UI/UX Designer - CA Sofia
About the job
Summary
Creative Assembly in Sofia, Bulgaria seeks a skilled UI/UX Designer for their Total War franchise. Collaborating with the UI Lead and team, you'll design intuitive and visually appealing interfaces, prototyping and creating assets for new and existing features. You'll work with game designers to define gameplay interactions and user flow, ensuring a high-quality player experience. Responsibilities include collaborating across teams (design, art, programming), creating interface designs, delivering high-quality assets, maintaining style guides, staying current on UI trends, suggesting workflow improvements, and mentoring junior team members. A strong portfolio is required.
Must have:
- Proven UI/UX experience on UI-heavy software
- Excellent UI/UX & visual design skills
- Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects proficiency
- Attention to detail and passion for quality
- Problem-solving mindset and ownership
- Fluent English (written and spoken)
Good to have:
- Game production pipeline experience
- Motion design experience
- Understanding of user research
- Traditional art skills
- Total War franchise familiarity
Perks:
- Additional medical and dental insurance
- Additional holiday allowance
- Annual discretionary bonus
- Career development pathways and training
- Public transportation card
- Monthly food vouchers
- Wellbeing support
- Free games and merchandise
- Free breakfast
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Description
We are looking for a highly skilled UI/UX designer to join our talented and motivated UI team working on the Total War franchise at our studio in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Working directly with the UI Lead, the right candidate should be able to demonstrate excellent creative, technical, and visual skills. You will be an accomplished designer capable of prototyping and designing intuitive and beautiful interfaces that immerse the players and improve their overall experience. This is an excellent opportunity to hone and expand your design skills to a high level, working on one of the industry’s most interface rich games.
Please note that applications for this role must include a portfolio/showreel (attached or as a link) and applications without such will not be considered.
Mid and Senior Designers are all welcome to apply.
Working directly with the UI Lead, the right candidate should be able to demonstrate excellent creative, technical, and visual skills. You will be an accomplished designer capable of prototyping and designing intuitive and beautiful interfaces that immerse the players and improve their overall experience. This is an excellent opportunity to hone and expand your design skills to a high level, working on one of the industry’s most interface rich games.
Please note that applications for this role must include a portfolio/showreel (attached or as a link) and applications without such will not be considered.
Mid and Senior Designers are all welcome to apply.
Key Responsibilities
As a UI/UX designer you will work closely with the current team to develop concepts, layouts, design and assets for new or existing UI features. You will determine gameplay interaction in the collaboration with game designers and create the best possible user flow.
As a UI/UX designer you will work closely with the current team to develop concepts, layouts, design and assets for new or existing UI features. You will determine gameplay interaction in the collaboration with game designers and create the best possible user flow.
All applications for this role need to include a link to a portfolio.
On a day-to-day basis, you will:
On a day-to-day basis, you will:
- Interact and collaborate with team members from different work units (design, art, programming, etc.)
- Design the functions, appearance and handling ease of the interface and prototypes by working in collaboration with game design, user research and programming teams.
- Deliver high quality assets
- Help maintain and craft the style guide, documentation, and design system
- Keep up to date and communicate the latest UI trends with the team.
- Provide workflow improvement suggestions to improve productivity.
- Work with outsource partners as required.
- Mentor and offer feedback to more junior members of the team.
- The ability to work independently and take ownership of one or more areas of development.
Knowledge, Skill and Experience
Essential
- Proven experience as a UI/UX designer on UI-heavy software products
- Excellent UI/UX design skills including – wireframing, interaction design, prototyping, informational hierarchy
- Visual design skills including – composition, typography, iconography, colour theory
- Toolset: Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, AfterEffects
- Technical knowledge and a desire to learn in-house implementation tools
- Attention to detail and a passion for making quality products
- A problem-solving mindset with the ability to take ownership & responsibility
- Ability to communicate and present ideas effectively
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken
- A team player, able to take advice and feedback from their colleagues in a respectable manner
Desirable
- Obsessive gamer, interested in why things work, not just what and how
- Experience with game production pipelines and tools / 1 shipped title
- Experience in motion design
- Understanding of user research methods.
- Traditional art skills.
- Interest and experience with the Total War franchise or other games in the strategy genre
About Creative Assembly
Creative Assembly crafts deep and detailed games that last, entertaining millions of players across the globe for decades.
We are all game makers and we care deeply about the experiences we create. We empower our teams to make significant contributions to our games, supported by skills development and growth opportunities.
We are located in Horsham, UK in Newcastle, UK and Sofia, Bulgaria.
Creative Assembly crafts deep and detailed games that last, entertaining millions of players across the globe for decades.
We are all game makers and we care deeply about the experiences we create. We empower our teams to make significant contributions to our games, supported by skills development and growth opportunities.
We are located in Horsham, UK in Newcastle, UK and Sofia, Bulgaria.
We offer many benefits to support you and your family including:
- Additional medical and dental health insurance for you, your partner and kids, life insurance, and free health care screening
- Additional holiday allowance plus full studio closure over the Christmas and New Year period, as all Bulgarian Bank holidays
- Annual discretionary studio bonus
- Defined career development pathways and personalised training support including; SEGA Dev Day, internal masterclasses, prestigious creative workshops, on-site training with renowned specialists and global conference attendance
- Public transportation card
- Monthly food vouchers
- Wellbeing support with an employee assistance programme
- Free games and merchandise plus access to our extensive games library
- Free breakfast every day - toast, cereals, yoghurts, fresh fruit, soft drinks and more in our fully stocked kitchen
- Options for subscribing to additional health, wellness and sports services
- Office massages
- Studio parties for you and your family; such as our Summer and Christmas parties, Children’s day party, wrap parties for game releases
- Our studio sites have disabled access.
Note to Recruitment Agencies: SEGA Europe Limited and our studios do not accept unsolicited candidate introductions from unauthorised third parties. For the avoidance of doubt, SEGA Europe is not liable for any fees, compensation or any other costs associated with the introduction of a candidate or recruitment services unless and until an agreement has been duly executed. Further details can be found here.
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