Senior Technical UI Designer - Sledgehammer Games

The Technical UI Designer will bridge the gap between UI Engineering, UX Design, and UI Art, converting design wireframes into maintainable script in a custom Lua-based UI engine. Responsibilities include designing, prototyping, and implementing UI designs while ensuring they meet visual and functional standards.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with UX designers, UI artists and UI Engineers to create an exceptional overall user experience throughout the game
• Design, prototype, implement designs in engine, ensuring they meet visual and functional standards
• Create exceptional documentation for Engineers and QA testing
• Architect implementation systems with an eye for the end user and future internal development
• Contribute to pipeline and process improvement discussions
• Consistently write solid, extensible script
• Work with QA to maintain bug free script
• Contributes positively to a culture of growth and learning, including mentoring more junior members and those outside of the technical design field.

Requirements

• Mature understanding of UX/UI design principles
• 8+ years of practical work experience in the field and at least one shipped AAA title (or equivalent)
• 1+ years of technical design experience (or equivalent)
• Well-developed understanding of writing solid, extensible script
• Experience creating UI architecture and menus using combination of game editing tools and script

Key Skills

• Well-developed understanding of writing solid, extensible script
• Experience creating UI architecture and menus using combination of game editing tools and script
• Well-developed knowledge of LUA and/or other scripting and coding languages (including: Python, React JS, Actionscript, C#, C++, etc.)
• Good skills in 2D animation
• Working knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe XD, After Effects and Figma