User Interface Designer

Supersocial, Inc.

General overview of the project(s)

We are looking for a prolific User Interface Designer with a passion for creating social games. You have a favorite game UI and love to talk about your inspirations. Working closely with the Art Director, you will develop game UI based on concept art and insights driven from roundtable conversations with team members, with mobile technical specifications first but with intent that this can be used across platforms. You passionately maintain high quality and productivity throughout a project while meeting deadlines and love to see a project come together. You are committed to quality, taking pride in the final outcome and are excited to show off your professional work.

Responsibilities

Design an aesthetically pleasing user interface for our game, and enhance the look and feel of the game from the user's point of view;
Accurately translate design concepts into a consistent visual language in keeping with Supersocial’s brand identity;
Act as a specialised generalist, whose primary focus is user interface but also enjoy wearing other hats;
Collaborate and take part in discussions and provide valuable input as well as take constructive feedback;
Speed: no messing around, we do it right the first time. We operate on trust and communication to commit and deliver awesome results;
Efficiently apply graphic principles, while optimizing the working process;
You are flexible and able to adapt to different artistic styles.

Requirements

Functional Skills:

Game development experience or relevant portfolio
Experience designing for mobile
Interactive prototyping, creating wireframes
A strong understanding of color and composition, shape and value
Hand painted texturing experience, illustration or 2d portfolio

Soft Skills:

Ability to operate in ambiguity and roll up your sleeves.
High emotional intelligence and the ability to understand and design for young people
Self-starter with ability to execute and deliver exceptional results when working remotely
Experience working in a high paced environment, across multiple teams in different disciplines, with excellent relationship and communications skills
Strong time management skills
Passion for videogames and deep interest in gamer culture and art

Skills considered as a good plus

Experience creating art for young people - kids, teens, young adults
Experience in other parts of the artistic pipeline
Experience with Roblox
Experience with various game engines
Active artistically on social media, you love to share your process