Hutch Games
Senior UI Artist Art London Permanent We're Hutch, a mobile games developer & publisher with studios in central London, Dundee and Canada. Our mission is to build the most diverse and engaged automotive gaming community on mobile. Our games have been played by over 300 million people, with new titles in development. We believe in putting our people first. Here you can make games without sacrificing quality time with family and friends. We strive to ensure our people are happy and healthy. Our teams are small and empowered, they have the independence to take on creative and technical challenges together, to work collaboratively, to make great games and have fun along the way. We believe in; Looking after our people, small empowered teams, complete transparency, test, learn repeat, community at the core and the freedom to focus on what truly makes a difference to our players. We're driven by our players! Come and Join the mission! Senior UI Artist Hutch is looking for a Senior UI Artist to join the team in London and deliver visually impressive free to play gaming experiences. We really value our players and you will be a key part of defining how they interact with our games. You will have a strong understanding of UI Art and Design and have an ability to create sleek, clean and stylish user interfaces. You should be collaborative with the ability to quickly understand and translate requirements into beautiful user experiences. Responsibilities Collaborate with Designers and the Product Owner to prepare an excellent UI design including pitching ideas and helping with the creative direction. Collaborate with the Product Owner and Art Director to define an appropriate UI art style Create high quality UI artwork and the associated source assets to match the high quality visual style of our games Create engaging Live Ops event and campaign designs that can be reused for marketing and ASO Creation of UI wireframe prototypes Work with client engineers to implement well functioning and bug free UI within Unity Design elegant UI UX layouts in conjunction with the design team, including wireframes and user flow Be required to attend regular design meetings and team presentations. Contribute to planning and scheduling Mentor other UI Artists to help us level up UI Art across the studio Proactively drive and advance project-level UI/UX design decisions in close collaboration with key stakeholders Proven UI Art experience within the games industry, with at least one shipped game title in your portfolio High quality visual art and design pieces within portfolio Excellent logo and iconography design skills Experience of the design workflow, starting from paper level, through wireframes to functioning prototypes The ability to demonstrate a practical understanding of UX/communication design conventions and how they affect player behaviour and be aware of current and emerging trends Excellent visual design skills (sense of proportion, layout, graphical form, typography, colour, composition and negative space) Have an excellent sense of colour and composition, understand what looks great Unity experience with the ability to implement assets Experience with Figma & Adobe Creative Cloud software UX prototyping design software such as Figma, Adobe XD or Flinto Familiarity with AI tools and AI generated imagery Experience in working with 3rd party IP brand holders & licensing teams An interest in working on mobile games A desire to have a big impact within a small empowered team Excellent communication skills Bonus Points At Hutch we have very varied roles, so we'd welcome any of the additional skills but it is not a requirement; Experience in VFX, 2D animation and motion graphics Experience with 3D art software such as 3DS Max, Maya, Blender or Substance Experience with re branding and evolving existing IP's Experience in creating ASO, UA, Social assets Life at Hutch Our HQ is in the heart of Shoreditch in central London. We have additional offices in Dundee and Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. We're an agile, creative team with people at the core of our values. We reward our employees with; Hutch is now a 4-Day Work Week company Flexible working hours Remote working 2 days per week Excellent salary Private health care Enhanced Maternity (18 weeks) and Paternity leave (6 weeks) Access to mental health initiatives such as private mental health coaching Support to learn, develop and progress within Hutch Free snacks and drinks Social events, game launch parties, Thursday night drinks and much more This will mean that Hutch employees will work a maximum of 4 days per week (30 hours/week) Mon-Thurs, with zero reductions in pay (compared to a 5 day working week). Our Values Transparent - Being transparent and open helps us to be trusted and fosters integrity. Humble - When we are humble we show humility, we let go of egos and we are self-aware. Collaborative - We value teamwork, the spirit of collaboration and the results of working together. Driven - We have drive and ambition and always push for the best results rather than settling. Adaptable - Demonstrating the ability to adapt ultimately helps us grow and helps us thrive in different situations We value diversity and as an equal opportunity employer we encourage applications from all suitable applicants. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
