Associate UI/UX Designer

At East Side Games, we all band together to deliver a world-class gameplay experience for our players around the globe. Whether that’s working with Ricky and the Gang on Trailer Park Boys: Greasy Money, or any of our other current or upcoming titles, you’re committed to making memorable player experiences. Everyone has an impact here.

Asan Associate UI/UX Designer, you’ll bring a keen sense of user-centered design, an eye for detail and a love of mobile games. Working on our Live Ops teams, you’ll help to build new features and ensure consistency and quality of the player experience across multiple games. You’ll be a champion of empathy and understanding the needs of our diverse player base.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Create icons, panels, buttons and other UI assets for implementation
• Export UI assets and work alongside Engineering to implement UI prefabs in Unity
• Assist UI/UX team and Game Design in the design and documentation of new features
• Manage and maintain UI asset files and pipeline
• Quickly iterate, discover issues and provide solutions based on feedback
• Design, wireframes, prototypes, and mockups, consistent with game style guides and established UX
• Work with different game teams to ensure clear and consistent UX across new features and Live Events
• Play our games to identify UX improvements and opportunities
• Learn about idle games and our players, designing for their needs

  **Duties and Responsibilities outlined are representative, but not all inclusive

WHAT YOU WILL BRING

• 1 - 2 years professional experience working in UI, UX or similar role
• UX, Communication Design, Games education background, or similar
• Experience with Unity engine and UI implementation tools
• Understanding of UI/UX best practices & ‘User Centered’ design
• Strong visual design sense, ability to create polished UI assets that are consistent with art style guide using vector graphics
• Strong knowledge of UI/ UX design and vector art creation tools - Adobe XD (or Figma or similar), Illustrator, Photoshop, Animate
• Strong communication skills - Ability to clearly communicate UI/UX needs and solutions, articulate issues when they arise
• Exceptional problem solving skills - Displays curiosity and drive, thinks ‘User First’
• Plays mobile games - Understands ‘Free to Play’ games and business model (Bonus if you are an idle game super-fan!).
• Portfolio showcasing previous UI/UX work on other games or similar projects. Showcases design sense, technical skill and reasonings.

YOU ARE:

• A gamer, particularly mobile games, but we still love you if you’ve imagined your own board game, play console games, or enjoy other online experiences.
• Hungry, humble, and smart and can use these three pillars to impact you and those around you.
• Comfortable in an environment where priorities and plans change rapidly, but with intention.
• Solution-oriented, self-motivated, and diligent.
• Community-minded, whereby a collective mission of the project is a shared priority.
• Empathic, compassionate, and curious.
• Your values are governed by justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Compensation Range: $60K-$80K CAD per annum. Salary is determined by experience, skills, and capabilities.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO WORK AT ESG?

Established in 2011, East Side Games started as an indie game studio in east Vancouver. Today, we’re part of East Side Games Group (TSX: EAGR), and we’re a game developer, publisher, and technology provider. We enable creators to successfully deliver memorable mobile gaming experiences that players engage with every day. Through our proven tech kits and beloved brand partnerships, our games empower passionate fan bases to explore their favourite content in a fun, convenient medium, available in the palm of their hands.

The best part is, we’re fans first, which makes this adventure extra special. Our games and our team have the same goal; to be inclusive and for everyone. We get things done and our team is hands on to step in, listen, and support, regardless of rank. We're remote-first, with monthly Townhalls, Friday Cheers, and Learning Labs to bring everyone together as a team. Have we piqued your curiosity? Then check out our Core Values and Benefits on our website! We note that our culture is not a monolith and is ever-changing based on the folks that make up our team here at ESG.

WE’RE BUILT ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

East Side Games is an equitable employer that values equity, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome and encourage people of marginalized backgrounds, particularly QTBIPOC folks, to apply, and will acknowledge and value the strengths you bring to foster yours and the studio's growth.

If this sounds like something you hoped for and more, and you’re enthused to build genre-defining narrative idle games, click the “Apply” button. If now is not the right time for you, but you know someone who would be a great match for us at East Side Games, check out our Referral Bonus on our website too! Let’s build great games together!

We can’t wait to hear from you!

Due to a small, but completely awesome recruitment team, only those candidates that qualify will be contacted. Thanks for your interest in ESG and we wish you the best of success in your job search!