Mid/Senior UI Artist

Epic Games; Montreal; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior UI Artist, where your artistic talents will shine in a collaborative environment. This role involves designing and implementing high-quality UI features for AAA games, working closely with UX designers and technical teams. You will leverage your expertise in tools like Figma and Unreal Engine to bring wireframes to life and enhance user experiences. With a commitment to innovation and a focus on player empathy, this position offers the chance to contribute to groundbreaking projects in the gaming industry. If you're passionate about game design and thrive in a creative atmosphere, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision benefits

critical illness insurance

telemedicine services

long-term disability insurance

short-term disability insurance

retirement savings plan with employer match

employee assistance program

mental well-being program with free therapy

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in AAA game UI design and implementation.
• Strong portfolio showcasing design systems and component libraries.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement complex UI features with high-quality standards.
• Collaborate with UX designers to create high-fidelity mockups and prototypes.

Skills

AAA game UI design

Figma

Adobe Suite

prototyping software

UI Art implementation in Unreal Engine

building UI materials & shaders

motion design & UI animation

Agile environments

Job description

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

What We Do

Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world-class environment, character, and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.

What You'll Do

As a Senior UI Artist, you will collaborate with UX designers to design features and UX/UI systems by generating high-fidelity mockups, prototypes, design systems, and style guides. You will assist the UI Technical Designers and UI Programmers to build out the designs into rapid prototypes and shippable UI to players. In this role, you will have the ability to take wireframes and bring them to life while improving the UX with visuals. You will also implement final art in Unreal Editor using UMG, animations, materials, etc.

In this role, you will

• Execute to a high craft quality bar, work autonomously, and tackle medium to complex features; contribute to the success of the Product team by designing and implementing complex UI features.
• Design and Implement medium to complex flows, screens, and components at a high-quality bar with minimal oversight.
• Contribute to the growth of the UI Artists within my Product Team through feedback and mentorship.
• Support UX/UI Leads & Directors with scoping and estimation of your work.
• Actively seek out and facilitate collaboration with partners within my Product Team; assist in leveling up the entire Product Team; work autonomously and require minimal oversight.

What we're looking for

• 4+ years of experience designing and implementing AAA game UI.
• You are skilled with Figma, Adobe Suite, and prototyping software.
• A strong portfolio of work showcasing your work and insight into your process; talented Visual Designer with experience in design systems & component libraries.
• Experience with UI Art implementation, in Unreal Engine (UMG) or equivalent game engine.
• Experience with building UI materials & shaders for game engines, or equivalent 3d packages and FX tools; motion design & UI animation, preferably for games or interaction design.
• You have the ability to see features through to completion and rapidly modify design as information changes.
• You have a passion for making and playing games and have a strong sense of player empathy; a collaborative, team player with experience working in Agile environments and on multi-disciplinary teams.

If you have a portfolio/reel/website you'd like to share, please hyperlink it to your resume, or submit it as an attachment with your application.

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.

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