Games UI Designer - Filament Games (Remote)

Filament Games is seeking a Game UI Designer to collaborate with our closely knit team of game development professionals on a variety of new learning games and interactive media. In your position, you will craft playful, intuitive interfaces and interactions that bring clarity to a wide range of subjects. If you have a passion for creating thoughtful, intuitive userflows and beautiful interfaces, then this job is for you! 

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Key responsibilities include working closely with team members to:

• Design, test, and iterate upon comprehensive user flows

• Wireframe, paper prototype and create motion proofs

• Create highly polished, game-ready user interface assets

• Work closely with the technical team to implement your design using game engine tools.

We’d like to see someone who:

• Has demonstrated experience designing usable, engaging interfaces for games

• Constantly seeks to improve and enrich the users’ experience

• Is comfortable creating, iterating upon and polishing beautiful interface assets

• Thrives in a highly collaborative, cross-disciplinary environment

Include a cover letter, a resume, and a portfolio (preferably web-based) showcasing your very best work. We are looking for comprehensive game UI examples, detailed process notes, and a strong display of your visual design abilities.

Remote work: Due to COVID-19, we are accepting applicants authorized to work in the U.S. residing in any state.

Responsibilities

• Design digital interactions that are easy to learn, a pleasure to interact with, and augment the user’s comprehension of the subject matter

• Work iteratively with the game design team to translate pitches and storyboards into wireframes/mockups/prototypes/animatics that explore and communicate the design

• Revise work according to critique, changing requirements, and user and stakeholder feedback

• Collaborate with the Illustration team to translate wireframes/mockups into game-ready assets

• Effectively utilize motion design principles to amplify input and “juice up” feedback

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelors degree in fine art, graphic design, interaction design, or equivalent experience

• Familiarity with game development pipelines and technical constraints, particularly with respect to UI integration

• Demonstrated ability to use visuals and motion to clearly communicate complex interactions

• Ability to design and create polished UI Assets in Adobe Creative Suite, or equivalent industry-standard software

• Strong visual literacy: layout, color, visual hierarchy, and typography

• Strong animation skills: a good sense of motion and timing

Bonus Points

• Experience implementing your UI assets into a game engine

• Technical art experience creating visual effects using sprites, particles, and/or shaders

Personal Characteristics

• Imaginative problem solver

• Passionate about games, design, and technology

• Driven to create exceptional designs and to constantly improve your craft

• Comfortable sharing, inspiring, brainstorming, and communicating ideas and concepts

• Empathy, not ego: committed to understanding and empathizing with users, always open to design input and iteration