Graphics Team Lead - UI Un-Announced Project

Job Description

As a Graphic Team Lead - UI at Ubi MTL, you'll be both a hands-on developer and a direction-providing mentor as you work with a team of UI artists to transform high-level gameplay ideas into functional UI designs. You'll oversee and coordinate your team in building and integrating the visuals that smoothly guide players as they navigate a game. Thanks to your understanding of the UI development process along with its (at times, many) technical and artistic constraints, you're go-to person for advice and a point of contact for all of production. You're able to step in to coach your team, find solutions to setbacks, and make use of space to create a seamless and intuitive gameplay experience for players to enjoy.

What you'll do
• Partner with core team members to understand the game's overall vision, art direction, and visual identity.
• Participate in prototyping to experiment with designs & explore opportunities.
• Support your team in creating interface assets (menus, animation, HUD, icons, buttons, world maps, etc.).
• Meet with your UI artists to assign tasks, establish priorities, discuss progress, provide feedback, etc.
• Find balance between artistic aspects and technical constraints & find solutions to fix buggy features.
• Integrate interface assets using our proprietary tools and engines, with the help of programmers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (design, art, animation, etc.) to ensure consistency to achieve quality.
• Carry out the annual evaluations of your UI artists.
• Stay up to date on UI best practices, tools, and trends to refine your skills & refresh your knowledge.
• Participate in recruitment to build your UI team & foster their growth.

Qualifications

What you bring
• Visual design experience (or related experience) + leadership experience
• Knowledge of design tools (Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects), game engines (e.g. Unity or Unreal), game limitations, and prototyping tools *
• Solid understanding of usability principals & information architecture
• A highly empathetic, creative, collaborative, and innovative spirit
• Excellent mentorship, communication, organizational, time management, interpersonal, and presentation skills
• Flexibility and a whole lot of resourcefulness
• Motivation to reach out for feedback and adapt to it
• A sharp eye for UX design + a passion for visual communication

Just a heads up: If you require a work permit, your eligibility may depend on your education and years of relevant work experience, as required by the government.
*Knowledge of project management software (e.g. Jira), 3D software (e.g. 3DS Max or Maya) + familiarity with scripting language and shader writing = very nice to have

What to send our way
• Your CV, highlighting your education, experience, and skills
• A portfolio of your best work, showcasing your UI skills (attach images or send us a link to your personal website or online portfolio)

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gkj3qp-18-191-91-15-42 in your application.