UI/UX Designer – Simteractive (Dublin)

Job Title – UI/UX Designer – Mobile Games

Job Location – Dublin, Ireland

Job Type – Permanent

Job Salary – Negotiable dependent on experience

Simteractive is seeking a motivated, talented UI/UX designer to join their team, working closely with the game director, engineering team and art team to create high-quality mobile sim/tycoon games with beautiful user interfaces and an excellent user experience.

Responsibilities:

• Design intuitive, elegant, beautiful interfaces that enhance the gameplay experience
• Create high quality UI art assets
• Create, update, and maintain the UI styles and standards between all new and existing games, including updating the style guide where needed to retain visual integrity
• Collaborate with the rest of the game development team to ensure visual design meets the necessary creative and technical requirements
• Collaborate with the technical team to ensure smooth workflows for UI as well as looking for ways to improve the pipeline and the quality of assets
• Suggest and implement improvements to existing UI for games in production, taking business milestones into account
• Create storyboards, wireframes and interactive mockups to explore interaction concepts
• Create and implement optimal UX design processes for the studio
• Incorporate iterative design, live data and user testing throughout the development process
• Conduct usability testing and translate findings into actionable insights and design improvements
• Act as “go to” with in-depth knowledge of user interface best practices and standards

Requirements:

• Portfolio demonstrating strong UI skills and graphic design skills
• 2+ years of relevant experience included at least one shipped title, ideally for mobile or tablet
• Exceptional design skills, production value and attention to detail and ability to create high quality art assets efficiently
• Knowledge of usability principles and current design trends/best practices for mobile game tutorials, game navigation and common UI/UX patterns
• Strong understanding of visual design principles and how they relate to game development and user interface
• Experience incorporating prototyping, iterative design, live data and user testing throughout the development process
• Strong understanding of the challenges presented by mobile platforms including working with different screen sizes
• Ability to analyse and thoroughly think through problems and come up with creative and practical solutions
• High level of expertise with relevant software packages
• Outstanding communication skills – written, listening and presentation
• Ability to consider the broader context of their work and how it fits in with the overall business goals of the company
• High degree of self-motivation and leadership skills and ability to multi-task, prioritise and manage personal workflow

To apply, email hello@simteractive.com with a cover letter, CV and portfolio link.