UI Technical Designer, thatgamecompany

• The ideal candidate will have exceptional UI art and design skills, with a passion for developing new interfaces from scratch, along with doing polish passes on pre-existing interfaces and wireframes
• They should be confident in contributing in all disciplines required to execute on a UI design– from creating wireframes, to designing highly polished mockups, to implementing the final product in code
• 3-5+ years of professional UI Design and engineering experience
• Strong Graphic Design skills (excellent eye for typography, color usage, etc.)
• Ability to work in a clean, minimal aesthetic
• Experience working with Style Guides, and iterating based on art direction
• Proficiency in C#, C++, or C for quickly prototyping interfaces
• Experienced in industry-standard programs (ie. Illustrator, Photoshop)
• Be a self-starter, capable of wearing many hats, and ensuring projects meet their deadlines
• Understanding of, and ability to communicate, the user-centered design process

Desirable

• We are looking for a talented UI Technical Designer to join our UI team
• This individual will collaborate with the rest of our UI team, along with art, design, and engineering teams to craft attractive, minimal interfaces
• Work closely with the rest of the UI team to develop intuitive, beautiful, innovative interfaces for our games
• Conceptualize new interfaces to solve design problems, and make new features possible
• Create wireframes, mockups, and animations to drive development
• Do polish passes on pre-existing interfaces and wireframes, to ensure the UI is up to our aesthetic and usability standards game-wide
• Create quick-and-dirty prototypes, perform UX tests to validate our hypotheses, and iterate based on the results
• Implement the final interface in C++ to be pixel-perfect
• Collaborate with team members across various disciplines, and be a general advocate for usability and UI consistency