Job Description
- Prior experience designing for mobile games
- Skills in Unity (particularly in the area of UI and particle effects)
- Designing screen flows & wireframes for intuitive interaction
- Assisting in gameplay design to ensure it is intuitive, fun and polished
- Specifying in-game elements to convey information and emotion to the player
- Identifying the information needed to be available for the player at any given time
- Collaborating closely with programmers, artists, and project coordinator and product lead
- Ability to understand the product from a user’s point of view and empathise with the players
- Familiarity with the mobile games ecosystem and monetisation best practices
- Excellent control of Photoshop, Illustrator and other industry standard UI/UX tools
- Very strong interpersonal and team skills
- Ability to work on multiple projects and effectively prioritise work
- Agile development culture allows you to actively shape all aspects of the game you work on
- Work on exciting original IP for a large fanbase
- Work with supportive & like-minded people
- Become part of a positive culture that values teamwork and a ‘get things done’ attitude
- Great work/life balance
- Full time salary with leave allowance
[EXPRESSION OF INTEREST ONLY]
Role: UX Designer
Location: Adelaide CBD
Salary Package: Competitive (based on professional experience)
Contract Length: 12 months with strong possibility of extension for the right people
Employment Basis: Full time
Key Responsibilities
The UX Designer will work across project teams to ensure all end products are intuitive to use, and are delivered with a polished look and feel. The role will involve:
– Designing screen flows & wireframes for intuitive interaction and avoidance of player confusion
– Assist in gameplay design to ensure it is intuitive, fun and polished
– Specifying in-game elements such as particle effects needed to convey information and emotion to the player
– Identifying the information needed to be available for the player at any given time.
– Collaborating closely with programmers, artists, and project coordinator and product lead to ensure a consistent, high quality user experience.
Experience Required
Studio experience in a similar role highly regarded but not compulsory if you have outstanding skills.
Skill Requirements
– Ability to understand the product from a user’s point of view and empathise with the players
– Live and breathe the mobile games ecosystem with familiarity of monetisation best practices
– Excellent control of Photoshop, Illustrator and other industry standard UI/UX tools which can be used to convey ideas to stakeholders
– Very strong interpersonal and team skills.
– Ability to work on multiple projects and effectively prioritise work
Additional Skills You May Have
– Prior experience designing for mobile games is a strong plus.
– Skills in Unity (particularly in the area of UI and particle effects) to help bring your designs to life are highly regarded.
Come work at Foxie!
– Our agile development culture allows you to actively shape all aspects of the game you work on
– Work on exciting original IP for a large fanbase
– Work with a bunch of supportive & like-minded people
– Become part of a positive culture that values teamwork and a ‘get things done’ attitude
– Great work/life balance
– Full time salary with leave allowance
Successful applicants will join us in our office at GamePlus Adelaide. Salary will be based on experience.
If you meet the requirements, please apply with links to your best work samples demonstrating your ability to fulfil the requirements of this role – this will be the most significant factor in our screening process. Australia/New Zealand Permanent Residents Only
