Job Summary
Balanced Worlds is looking for a User Interface Artist to help design and implement their project’s graphical content. Our team collectively has more than 27 years of experience creating top selling games for the Playstation3, Playstation2, Playstation, Xbox, Linux, and PC. Our titles include Resistance: Fall of Man, Ratchet & Clank series, the Descent series, Twisted Metal PS3, Warhawk PS3, God of War 3 and more.
Duties
Work closely with the Art Director, Designers, and Programmers to design and produce the project’s HUD, GUI, Shell, and other graphical content
Conceptualize, prototype, and implement designs and iterate based on feedback
Provide 2D or 3D art assets with Photoshop, Illustrator, and various proprietary software
Assist in all other corporate brand, marketing, and web design duties
Required Qualifications
At least 2 – 3 years of UI experience
Excellent Graphic Design skills with an understanding of web navigation and usability
Advanced user in Photoshop and Illustrator
Strong understanding of design principals, layout and composition, color theory, and interactive design principles
Ability to create art assets, especially in-game icons
Ability to track and manage art resources to prevent redundant development
Strong interpersonal skills
Ability to take direction well
Basic oral and written English
Preferred Qualifications
A love for playing videogames and good instincts for game design
Experience developing art assets for a video games
A love for motion graphics
HTML, Visio, Flash, CSS, JavaScript, DHTML, AJAX, Adobe Creative Suite
Portfolio Requirements
Present a variety of works relating to UI and graphic design field – logos, icons, web designs, typography, sketch layouts, menus, brochures and such
Provide samples of sketch layouts and compositions, and color swatch studies
