About the role
Location and Employment Terms
- Location: UK Remote or West Midlands-based.
- Employment Type: Full-Time Contractor.
- Visa Sponsorship: Not offered at this time.
Role Overview
As a Senior Technical UI/UX Artist, you will create and implement polished, intuitive, and visually cohesive user interfaces that support a strong player experience. You will bridge art, design, and engineering by developing production-ready UI assets and systems, ensuring interface work is technically robust, visually clear, and aligned with the project’s creative direction.
Responsibilities
UI/UX Design and Implementation
- Design, develop, and implement high-quality UI and UX solutions that are clear, visually appealing, and easy for players to use.
- Translate gameplay, design, and player-experience requirements into practical interface flows, layouts, and interactive elements.
Technical UI Development
- Build and maintain UI systems using widgets, materials, 2D textures, and appropriate technical UI workflows.
- Create and optimise UI functionality and presentation to ensure it performs reliably and remains maintainable throughout development.
UI Art and Visual Communication
- Produce UI art, 2D textures, visual assets, and supporting materials that align with the project’s artistic direction.
- Create wireframes, mock-ups, and storyboards to communicate interface concepts, player journeys, and proposed solutions clearly.
Cross-Discipline Collaboration
- Work closely with design, art, engineering, and QA teams to ensure UI features meet player needs, technical requirements, and quality expectations.
- Identify and resolve UI implementation issues, balancing usability, visual quality, performance, and production constraints.
Essential Qualifications
- Strong experience as a technical UI/UX artist or designer within game development.
- Advanced technical UI implementation skills, including widgets, materials, and 2D texture workflows.
- Strong understanding of UX design, UI art, layout, typography, visual hierarchy, and player-focused interface design.
- Experience creating wireframes, storyboards, UI mock-ups, and production-ready visual assets.
Studio Environment and Benefits
- Join a friendly, nurturing work environment with the opportunity to build games as part of an extremely talented, ambitious studio.
- Work on market-leading AAA titles and IP with globally reputable studio and publisher partners.
- Be part of a sustainably growing game developer studio as we consciously expand our team and projects on a case-by-case basis.
- Learn within an independent studio across a wide range of projects and opportunities both internal and external.
Application Process
- Please send your portfolio and cover letter.
- If examples are from previous works with another studio, ensure samples are cleared for release by copyright owners.
- Links to an online portfolio are preferable; otherwise, showreels via Dropbox or other secure sharing platforms are accepted.
- Send your application to the designated recruitment email address.
Compliance and Equal Opportunities
- GDPR Compliance: Applicants authorize Flix Interactive to store application information and distribute it to the appropriate email inboxes of senior team members for review. Data is stored on a private, cloud-based system and used for recruitment purposes only. To update, delete, or refine application data, email info@flixinteractive.com.
- Equal Opportunities: Flix Interactive Ltd is an equal opportunities employer committed to inclusion and diversity. Applications are welcome from all suitable candidates regardless of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief, and marriage or civil partnership status. Applications from underrepresented groups in the gaming industry are encouraged.