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Take ownership of player-facing interface and user experience design across gameplay systems, menus, and live-service content. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to create intuitive, polished experiences and establish studio-wide UI/UX standards.
Responsibilities
- Design and improve user flows, wireframes, interface layouts and interaction systems
- Create intuitive UI/UX solutions for gameplay systems, tutorials, progression, inventory, multiplayer interactions, VR, shops and menus
- Work closely with Designers and the Game Director to ensure UX supports gameplay clarity and player goals
- Collaborate with Artists and Programmers to ensure interfaces are visually polished and technically robust
- Prototype and iterate on UX solutions based on testing and feedback
- Improve onboarding and tutorial experiences for new players
- Help establish UI/UX standards, documentation and workflows across the studio
- Ensure UI systems function well across PC, console, handheld, controller and VR platforms
- Advocate for accessibility, readability and usability best practices
- Work directly inside Unity to implement, test or iterate UI layouts where required
- Review existing systems and identify opportunities for UX improvements and quality-of-life features
- Support the long-term visual consistency and usability of the game as new content and systems are added
Requirements
- Professional experience as a UI Designer, UX Designer or UI/UX Designer within game development
- Experience shipping at least one PC or console title
- Strong understanding of UX principles, player psychology and interaction design
- Experience designing interfaces for gameplay systems rather than only menus or HUDs
- Strong wireframing and prototyping ability
- Experience collaborating closely with multidisciplinary teams
- Good understanding of controller and console UX requirements
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills
- Ability to take ownership of features from concept through implementation an iteration
- Experience working with Unity UI workflows is highly desirable
- Experience with version control systems such as Git, Perforce and Plastic
- Automatically have the right to work in the UK
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 5% Employer Match Pension Scheme
- Annual performance bonus + Company performance bonus
- Weekly free team lunches
- Regular social events
- Hybrid & flextime working
- Access to Southampton Football Club tickets
- Relocation package
- Electric Vehicle Car Scheme
- Employee of the Month vouchers
- Personal wellbeing allowance
- Referral scheme
- Training & Development Budget
- Vitality Health Insurance
- Aviva Life Insurance
- 30 days holiday
Key Skills
UI/UX design Game development Unity UX principles Player psychology Interaction design Wireframing Prototyping Communication Problem-solving Collaboration Version control systems Git Perforce Plastic Agile Scrum Design Thinking User-Centered Design User Research Usability Testing A/B Testing Prototyping Wireframing Design Systems
About Kinetic Games
The small but mighty UK based independent development studio behind the genre defining horror game Phasmophobia.
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