UI Artist

Insight Global
Cary, NC, United States
1 day ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
3 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

HTML JavaScript (Programming Language) Computer Animation Adobe Creative Cloud Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Software Debugging Game Engine Interaction Design Mobile Application Software Website Wireframe HLSL Figma
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Front End Software Development Unreal Engine

Job description

We are seeking a UI Artist to help create engaging, intuitive, and visually polished user experiences for large-scale interactive products. In this role, you will collaborate closely with UX Designers, Technical UI Designers, and Engineers to transform wireframes and concepts into high-fidelity interfaces that balance usability, visual quality, and technical implementation.

You will contribute to the design, prototyping, and implementation of UI systems while helping deliver experiences used by a global audience.

What You’ll Do

Collaborate with UX Designers, Technical UI Designers, and Engineers to create high-quality UI experiences.

Create high-fidelity mockups, prototypes, design systems, and style guides.

Design and implement menus, HUDs, iconography, UI materials, shaders, animations, and motion graphics.

Translate wireframes and concepts into polished, production-ready interfaces.

Implement UI art within Unreal Engine using UMG, materials, and animation systems.

Create material effects, visual treatments, and lightweight Blueprint functionality as needed.

Help maintain consistency across UI systems through established design standards and component libraries.

Contribute to feature development from concept through final implementation.

Requirements

You have 3-5+ years of experience working collaboratively to create UI from concept to completion

Excellent visual design skills with a strong portfolio

You are skilled with Figma, Adobe Suite, or other comparable software

A strong portfolio of work showcasing your skills and your process

Experience with UI Art implementation, in Unreal Engine (UMG) or equivalent game engine

Experience with building UI materials & shaders for game engines, or equivalent 3d packages and FX tools; motion design & UI animation, preferably for games or interaction design

You have the ability to see features through to completion and rapidly modify work as information changes

You have a passion for making and playing games and have a strong sense of player empathy

You are a proactive individual who naturally leans into owning outcomes and is able to deal with ambiguity well and adapt to changes of plan quickly

Experience developing responsive UI (Mobile apps, Websites, etc.) Experience with coding shaders

Experience with optimization and debugging

Mathematical foundation (Apply linear algebra, vector math, matrix transformations, and dot/cross products, etc.)

Experience with frontend coding (HTML, CSS, Javascript, etc.)

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