About the position
Warner Bros. Games Boston is a Warner Bros. Games development studio focused on creating free-to-play games for mobile platforms. The studio is utilizing its extensive expertise in creating persistent online worlds that foster powerful social gaming communities to develop its hit mobile game, Game of Thrones: Conquest. WB Games Boston is seeking a Senior UI Artist with a strong eye for visual design and deep experience building vibrant, animated interfaces in Unity. In this individual contributor position, you demonstrate proven experience in color theory, typography, responsive layout, motion design and asset optimization. Your role will be to deliver designs to the team through collaboration and communication with other UI artists, UX designers, engineers, producers and other key stakeholders. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a hybrid space, where UX thinking meets UI polish, and design ownership extends into Unity implementation.
Responsibilities
- Rapidly design and create high-fidelity mock ups and animation prototypes that are visually appealing and responsive on multiple platforms.
- Bring your designs to life in Unity through effective use of transitions, player feedback and eyecatching motion design.
- Partner with UI/UX Leads to both adhere to and expand upon existing art style guides for a consistent user experience.
- Think critically, demonstrate empathy, and create recommendations for player interactions and desired behaviors within our game systems.
- Drive collaboration with engineers, PMs, artists, and game designers to initiate and document ideation of feature needs.
- Seek reviews from stakeholders and peers to rapidly iterate upon UI designs, making decisions informed by feedback and user data.
- Advocate for usability and best practices in graphic design.
- Participate in playtests and reviews, using both player feedback and data to refine experiences.
Requirements
- An outstanding portfolio demonstrating mastery of usability principles, graphic design, responsiveness and motion graphics.
- Experience creating user interfaces, responsive animations and optimized graphics using Unity.
- An understanding of what best of class looks like and the knowhow to reach and exceed those standards.
