UI Artist

Epic Games; Montreal; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading game development company in Montreal seeks a UI Artist to create innovative UI designs for Fortnite. The role requires collaboration with design and programming teams to enhance user experience. Candidates should have 3-5 years of experience, strong visual design skills, and mastery of tools like Figma and Unreal Engine. The position offers competitive benefits, including full medical coverage and a supportive work culture.

Benefits

100% medical benefits coverage

Retirement savings plan with employer match

Mental well-being program

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience with complex UI features across platforms.
• Experience working in Agile environments.
• Strong portfolio showcasing design skills.

Responsibilities

• Create and iterate high-quality UI for Fortnite.
• Collaborate with multiple teams on design implementations.
• Apply accessibility best practices for usability.

Skills

Visual design skills

Passion for games

Collaboration skills

Ability to adapt

Tools

Figma

Adobe Suite

Unreal Engine

Job description

Overview

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.

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

We are looking for a UI Artist to join our Fortnite Multiproduct / Ecosystem team. In this job, you will bring ideas to life by creating high-fidelity mockups and prototypes. You will be responsible for implementation within the Unreal Editor using UMG, animations, material effects, etc. You will then work with game designers, product managers, UX designers, tech UI designers, and programmers to ship these features to millions of users.

In this role, you will

• Work collaboratively with UX Design, Tech UI Design, Art Direction, and Programming to create high-quality, visually striking UI that matches Fortnite’s unique style and brand, and iterate on UI designs based on feedback from art directors, product UX teams, and user testing
• Actively participate in the creation and implementation of design systems, game menus, HUD elements, iconography, materials/shaders, UI animations, and motion design
• Design and implement medium-to-complex flows, screens, and components at a high craft bar with minimal oversight
• Bring UI concepts to life in-engine, ensuring visual polish, responsiveness, and clarity in a fast-paced, live game environment, and ensure UI assets are designed and optimised across PC, console, and mobile without compromising quality
• Apply accessibility best practices to improve usability and legibility for all players, and collaborate with localization teams to ensure UI works across multiple languages and regions
• Work in Figma, and/or Photoshop, Illustrator to create concepts, then implement in Unreal using UMG/Materials
• Create new material effects, basic blueprint logic, and 2D/animated effects to enhance interactivity and player feedback, and maintain and contribute to UI asset libraries and style guides, ensuring consistency across Fortnite’s evolving experiences

What we\'re looking for

• You have 3-5 years of experience working collaboratively to see complex UI features through to completion across multiple platforms (mobile, PC, consoles)
• You have 3-5 years of experience working in Agile environments and on multi-disciplinary teams
• Excellent visual design skills
• 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
• Bonus points
• You have worked on or shipped a AAA game title
• Experience working with design systems

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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