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UI/UX Designer

Insomniac Games • United States of America 🇺🇸

Hybrid $65 - $85 Contract Senior

The UI/UX Designer will create AAA quality user interface designs and collaborate with a team to enhance player experiences. They will work through all phases of game development and advocate for usability and accessibility.

Responsibilities

  • Create AAA quality user interface designs for in game HUD and menu systems.
  • Work iteratively and independently through all phases of the game development cycle from prototype to polish.
  • Collaborate directly with artists, designers, developers, and researchers to create and design accessible user experiences that support the aesthetic, experiential, and technical vision for our games.
  • Provide accurate estimates for tasks, regularly update the team on in progress work, and ensure work remains is in scope.
  • Deliver wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and the in-game implementation of assets that are usable, accessible, and highly refined.
  • Proactively share, receive, incorporate, and act on feedback.
  • Effectively communicate with leadership and project management to manage reasonable workload and maintain a healthy work-life balance.
  • Help evolve our studio’s standards of excellence for UI/UX design.
  • Advocate for our players and the end-to-end user experience.

Requirements

  • Five or more years of related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Proficiency with screen design and rapid prototyping tools (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma or equivalent).
  • Detailed understanding of digital interaction design fundamentals and patterns.
  • Strong game design sensibilities and commitment to creating innovative player experiences.
  • Passion for game accessibility and player advocacy.

Key Skills

  • Proficiency with screen design and rapid prototyping tools (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma or equivalent).
  • Detailed understanding of digital interaction design fundamentals and patterns.
  • Strong game design sensibilities and commitment to creating innovative player experiences.
  • Passion for game accessibility and player advocacy.
  • Experience working on UI/UX systems in AAA games.
  • Experience with the Adobe suite (Photoshop, Animate, and Illustrator).
  • Familiarity with game engines and implementation workflows.
  • Familiarity with web technologies (e.g. HTML, CSS, JS).

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits.

About Insomniac Games

Insomniac Games has created and developed award-winning video game franchises across multiple platforms for 25 years, selling more than 70 million games along the way. We’re best known for developing the PlayStation®4 smash-hit, Marvel's Spider-Man (2018), and creating iconic PlayStation franchises such as Spyro the Dragon (1998), Ratchet & Clank (2002) and Resistance (2005). With studios in Burbank, Calif. and Durham, NC, Insomniac has earned 20 local, regional, state and national awards for our workplace culture. You can learn more about us at https://insomniac.games

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