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Senior UI Designer
Uken Games | Toronto ON M5E 1K3 CAN | Full Time | Posted: 10/24/2012
Studio Profiletop
We have a quirky nerdy culture that fosters creativity, collaboration, quality ideas, and a data driven mindset. We believe in moving quickly and improving constantly and that mantra is reflected in the weekly updates we make to our games and internal technologies. We have an appetite for pushing technical boundaries and we’ve done exactly that with HTML5. We work on products that are used by millions of people everywhere and we’re just getting started.
To make our games delight users around the world, there is obviously a lot of game design, production, and development work. Under the hood, we build a lot of internal tools and services which make the process of building games much easier and faster. We're constantly looking for brilliant people who share our passions to come build amazing products with us. If you ever get a chance, drop by and say hi. Our office is fun and hacker friendly, filled with collaborative meeting spaces, lots of big monitors, catered breakfast and lunch daily, smoothies, fresh fruit, and foosball!
Job Descriptiontop
Responsibilities
• Comes up with innovative solutions to various UX problems
• Capable of creating easy to use interfaces from scratch
• Works closely with the art lead and team to design UI and UX features
• Creates interactive or simulated prototypes
• To create style guides and shared documents for UI features
• Understands technical limitations of UI design and as experience collaborating with dev teams to overcome these.
Requirements
• Strong passion for games
• Great communication skills and a strong team-player attitude
• Expert in Photoshop and illustrator
• Ability to demonstrate user flow with wireframes
• Creative and motivated, with demand for consistent high quality standards
• A portfolio that demonstrates the following:
◦ Keen eye for Design and User Experience
◦ Strong understanding of Design and UI functionality
◦ Excellent typographic skills and general knowledge of graphic design and colour thoery
• Must have games industry experience, with at least 1 shipped title on a mobile device or console
It'd be a big plus if you have:
• 4+ years experience in UI development
• Experience in agile development environments
• Knowledge of HTML5 and CSS3
• Versatility in artistic abilities
We believe in a fun & meaningful work environment:
• You'll be equipped with a MacBook Pro/Air, 27" monitors, iOS/Android device
• stock options and competitive salaries
• full health, dental, vision coverage
• snacked-filled kitchen and booster juice breaks
• catered breakfast and lunch
• convenient location at the corner of Yonge & King
This job listing originated on Gamasutra.com, the game industry's leader.
Job Detailstop
| Location | Toronto, ON, M5E 1K3, Canada |
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| Job Level | Senior |
| Categories | Game / Level Designer / Creative Director |
| Work Site | On site |
| Platforms | Online Multiplayer |
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Contact Informationtop
| How to apply | Applications are no longer accepted for this job posting. |
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| Job Code | Senio |