Senior UI Artist Montreal (Canada) Epic Games UI Design Senior (5+ years)

Gamecompanies; Montreal; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company in game development as a Senior UI Artist in Montreal. You will work closely with UX designers and programmers to create innovative UI elements for AAA games, ensuring high-quality design and implementation. A strong portfolio is essential, along with 7+ years of experience across multiple platforms. The role offers a rich benefits package including health insurance and a retirement savings plan.

Benefits

100% benefits for employees and dependents

Robust mental health program

Retirement savings plan with employer match

Qualifications

• 7+ years UI Art experience across platforms.
• Experience with UI Art implementation and game engines.
• Strong portfolio showcasing design process.

Responsibilities

• Create AAA-quality UI experiences collaboratively.
• Design game menus and animations.
• Implement final art in Unreal Editor.

Skills

Visual design skills

Collaboration

Adaptability

Player empathy

Tools

Figma

Adobe Suite

Unreal Engine (UMG)

Photoshop

Illustrator

Job description

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.

ART

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

Work collaboratively with UX Design, Tech UI Design, and programming to create AAA-quality UI experiences

Actively participate in the creation and implementation of design systems, game menus, HUD elements, Iconography, UI materials and shaders, UI animation, and motion design

Create new material effects, implement basic logic in blueprints, and/or create 2D effects

Contribute to shipping high-quality features on time

Collaborate with the greater UXUI Department to ensure consistency and quality are maintained across the project

Execute at a high-quality bar, work autonomously, and tackle complex features and systems

Work in Photoshop, Illustrator, and/or Figma to create concept UI art

What we're looking for

You have 7+ years of experience working collaboratively to see complex UI features through to completion across multiple platforms (mobile, pc, consoles)

You have 7+ years of experience working in Agile environments and on multi-disciplinary teams

Excellent visual design skills with a strong portfolio

You are skilled with Figma, Adobe Suite, or other comparable software

A strong portfolio of work showcasing your skills and your process

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 work as information changes

You have a passion for making and playing games and have a strong sense of player empathy

You are a proactive individual who naturally leans into owning outcomes and is able to deal with ambiguity well and adapt to changes of plan quickly

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!

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