User Interface (UI) Artist

1 Month ago • All levels • UI Art

Job Summary

Job Description

As a UI Artist, you will collaborate with production teams on game projects to establish the UI style, assist in designing new features, and create UI assets, motion graphics, and UI animation. You will work with Game Designers, Programmers, and Art Leads to define UI/UX product goals and ensure the UI delivers an interactive and polished gameplay experience. Responsibilities include creating high-quality art assets, maintaining UI architecture, file naming, and file preparation conventions, and designing front-end flow and menu hierarchy. The role requires staying updated with current technologies in digital illustration and game industries. The company offers a flexible hybrid work schedule, an inclusive studio culture, smaller scope projects for skill building, a strong focus on work-life balance with minimal overtime, and various perks like an in-office barista, team-building events, gaming consoles, a paid game fund, comprehensive benefits, paid time off, and community engagement opportunities.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent
  • Academic experience with UI for interactive interface
  • Artistic background demonstrating creativity
  • Excellent Photoshop skills
  • Strong Iconography skills
Good to have:
  • Unity or Unreal experience
Perks:
  • Flexible hybrid work schedule
  • Inclusive studio culture
  • Smaller scope projects
  • Strong focus on work-life balance
  • In-office barista
  • Daily popcorn and ice cream days
  • Food events
  • Team-building and social events
  • Gaming consoles and in-office equipment
  • Paid game fund
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Annual bonuses
  • Paid time off
  • Sick days
  • Wedding leave
  • Baby leave
  • Community engagement events

Job Details

As a UI Artist you will have the opportunity to work with production teams on game projects to establish the UI style for our games, assist in the design of new features, and create UI assets, motion graphics and UI animation.

Here are the things you can expect from this position:
  • Collaborate with Game Designers, Programmers and Art Leads to define UI/UX product goals and strategize ways to achieve them throughout the design and development process of a game.
  • Ensure UI delivers an interactive and polished gameplay experience.
  • Create high quality art assets to be used in game.
  • Maintain UI architecture, file-naming, and file-preparation conventions and procedures that provide consistency with respect to UI/UX development.
  • Create front end flow design, menu hierarchy design and layout.
  • Keep up-to-date with current technologies in the digital illustration and game industries.

To be an effective team member, you will have:
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Interactive Media, Illustration, Graphic Design, or related field.
  • Academic experience with UI for an interactive interface with a good understanding of UX flow and function design.
  • An artistic background demonstrating creativity, versatility and technical ability.
  • Excellent Photoshop skills.
  • Strong Iconography skills.
  • Unity or Unreal experience would be considered an asset.

You also have the following attributes:
  • Self-directed.
  • A clear communicator.
  • Ability to meet deadlines.
  • Comfortable working in a team.
  • Enthusiastic about gaming culture.

We know the above list is a lot. You don’t have to fill every single point. We each bring our own respective strengths to the table. Let us know which of the above is you and get in touch with us now to explore the opportunity further!

Big Blue Bubble is committed to employment equity. We encourage applications from queer, transgender, Indigenous, BIPOC, d/Deaf and disabled applicants. We are committed to inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection processes and work environments – if you require accommodations at any point in the application or recruitment process please submit them in confidence to careers@bigbluebubble.com.

What makes our studio so exceptional:
  • Flexible hybrid work schedule providing a mix of in-office and remote work days.
  • Inclusive studio culture that fosters strong collaboration and support amongst its team members.
  • Smaller scope projects which provide multifaceted opportunities to build skills and try new things.
  • Strong focus on work-life balance with minimal overtime.
  • In-office barista and full kitchen to host daily popcorn, ice cream days and food events.
  • Unique and frequent team-building and social events (pi day, office Olympics, escape rooms, gaming tournaments, movie days and so much more).
  • Gaming consoles and other in-office equipment (arcade machine, devices and massage chair). 
  • Paid game fund, so you can continue to expand your industry knowledge.
  • Comprehensive benefits package and annual bonuses.
  • Paid time off, sick days, wedding leave, and baby leave.
  • Focus on giving back to our community through events such as Extra Life.
  • Variety of internship placements where students quickly see the impact of their work.
  • Part of the EG7 global gaming cooperative that is comprised of several companies that specialize in video game entertainment.

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To learn more about Big Blue Bubble, click here.

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About The Company

Big Blue Bubble is an established mobile gaming studio with more than a decade of experience creating fun, innovative, and accessible titles. They develop mobile games that inspire creativity and encourage people of all ages to embrace their playful side. Since November 2020, Big Blue Bubble is part of EG7 Group (EG7.ST)

Big Blue Bubble is a pioneer in the mobile gaming industry and has developed more than 100 video game titles since 2004. Having entered the field long before the days of smartphones, they maintain a proven track record of being the first to market with a variety of innovations in technology and game design, including original gameplay mechanics and revolutionary cross-platform game engines. These milestones have solidified Big Blue Bubble as a long-standing industry veteran.

Big Blue Bubble’s commitment to producing fun, engaging games has earned the studio recognition from prestigious organizations around the world, including awards from Deloitte, BAFTA, and IGN for economic growth, people’s choice and editor’s choice, respectively. Big Blue Bubble continues to produce award-winning titles that stand the test of time, including our top-grossing flagship franchise, My Singing Monsters. More information about Big Blue Bubble can be found at: www.bigbluebubble.com.

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