UI Artist

Insomniac is looking for its next UI Artist. In this role, you will be responsible for the creation of industry-leading user experiences for Insomniac’s developer- and player-facing products. Designs and develops solutions that enable the player to navigate, locate information, and accomplish goals while maximizing the end-user experience by prioritizing usability and accessibility. Contributing wireframes, mockups, motion comps, iconography, prototypes, and in-game implementation of assets in a multi-functional team environment, as needed. If this is the opportunity you have been looking for, please read on:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:  

• Collaborates with artists, designers, and developers to implement and deploy consistent and intuitive user experiences that support the art, design, and technical vision for games                                                          
• Owns and iterates on impactful user-facing features and systems through all phases of the game development cycle from prototype to polish for a single game
• Plans and deploys improvements to the development process creating efficiencies beyond the team, while modeling what exemplary UI/UX looks like
• Advances the capabilities of existing UI/UX tools and current industry trends
• Proactively drives what and how work needs to be created and implemented
• Contributes to the documentation of team institutional knowledge
• Communicates nuanced concepts and ideas effectively by embracing a shared language in order to solidify partnerships across functions and teams
• Proactively encourages and enables mentorship and growth opportunities for the team
• Promotes the importance of well-being and inclusivity within the organization, acting as a vocal proponent for the needs of the team
• Advocates relentlessly for our players and the end-to-end user experience
• Other duties may be assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no supervisory duties. 

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Computer Skills: 

• Extensive knowledge of the Adobe suite (Photoshop, Animate, AfterEffects, and Illustrator) and other related content creation packages (Maya).
• Thorough understanding of digital interaction design fundamentals and patterns.
• Ability to adhere to the style guides and development best practices, including source control standards.
• Familiarity with front-end development tools and technologies (JavaScript, HTML, CSS) a plus.
• Ability to use common workplace collaborative software like Microsoft Office products.

We look forward to hearing from you. Please use the link below and apply. Thank you!

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