Senior or Mid UI Artist
Auckland onsite full time permanent role
Must have NZ work rights, NZ work visa, NZ or AU residency of citizenship
Established studio with variety of games including mobile, PC, RPG, Fantas, Sim, Puzzle, Adventure, Poker
*Relocation Package included if relocating from Australia to NZ
Senior or Mid UI Artist
Looking for a talented UI Artist to join our mobile game studio and help craft high-quality, engaging user interfaces for games. This is a hands-on role where you’ll design, build, and implement UI features from concept through to final in-game delivery.
You’ll work closely with design, tech, and production teams to create intuitive, visually polished, and highly usable UI that enhances the player experience. You’ll also help maintain and evolve our UI quality standards across projects.
What You’ll Do:
- Design and create high-quality UI assets, screens, and layouts for game features.
- Develop intuitive UI flows that solve game design requirements in a clear and engaging way.
- Implement and animate UI screens and elements in Unity.
- Maintain strong visual hierarchy, usability, readability, and consistency across different devices and aspect ratios.
- Own UI features from concept through to final implementation in-game.
- Collaborate with designers, engineers, and producers to deliver polished player experiences.
- Identify opportunities to improve UI clarity, polish, and overall player experience.
- Create supporting assets such as event artwork, backgrounds, and promotional visuals when needed.
- Balance visual quality with technical and production constraints.
- Contribute to UI standards, workflows, and best practices.
- Support and mentor other artists through feedback and collaboration.
Skills:
- Strong passion for games, especially mobile games.
- At least 2 years experience in game development, with shipped titles.
- A strong portfolio demonstrating UI design, layout, and/or game interface work.
- Excellent eye for graphic design, composition, typography, and visual hierarchy.
- Strong illustrative skills with the ability to create stylised UI assets and icons.
- Experience working in Unity (UI implementation and/or animation).
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Photoshop (or similar tools).
- Strong understanding of UI/UX principles and how they apply in games.
- Excellent communication skills, fluent in English (written and verbal).
- Collaborative mindset with the ability to work across multiple disciplines.
- Ability to take ownership and drive features independently when required.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced game development environment.
Eligibility & Relocation Support:
Please note: This role is only open to applicants who have the legal right to work in New Zealand and is an on-site role.
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If you are interested, please contact me for full studio details.
Bronwynn Lusted
Conkerberry Recruitment for Games - Australia & NZ
bronwynn@conkerberry.com.au
+61 (0)427 690 971
NOTE: Candidates are not charged for our services
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