Senior Mobile Game UI/UX Artist — Remote

YallaPlay; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

Generous paid time off

UAE visa sponsorship

Job summary

YallaPlay is seeking a Senior Mobile Game UI Artist focused on crafting polished, scalable interfaces for meta-heavy free-to-play mobile games. You will own the visual and interaction design of the UI, contribute to the game's broader visual direction, and ensure approved designs are implemented accurately in-game.

This senior individual-contributor role collaborates closely with the Art Lead, Head of Product & Monetization, Designers, Unity developers, QA, and other contributors, with a

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant professional game-art or UI design experience
• Strong portfolio with mobile game UI work
• Shipped UI/UX for at least two mobile games with demonstrated success
• Strong UI fundamentals: composition, typography, color theory, visual hierarchy
• Strong UX and interaction-design capability for mobile
• Experience designing interfaces for complex F2P meta features (progression, rewards, events, LiveOps)
• Advanced Figma capability: auto-layout, components, variants, responsive design
• Proficiency in Photoshop/Illustrator for high-fidelity UI assets
• Ability to create reusable UI components and design systems
• Clear production-ready design hand-off for developers
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to work in a fast-moving startup environment

Responsibilities

• Design polished and visually engaging UI for menus, progression systems, collections, rewards, events, offers, and LiveOps content
• Own interface structure, interaction design, UI patterns, and usability within product goals
• Define and maintain the visual direction of the game’s UI with the Art Lead
• Create user flows, wireframes, prototypes, high-fidelity screens, icons, and assets
• Translate complex meta systems into clear, engaging interfaces
• Build scalable, component-driven UI systems in Figma
• Design responsive interfaces for various mobile devices and locales
• Blend 2D UI with 3D assets while preserving readability and hierarchy
• Collaborate with Product and Game Design to communicate feature logic
• Provide clear specs to Unity developers and ensure faithful implementation
• Review UI post-implementation against designs and quality standards
• Use user feedback and product data to improve UI/UX decisions
• Explore AI-assisted tools responsibly to accelerate ideation and production
• Maintain AI-assisted outputs confidentiality and quality

Skills

UI art fundamentals

UX design

Figma

Unity UI

Typography & color theory

Tools

Unity

Photoshop

Illustrator

Figma

Job description

YallaPlay is seeking a Senior Mobile Game UI Artist focused on crafting polished, scalable interfaces for meta-heavy free-to-play mobile games. You will own the visual and interaction design of the UI, contribute to the game's broader visual direction, and ensure approved designs are implemented accurately in-game.

This senior individual-contributor role collaborates closely with the Art Lead, Head of Product & Monetization, Designers, Unity developers, QA, and other contributors, with a