Unity UI UX Designer

Filament Games is seeking a Unity UI UX Designer to collaborate with our closely knit team of game development professionals on a variety of new learning games and interactive media. In your position, you will craft playful, intuitive interfaces and interactions that bring clarity to a wide range of subjects. If you have a passion for creating thoughtful, intuitive userflows and beautiful interfaces, then this job is for you!

Key responsibilities include working closely with team members to:

• Design, test, and iterate upon comprehensive user flows 
• Wireframe, paper prototype and create motion proofs 
• Create highly polished, game-ready user interface assets 
• Implement your design using Unity UI tools.

We’d like to see someone who:

• Has demonstrated experience designing usable, engaging interactions for games 
• Constantly seeks to improve and enrich our users’ experience 
• Is comfortable creating, iterating upon and polishing beautiful interface assets 
• Thrives in a highly collaborative, cross-disciplinary environment

Include a cover letter, a resume, and a portfolio (preferably web-based) showcasing your very best work. We are looking for comprehensive game-centric digital design solutions, detailed process notes, and strong visual designs.

Responsibilities:

• Design digital interactions that are easy to learn, a pleasure to interact with, and augment the user’s comprehension of the subject matter 
• Work iteratively with the game design team to translate pitches and storyboards into wireframes/mockups/prototypes/animatics that explore and communicate the design 
• Revise work according to critique, changing requirements, and user and stakeholder feedback 
• Collaborate with Illustration team to translate wireframes/mockups into game-ready assets 
• Effectively utilize motion design principles to amplify input and “juice up” feedback 
• Use Unity UI tools to build responsive layouts

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelors degree in fine art, graphic design, interaction design, or equivalent experience 
• 2 years of post-undergraduate professional experience in any digital media industry or a masters degree in a relevant field 
• Familiarity with game development pipelines and technical constraints, particularly with respect to UI integration 
• Demonstrated ability to use visuals and motion to clearly communicate complex interactions 
• Ability to design and create polished UI Assets in Adobe Creative Suite, or equivalent industry-standard software 
• Strong visual literacy: layout, color, visual hierarchy, and typography 
• Strong animation skills: a good sense of motion and timing 
• Technical art experience 
• Familiarity with at least one game engine

Bonus Points:

• Experience building games in Unity 
• Experience creating visual effects using sprites, particles, and/or shaders

Personal Characteristics:

• Imaginative problem solver 
• Passionate about games, design, and technology 
• Driven to create exceptional designs and to constantly improve your craft 
• Comfortable sharing, inspiring, brainstorming, and communicating ideas and concepts 
• Empathy, not ego: committed to understanding and empathizing with users, always open to design input and iteration