UI Artist – Dragonwilds (Remote)

Jagex; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Healthcare

Discretionary annual performance bonus

Minimum 6% Pension contributions

Life Insurance

Enhanced family leave policies

Job summary

Jagex is seeking a UI Artist to craft polished menus, HUDs, icons, and interactive components for PC and console games. You’ll translate UX wireframes into refined visuals and contribute to style guides and asset toolkits, working with UX designers, game designers, and engineers in Unreal Engine.

You will balance aesthetics with usability, iterate based on player feedback, and help maintain visual consistency across projects, while enjoying flexible remote work from the Cambridge area.

Qualifications

• Portfolio demonstrating polished UI work across visual hierarchy, typography, iconography, and interface design.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma, with experience creating UI assets including buttons, HUDs, menus, icons, and visual effects.
• Familiarity with Unreal Engine and understanding UI implementation workflows and asset optimisation.
• Strong grasp of graphic design principles: visual hierarchy, typography, colour theory, composition, accessibility.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality UI artwork and interface assets for front-end and in-game features.
• Translate UX wireframes into polished interfaces balancing aesthetics and usability.
• Implement or support UI implementation within Unreal Engine with annotated notes and design guidelines.
• Maintain visual consistency across the project and contribute to UI style guides and asset toolkits.
• Identify usability issues and propose visual improvements based on feedback and testing.
• Participate in design reviews and collaborate with UX design, game design, and art teams.

Skills

UI artistry

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Unreal Engine

UI implementation workflows

Asset optimisation

Graphic design principles

Typography

Accessibility

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Unreal Engine

Perforce

Job description

Jagex is seeking a UI Artist to craft polished menus, HUDs, icons, and interactive components for PC and console games. You’ll translate UX wireframes into refined visuals and contribute to style guides and asset toolkits, working with UX designers, game designers, and engineers in Unreal Engine.

You will balance aesthetics with usability, iterate based on player feedback, and help maintain visual consistency across projects, while enjoying flexible remote work from the Cambridge area.