  It drives our innovation and connects us closer to our players.  We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion across age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.   

At Playground Games we recognise the importance of self-development, career progression, well-being and retention of our colleagues. We celebrate difference and welcome everyone to join us and to be themselves at work.  

If you require any reasonable accommodation to apply for this position, please contact us on recruitment@playground-games.com 

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About The Company

Playground Games was established in 2010, bringing together some of the most experienced and talented developers from the UK industry, with the vision to create genre-defining titles for a global audience. Since then, we’ve created five critically-acclaimed, award-winning hits; our Horizon games have garnered more than one hundred awards and have been played by many millions of fans. 


Today, Playground has two world-class studios in Leamington Spa. In our original HQ, we continue to support and grow the huge, vibrant Horizon community. In our new studio on the other side of town, we are excited to be developing Fable, a new beginning for the legendary franchise.

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