Lead UI Artist: Shape Immersive Game Interfaces

Stellar Entertainment; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working (3 days on‑set

Holiday accrual scheme

Private healthcare plan incl. dental &

Pension Plan

Life Assurance

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Stellar Entertainment is seeking a Lead UI Artist to shape the visual language of our game, from menus to HUDs and icons. You will mentor a team of artists and collaborate closely with design, engineering and leadership to deliver polished UI that elevates the player experience.

You will guide UI direction, drive quality, and stay current with UI/UX trends, tools, and workflows while mentoring others to grow as a high-performing creative team.

Qualifications

• Significant UI development experience across game lifecycles, AAA experience advantageous.
• Proven track record mentoring UI teams and delivering high quality UI.
• Strong UI/UX principles and player-centred design.
• Excellent visual design skills in typography, layout, color, and interaction.
• Experience establishing UI workflows, pipelines, and style guides for scalable production.

Responsibilities

• Act as UI craft specialist, guiding and mentoring the UI team.
• Champion UI quality, usability, implementation and player experience.
• Collaborate with design, engineering and leadership to shape UI direction.
• Present concepts, provide informed recommendations, and support stakeholder discussions.
• Design and create high quality UI assets: menus, HUDs, icons, buttons, animations.
• Develop UI workflows and style guides for consistent production.
• Collaborate with designers, artists, engineers, and producers to solve UI challenges.
• Review UI work to ensure visual consistency and technical excellence.
• Support UI implementation in the game engine balancing creativity and performance.
• Advocate for strong user experiences and accessibility improvements.
• Explore new tools and workflows to improve UI quality and efficiency.

Skills

UI direction & mentoring

Unreal Engine UMG

Adobe Creative Suite

Typography & layout

2D & 3D UI design

Communication & leadership

Client & stakeholder collaboration

Tools

Unreal Engine

Photoshop

Illustrator

After Effects

Adobe XD

Job description

Stellar Entertainment is seeking a Lead UI Artist to shape the visual language of our game, from menus to HUDs and icons. You will mentor a team of artists and collaborate closely with design, engineering and leadership to deliver polished UI that elevates the player experience.

You will guide UI direction, drive quality, and stay current with UI/UX trends, tools, and workflows while mentoring others to grow as a high-performing creative team.