UI/UX Designer

Chromatic Games  January 7th, 2022

Chromatic Games, the developers of the Dungeon Defenders franchise, is offering the opportunity for a talented and driven UI/UX Designer to make bold design decisions that will significantly shape brand new projects and to do this with a highly skilled and enthusiastic team that is eager to collaborate! Do you find yourself:

  • Critiquing the UIs of a game while playing it?
  • Having a passion for games and a love for the strategy / RPG genres?
  • Wanting the creative freedom that comes with working at a studio that owns and publishes their own IPs?

Then you may be a great fit to join our team! We’re seeking UI / UX designer that champions the creation of in-game UIs from concept to completion. In this position, you work closely with designers, producers, artists, and programmers to achieve goals and ensure the project’s vision comes to fruition. Your mission is to utilize the virtues of usability and elegance to craft the best experience possible for players. This is a full remote position with the ability to work on-site in the future.

Remote Work: Hybrid work model preferred. However we give consideration to individuals of unique abilities.

Responsibilities

  • Work with our world-class video game development team.
  • Design and implement systems in Unreal 4 utilizing a combination of C++ and blueprints, with attention to scalability
  • Spearhead the conceptualization of brand new UIs and communicate your vision to the team with detailed mockups and UI flows.
  • Collaborate heavily with designers to refine ideas and ensure project vision is achieved.
  • Make your artistic vision come to life by having a direct role in its implementation.
  • Engage in cross-disciplinary communication to accomplish technical implementation
  • Participate directly in usability testing to ensure efficacy of design.
  • Iterate on feedback to polish your design and maximize its usability.

Requirements

  • 1+ years of software programming experience.
  • 2+ years of experience in a UI/UX design role.
  • Expert knowledge of UI software within the Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.)
  • Experience using game engines (Unreal Engine 4, Unity, etc.)
  • Strong Communication skills with an ability to thrive in a highly collaborative setting. 
  • Understand how to gather data through feedback to evaluate the efficacy of a design.
  • Self-motivated towards creatively solving problems

Your resume must include a link to an online portfolio and examples of UI design.

Preferences

  • Experience with Unreal Development, especially UE4.
  • Experience with HTML, CSS, After Effects, Adobe Edge
  • Graphic Design Skills

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health package for full time employees.
  • A casual, vibrant, and friendly work environment.
  • Flexibility to start your work day at a time that best fits your personal schedule. Required to work eight hours a day, with core hours being 11AM to 5PM.
  • Profit Sharing Options with tenure.
  • Stock Options.
  • Unlimited PTO and two weeks off around new years when the studio goes on holiday break.

If all of this sounds like something you want to be a part of, joining a cohesive team that likes to have fun while being professionals, then let us know. Send your resume to [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you!

Chromatic Games is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a notice to our [email protected] email.

Benefits/perks listed may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Chromatic Games and the country where you work.