UI / UX Designer, Sr.

Role Overview

Senior UI/UX Designer for a multiplayer creative/open-world game. You will own the player-facing UX and design UI across core gameplay systems, ensuring interfaces are visually strong, functional, accessible, and engaging for both newcomers and experienced players.

Responsibilities

• Own UX design for core game systems: flows, information architecture, interactions, and layout
• Design and iterate HUDs, menus, screens, and in-game interfaces for clarity and usability
• Create wireframes, prototypes, and mock-ups, guiding them through to final implementation
• Build and/or wire up UI in Unreal Engine (UMG) in collaboration with a UI engineer
• Establish and maintain a comprehensive UI design system for the team and external vendors
• Manage outsourced graphic designers (iconography, color schemes, visual polish)
• Run playtests and rapidly iterate based on feedback

Requirements

• 5+ years of UI/UX experience designing for games
• At least one shipped title (or significant in-progress work)
• Strong portfolio showing design process and experience with systems-rich games
• Ability to simplify complex systems while preserving their depth
• Hands-on UI building experience in Unreal Engine (UMG)
• Proficiency with Figma and/or Adobe Creative Suite
• Understanding of genres such as cosy/life-sim, management, and adventure games
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams and vendors

Nice-to-Haves

• Prior experience designing UI for inventory/crafting/building/dialogue/exploration tools (implied by role scope)