Senior UI/UX Artist

4 Months ago • 4-8 Years • UI/UX Design

Job Summary

Job Description

Rovio Entertainment's Toronto studio seeks a Senior UI/UX Artist to create appealing and intuitive UIs for mobile games. Responsibilities include designing and implementing UI/UX assets (sketches, mockups, wireframes, animations, 2D assets), integrating assets into Unity, collaborating with artists and programmers, establishing visual direction, and ensuring UI functionality. The ideal candidate possesses expert 2D digital content skills (Photoshop, Illustrator), UI animation/motion design experience, and a strong understanding of 3D software (Blender preferred). Excellent communication, teamwork, and a commitment to quality are essential. The role is a hybrid position, requiring two days a week in the studio.
Must have:
  • Expert knowledge in 2D digital content applications (Photoshop, Illustrator)
  • Experience in UI animation/motion design and UI VFX
  • Experience in creating logos and icons
  • Previous experience working as a UI artist in Unity
  • Excellent communication and customer service skills
Good to have:
  • Working knowledge of 3D software and workflow (Blender preferred)
Perks:
  • Hybrid work model
  • Strong sense of community

Job Details

Rovio is part of the SEGA family and world famous for our flagship IP Angry Birds - want to know more about Rovio as an employer? Click here.

At Rovio Toronto we are a small and mighty team of passionate gamers. We have a knack for working with high profile brands and taking them to new heights in highly enjoyable and fresh games. Our current focus is mobile with aspirations to explore other platforms in the mid/long term as we recognize new opportunities in our constantly evolving market. Our human-scale keeps us nimble and means that everyone has a meaningful part to play.

We value transparency and candor, empowering each other to do our best work. Our hybrid work model allows for flexibility while still maintaining a strong sense of community.We follow a hybrid work model, with team members working from the studio two days per week.

Join us and help us build a culture of trust, passion, and innovation!

You will have impact and fun at work by doing:

    • Work in a wide range of styles and designs that are appealing and intuitive UIs for our games.
    • Research, design, implement, defend and challenge new UI/UX assets and features such as, but not limited to, sketches, mockups, wireframes, UI animations/VFX and 2D UI assets.
    • Integrate, test, and debug UI assets into Unity.
    • Collaborate with other artists, designers, and programmers and ensure that UI features and systems work as intended.
    • Collaborate with the Art Director in establishing the visual direction for our games.

Experience and skills we are looking for:

    • You have a growth mindset. You are always looking to learn new skills. What you’re good at: you want to get better. What you don’t know: you want to learn.
    • Expert knowledge in 2D digital content applications (Photoshop, Illustrator).
    • Experience in UI animation/motion design and UI VFX.
    • Experience in creating logos and icons.
    • Working knowledge of 3D software and workflow (Blender preferred).
    • Previous experience working as a UI artist in Unity.
    • Excellent communication and customer service skills.
    • Ability to work independently and as a part of a team.
    • Be a champion and ambassador for quality and excellence within the Art Department.
    • Empathy and ability to understand the point of view of others, especially the players.
    • Business level spoken and written English proficiency.
We welcome applicants to use the name they want to be addressed by in the application form, regardless of whether it is their legal name.

At Rovio, we are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities or special needs in our working environment and job application procedures. We are committed to continuously improving workplace accessibility. If you have any questions before applying, please write to us at recruitment@rovio.com.

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About The Company

Rovio Entertainment Corporation is a global mobile-first games company that creates, develops and publishes mobile games, which have been downloaded over 5 billion times. Rovio is best known for the global Angry Birds brand, which started as a popular mobile game in 2009, and has since evolved from games to various entertainment, animations and consumer products in brand licensing. Rovio has produced The Angry Birds Movie (2016), and its sequel, The Angry Birds Movie 2 was released in 2019. The company offers multiple mobile games and has eight game studios – one in Espoo (Finland), one in Stockholm (Sweden), one in Copenhagen (Denmark), one in Barcelona (Spain), two in Montreal and one in Toronto (Canada). The studios also include a subsidiary in Izmir (Turkey) called Ruby Games, which was acquired in 2021. Most of the employees are based in Finland where Rovio is headquartered. The company’s shares are listed on the main list of NASDAQ Helsinki stock exchange with the trading code ROVIO. Sega Europe Limited has acquired more than 90 percent of Rovio’s issued and outstanding shares and will delist the company from NASDAQ Helsinki stock exchange as soon as permitted under applicable laws.

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