At Kabam, we’re constantly raising the bar of excellence in free-to-play gaming.
We hire for passion and diversity so that we can triumph in our collective
skill. Our teams are made up of a fusion of personalities and interests bound
together by a collaborative nature, fun-loving culture, and a drive to do what
it takes to make great games. And this is where you come in…
As Lead UI Artist for an unannounced project, you will set the visual direction
for UI and UX for the project and lead a small team to execute that vision
across the game’s many screens and interfaces. You are highly organized,
self-motivated, and an excellent communicator who can effortlessly move between
high and low-level problems. You have an inherent desire to understand players
and to represent them in our games. You have strong visual and technical skills
that allow you to visualize consistent and engaging UI in concept and guide
engineers and technical artists in executing that UI in engine. You are able to
define not only the guidelines for how a UI looks, but also how it moves and
reacts to player input.
This role is a full-time, on-site position based 5 days a week at our Downtown
Vancouver studio.
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In this role, you can expect to:
- Visualize and curate the UI direction for the game to set the visual target
and keep all UI consistent.
- Monitor and advocate for the consistency of game UI across all interfaces
(buttons, icons, etc…).
- Concept, create, and guide the development of icons and other graphic designs
as part of screens.
- Conceptualize screens in various levels of completion, from wireframes to
polished final assets.
- Prototype screens and interactions before execution.
- Create icons, graphic designs, and other assets required to be implemented as
UI in game.
- Convey the motion and visual effects needed by the UI to be reactive, dynamic
and engaging to the player.
- Present and communicate design intent and outcomes to stakeholders, driving
UI designs to completion at the highest quality.
- Own the UI & UX process; coalescing product, game design, engineering, art
and live ops needs to produce actionable artifacts.
- Implement visual components of screens in the engine as needed.
- Provide guidance and mentorship to develop a small team of UI & UX designers
and contract resources.
- Work with contract/outsource partners to expand our UI capabilities.
To be successful in this role, your background includes:
- 6+ years of experience as a UI and/or UX Designer or Product Designer in a
professional capacity, preferably within video games.
- 1 or more shipped titles in a Senior or Lead UI artist role in mobile games.
- An expert level of expertise in using design tools commonly used in the
industry, including Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD, Photoshop, and others.
- Skilled with Figma, the Adobe Suite, and other prototyping software.
- The ability to solve complex problems in resourceful and effective ways, with
human-centered design in mind.
- Exceptional eye for visual design.
- Ability to own multiple features.
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills.
- Self-starter and excellent prioritizing skills.
- Experience in Unity.
- A passion for mobile and F2P games.
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$116,800 - $146,000 a year
The typical hiring range listed above is specific to candidates located in
Vancouver. The salary will be determined based on your knowledge, skills and
competencies, and you’ll have room to grow after you join!
If you’re interested in the position but your expectations don’t fully align
with the provided range, we still encourage you to apply! Considerations may be
made based on your experience level.
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Excited by this opportunity? Kabam is dedicated to growing our diverse and
inclusive workforce, so if your past experience doesn’t perfectly match the
listed requirements we encourage you to apply anyways - you could be a great fit
for this or other positions.
We invite you to apply now and start the conversation with us. Together, we can
create and support some of the best games ever made and entertain the world!
About Kabam
Kabam is a world leader in developing entertaining, immersive, and highly social
multiplayer games, bringing high-quality graphics, next-generation technology,
and revolutionary gameplay to players around the world.
Kabam’s games, Marvel Contest of Champions
[https://www.playcontestofchampions.com/], Shop Titans
[https://playshoptitans.com/], and more have generated hundreds of millions of
downloads and have received multiple awards including Apple’s Editor’s Choice
and Google Play’s Best Game of the Year.
Founded in 2006, Kabam has studios and offices in Vancouver, Montreal and
Charlottetown in Canada, Los Angeles and San Francisco in the United States, and
in Seoul, South Korea. Kabam is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Netmarble Games.
Kabam is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to building a
diverse and equitable workplace, and inclusive environment for all existing and
potential employees. Employment decisions are based on candidate qualifications
and business need, not race, color, ancestry, place of origin, age, sex
(including pregnancy), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation,
political belief, religion, creed, marital or family status, medical condition,
genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status,
prior criminal conviction or any other protected class in accordance with
federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Accommodations will
be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the
selection process.
