User Interface Designer

The UI Designer will work closely with cross-functional teams (Production, Art, Engineering, QA, Marketing / Sales, Biz Dev, etc) to create and implement UI / graphic design for video games, web sites, and other projects. The UI Designer will create highly user friendly assets with a consistent style throughout any given project.

Responsibilities

  • Work closely with Artists, Engineering, Producers and Game Designers to create simple creative solutions to complicated game design needs
  • Build smart, well-designed assets, interfaces and animations for our video games that look great and are built efficiently
  • Mock up and prototype features according to UI specifications
  • Provide variety of solutions to design needs
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams to create and implement UI assets

Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience

  • At least 3 - 4 years of UI experience
  • Demonstrable graphic design skills with expert knowledge of user interface design best practice, and interactive design Fundamentals.
  • Deep understanding of layout, typography, color theory, web and interactive design fundamentals
  • Ability to create art assets (especially icons) matching existing art styles - UI components, in-game HUD elements, menus, icons, and other 2d game assets etc
  • Strong ability to communicate ideas through mock-ups, wireframes flow diagrams and prototypes
  • Ability to follow through and see projects to completion, working independently and as a team
  • Good understanding of the limits of web technologies and game development process
  • Maintain consistent style
  • Ability to communicate visually, and to identify and define visual design issues and solutions
  • Fluent in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio) and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash)
  • Excellent Photoshop skills (CS3-5) compositing, texture painting, tiling, retouch, filtering, scripting
  • Excellent Flash skills including creating optimized movies, buttons, and animation as well as HTML, CSS, JavaScript and other web technologies
  • Passion for video games, virtual worlds and social networking
  • Shipped titles and experience in social / mobile / web video games a major plus
  • PLUS: Expertise in Flash Development: Actionscript 2 and 3, object-oriented programming, CPU/Memory optimization, JavaScript/Flash bridging, Cross-browser compatibility

Grab Benefits

GRAB offers competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and excellent growth opportunities. Our benefits are designed to strengthen our organization by supporting employees' ability to balance work, personal and family life. Through GRAB's exceptional company culture and outstanding benefits, employees have the opportunity to share in the Company's success and have more peace-of-mind and enjoyment in daily life.

  • Competitive salary
  • Bonuses
  • Employee Share Interest
  • Health care coverage
  • Dental coverage
  • Employee Referral Program
  • Paid holidays
  • Paid vacations
  • Weekly Catered Lunches
  • Team member events
  • Office snacks
  • and Video Games