About the role
Responsibilities
- Design and develop UI assets and screens that support Frontend menus, In-game HUD, and Gameplay features.
- Work closely with the UX Lead, UI Art Lead, and Creative Lead to ensure all usability and experiential goals are achieved while yielding a visual design that’s harmonious with the game’s overall style
- Work with the Engineering team to export and integrate engine-ready assets and ensure the artistic vision is maintained, while remaining performant.
- Participate in critiques and revise work based on feedback from team members and product stakeholders
- Work within the game engine to create animations and UI effects that help accentuate features and usability.
Requirements
- A deep passion for games
- Made contributions to the UI of at least one shipped game
- A keen eye for aesthetics and graphic design
- Good analog & digital drawing skills with an ability to render in a variety of styles
- Good visual communication skills and the ability to deliver and receive constructive criticism
- Intermediate-to-Expert proficiency with Photoshop, Illustrator, and After-Effects
- Able to Demonstrate an understanding of modern accessibility norms, when creating assets; across console, PC, and handheld platforms
- Ability to create animated motion-comps and develop interactive prototypes of your designs
- Demonstrate player-empathy when designing interfaces for games that may not be the type of game you would normally play
- Manage time and priorities across time zones in an efficient manner
Extra Credit
- Great interpersonal skills and a willingness to teach and share knowledge
- Skilled at developing logos, branding, and identity guidelines
- Experience with version (5.4 and up) of Unreal’s UMG framework and Blue Print coding.
- Experience with version (5.4 and up) of Unreal’s material Lab functions and implementation for UI materials and assets.
- Experience with asset compression and optimization best practices for cross platform development.
- Experience with 3D tools and advance material creation
- Proficiency with Figma, Miro, or similar enterprise-level UX tool
HR0kar2OWS
About Certain Affinity
Certain Affinity (CA) was founded in 2006 with a goal of creating innovative, top-quality action games. It brings together an exceptionally experienced, unusually talented group to form one of the largest independent video game developers in North America. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with a second, award-winning studio in Toronto, Canada. Certain Affinity is credited in over 40 titles across more than 17 world-class franchises, with 200+ full-time employees including veterans from dozens of successful game studios.
About the role
Responsibilities
- Design and develop UI assets and screens that support Frontend menus, In-game HUD, and Gameplay features.
- Work closely with the UX Lead, UI Art Lead, and Creative Lead to ensure all usability and experiential goals are achieved while yielding a visual design that’s harmonious with the game’s overall style
- Work with the Engineering team to export and integrate engine-ready assets and ensure the artistic vision is maintained, while remaining performant.
- Participate in critiques and revise work based on feedback from team members and product stakeholders
- Work within the game engine to create animations and UI effects that help accentuate features and usability.
Requirements
- A deep passion for games
- Made contributions to the UI of at least one shipped game
- A keen eye for aesthetics and graphic design
- Good analog & digital drawing skills with an ability to render in a variety of styles
- Good visual communication skills and the ability to deliver and receive constructive criticism
- Intermediate-to-Expert proficiency with Photoshop, Illustrator, and After-Effects
- Able to Demonstrate an understanding of modern accessibility norms, when creating assets; across console, PC, and handheld platforms
- Ability to create animated motion-comps and develop interactive prototypes of your designs
- Demonstrate player-empathy when designing interfaces for games that may not be the type of game you would normally play
- Manage time and priorities across time zones in an efficient manner
Extra Credit
- Great interpersonal skills and a willingness to teach and share knowledge
- Skilled at developing logos, branding, and identity guidelines
- Experience with version (5.4 and up) of Unreal’s UMG framework and Blue Print coding.
- Experience with version (5.4 and up) of Unreal’s material Lab functions and implementation for UI materials and assets.
- Experience with asset compression and optimization best practices for cross platform development.
- Experience with 3D tools and advance material creation
- Proficiency with Figma, Miro, or similar enterprise-level UX tool
HR0kar2OWS
About Certain Affinity
Certain Affinity (CA) was founded in 2006 with a goal of creating innovative, top-quality action games. It brings together an exceptionally experienced, unusually talented group to form one of the largest independent video game developers in North America. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with a second, award-winning studio in Toronto, Canada. Certain Affinity is credited in over 40 titles across more than 17 world-class franchises, with 200+ full-time employees including veterans from dozens of successful game studios.