Senior UI Artist Art London Permanent We're Hutch, a mobile games developer & publisher with studios in central London, Dundee and Canada. Our mission is to build the most diverse and engaged automotive gaming community on mobile. Our games have been played by over 300 million people, with new titles in development. We believe in putting our people first. Here you can make games without sacrificing quality time with family and friends. We strive to ensure our people are happy and healthy. Our teams are small and empowered, they have the independence to take on creative and technical challenges together, to work collaboratively, to make great games and have fun along the way. We believe in; Looking after our people, small empowered teams, complete transparency, test, learn repeat, community at the core and the freedom to focus on what truly makes a difference to our players. We're driven by our players! Come and Join the mission! Senior UI Artist Hutch is looking for a Senior UI Artist to join the team in London and deliver visually impressive free to play gaming experiences. We really value our players and you will be a key part of defining how they interact with our games. You will have a strong understanding of UI Art and Design and have an ability to create sleek, clean and stylish user interfaces. You should be collaborative with the ability to quickly understand and translate requirements into beautiful user experiences. Responsibilities Collaborate with Designers and the Product Owner to prepare an excellent UI design including pitching ideas and helping with the creative direction. Collaborate with the Product Owner and Art Director to define an appropriate UI art style Create high quality UI artwork and the associated source assets to match the high quality visual style of our games Create engaging Live Ops event and campaign designs that can be reused for marketing and ASO Creation of UI wireframe prototypes Work with client engineers to implement well functioning and bug free UI within Unity Design elegant UI UX layouts in conjunction with the design team, including wireframes and user flow Be required to attend regular design meetings and team presentations. Contribute to planning and scheduling Mentor other UI Artists to help us level up UI Art across the studio Proactively drive and advance project-level UI/UX design decisions in close collaboration with key stakeholders Proven UI Art experience within the games industry, with at least one shipped game title in your portfolio High quality visual art and design pieces within portfolio Excellent logo and iconography design skills Experience of the design workflow, starting from paper level, through wireframes to functioning prototypes The ability to demonstrate a practical understanding of UX/communication design conventions and how they affect player behaviour and be aware of current and emerging trends Excellent visual design skills (sense of proportion, layout, graphical form, typography, colour, composition and negative space) Have an excellent sense of colour and composition, understand what looks great Unity experience with the ability to implement assets Experience with Figma & Adobe Creative Cloud software UX prototyping design software such as Figma, Adobe XD or Flinto Familiarity with AI tools and AI generated imagery Experience in working with 3rd party IP brand holders & licensing teams An interest in working on mobile games A desire to have a big impact within a small empowered team Excellent communication skills Bonus Points At Hutch we have very varied roles, so we'd welcome any of the additional skills but it is not a requirement; Experience in VFX, 2D animation and motion graphics Experience with 3D art software such as 3DS Max, Maya, Blender or Substance Experience with re branding and evolving existing IP's Experience in creating ASO, UA, Social assets Life at Hutch Our HQ is in the heart of Shoreditch in central London. We have additional offices in Dundee and Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. We're an agile, creative team with people at the core of our values. We reward our employees with; Hutch is now a 4-Day Work Week company Flexible working hours Remote working 2 days per week Excellent salary Private health care Enhanced Maternity (18 weeks) and Paternity leave (6 weeks) Access to mental health initiatives such as private mental health coaching Support to learn, develop and progress within Hutch Free snacks and drinks Social events, game launch parties, Thursday night drinks and much more This will mean that Hutch employees will work a maximum of 4 days per week (30 hours/week) Mon-Thurs, with zero reductions in pay (compared to a 5 day working week). Our Values Transparent - Being transparent and open helps us to be trusted and fosters integrity. Humble - When we are humble we show humility, we let go of egos and we are self-aware. Collaborative - We value teamwork, the spirit of collaboration and the results of working together. Driven - We have drive and ambition and always push for the best results rather than settling. Adaptable - Demonstrating the ability to adapt ultimately helps us grow and helps us thrive in different situations We value diversity and as an equal opportunity employer we encourage applications from all suitable applicants. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.