UI/UX Director

Department: Art

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Remote

Reporting To: Sebastian Livall

Description

Key Responsibilities

• Define the long-term vision and strategy for UI/UX across all current and future titles.
• Champion best-in-class usability, accessibility, and visual clarity for all user interface systems.
• Work closely with executive leadership, creative directors, and product leads to align UI/UX goals with game and business objectives.

• Oversee and unify the efforts of the UI Art, UX Design, and UI Engineering teams to ensure consistency and innovation.
• Provide creative and technical feedback across wireframes, visual mock-ups, interaction flows, and implementation.
• Ensure design consistency, platform-appropriate behaviour, and a high level of polish across all UI systems.

• Recruit, lead, and mentor a world-class UI/UX team, including artists, designers, and engineers.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing environment that supports growth and innovation.
• Define processes and pipelines that promote efficiency, scalability, and cross-functional communication.

• Collaborate with engineering leadership to define and refine UI frameworks, tools, and runtime systems.
• Ensure the UI codebase is performant, maintainable, and aligned with the studio’s technical standards.
• Evaluate and anticipate future UI technology needs (e.g., motion design systems, data-driven UIs, live-service adaptability).

• Ensure the UI/UX experience is intuitive, immersive, and engaging, with an emphasis on player retention and satisfaction.
• Support and integrate feedback from user research, playtests, and analytics to continuously refine and optimize UI systems.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in UI/UX design or development for games, with at least 3 years in a leadership/directorial role.
• Shipped at least one AAA title in a UI/UX leadership capacity.
• Strong understanding of UI frameworks, rendering pipelines, and front-end programming (e.g., C++, Blueprint, Scaleform, Unity UI, Unreal UMG).
• Deep knowledge of interaction design principles, accessibility standards, and game platform requirements.
• Proven ability to manage large cross-functional teams and lead multi-project initiatives.

• Experience with live-service or cross-platform titles.
• Background in motion design, animation systems, or HUD development.
• Familiarity with UI tools pipelines (e.g., Figma, Photoshop, After Effects, proprietary layout editors).

Benefits

• Unlimited coaching & therapy — with Oliva, to support your mental health
• Stock Options — everyone owns a piece of our success
• Pension scheme — up to 5% employer matched contribution to finance those golden years
• Socials — office & remote events, play sessions and company-wide parties
• And even more benefits based on your location!

• 25 Annual Leave + 8 bank holidays - we’re flexible with most bank holidays so you can use the time to celebrate what’s important to you
• Private Medical Insurance - full cover with AXA
• Healthcare Cash Plan - Level 3 cover with Medicash
• Cycle2Work Scheme - lease a bike through us and save on tax too!
• Electric Car Charging - electric car charging at our Port office in Edinburgh, Scotland.