Game UI/UX Designer | Hybrid Work & Cutting-Edge Interfaces

Placements24; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and incentives

Health insurance

Retirement savings plan

Generous paid time off and holidays

Professional development

Job summary

Placements24's client, a Randburg-based game development studio, is seeking a talented UI/UX Designer to enhance player experiences across its diverse titles. The role combines in-studio collaboration with remote flexibility, and you will translate gameplay systems into intuitive interfaces and engaging user journeys.

You will design menus, HUDs, and UI systems, prototype ideas, conduct usability tests, and work closely with designers, artists, and product managers.

Qualifications

• Portfolio demonstrating UI/UX for games.
• Experience designing menus, HUDs and in-game interfaces.
• Ability to translate gameplay systems into intuitive user flows.
• Strong understanding of usability and user-centered design.

Responsibilities

• Design intuitive in-game UI: menus, HUDs and systems.
• Develop UX strategies and player flows to boost engagement.
• Create wireframes, mockups and interactive prototypes.
• Collaborate with designers, artists and PMs to define requirements.
• Conduct user research and usability testing to inform design decisions.
• Iterate designs based on playtest feedback and analytics.
• Ensure UI remains consistent with art style and branding.
• Work with UI programmers to implement UI in the game engine.
• Optimize UI assets across platforms and resolutions.
• Stay up to date with UI/UX trends in gaming.

Skills

UI/UX design for games

Prototyping & wireframing

Figma

Adobe XD

Sketch

User research

Usability testing

Game engines (Unreal/Unity)

Visual design (typography, color)

Motion graphics for UI

Tools

Figma

Adobe XD

Sketch

Job description

Placements24's client, a Randburg-based game development studio, is seeking a talented UI/UX Designer to enhance player experiences across its diverse titles. The role combines in-studio collaboration with remote flexibility, and you will translate gameplay systems into intuitive interfaces and engaging user journeys.

You will design menus, HUDs, and UI systems, prototype ideas, conduct usability tests, and work closely with designers, artists, and product managers.