UI Technical Artist

Lucid Games Ltd; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading game development company seeks a UI Developer to bridge art and programming. The role involves enhancing workflows for UI artists, implementing high-quality game interfaces, and ensuring asset production efficiency. Ideal candidates should be skilled in Unreal Engine and familiar with various 3D and 2D art tools.

Qualifications

• Experience with 3rd party engines, specifically Unreal Engine.
• Knowledge of 3D art tools (Blender) and 2D art tools (Photoshop, Illustrator).
• Capability in implementing layout designs into functional interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Work with art, design, and programming teams for UI mockups.
• Debug and fix UI issues within the game.
• Ensure efficient UI asset production through the pipeline.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Understanding of shaders

3D and 2D UI pipelines

Visual scripting languages

Tools

Unreal Engine

Blender

Photoshop

Illustrator

Job description

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The successful candidate will work with the art and programming teams to develop and maintain asset pipelines by:

• Be the connection between art, design and programming to bringing high quality game UI mockups to life.
• Helping to develop tools to improve workflow efficiencies for UI Artists.
• Work with our UX/UI Designers and Programmers to implement frontend, in-game screens and animations to final quality.
• Debug and assist fixing UI issues within the game.
• Ensure UI asset production is efficient and well maintained at each step through the pipeline.

Required Experience

• Experience of using 3rd party engines such as Unreal Engine.
• A solid understanding of 3D and 2D UI pipelines within games.
• A good knowledge of 3D art tools such as Blender and 2D Art tools such as Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Experience with written or visual scripting languages to develop user interfaces.
• An understanding of shaders.
• Experience with implementing layout designs into functional interfaces in a game engine.
• Great communication and problem solving skills.