Senior UI Technical Designer

Job Description

Ubisoft's 19,000 team members, working across more than 40 locations around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players' lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their dedication and talent have brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come. Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves. If you are excited about solving game-changing challenges, cutting-edge technologies, and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join our journey and help us create the unknown.

Since opening its doors in 2008, Ubisoft Singapore has become the biggest AAA game development studio in Southeast Asia. The 400-strong studio is home to 35+ different nationalities focused on delivering ambitious gaming experiences to our players. Ubisoft Singapore has been contributing to all the Assassin's Creed® titles since Assassin's Creed® II. It innovated within the franchise as the studio behind the naval battle gameplay and water technology in Assassin's Creed® III, Assassin's Creed® IV Black Flag® and most recently in Assassin's Creed® Valhalla. Its expertise in AAA and live operations, combined with a passion for naval gameplay, pushed the team to lead the development of Skull and Bones™ revealed at E3 in 2017.

Job Description

Technical UI Designer will focus more on the design and implementation aspects. The candidate will gain hands-on experience with the editor and tools, assisting the UI Design, Art and Code departments in crafting the player experiences. This individual will develop, document and support the game art pipelines and techniques used by the production teams on the project.

The candidate, based on their skillsets and interest, will also have the opportunity to explore various career paths e.g. in game design, UX design or tools designer, as part of career progression and development.

WHAT YOU'LL DO
• Work closely with UI designers and UI programmers, as well as developers from other disciplines, to develop game content
• Implement and maintain UI assets in the game's engine
• Find a balance between desired aesthetics and the technical constraints of the engine
• Ensure the technical consistency and integrity of UI assets, by means of profiling and optimization
• Get ahead of technical problems and (help) solve them before they arise
• Communicate efficiently with the other teams on the problems you met and the solutions to bring
• Help with ideas and feedback in the development of the UI editor
• Test and debug UI content to ensure there is no conflict with the rest of the game
• Understand and develop best practices, workflows and pipelines within the UI team
• Assist in the development of necessary skills in the UI team

Qualifications
• Strong UI asset implementation at a technical level, open to all industry's however gaming will be a bonus
• Good understanding of UX in interactive applications and has a flair for animations
• Ability to understand and communicate technical issues from an aesthetic point of view
• Team Player with strong interpersonal and communication skills with willingness to learn new techniques and share knowledge openly
• Analytical thinking with the capacity to quickly understand game design rules, mechanics, balancing concepts and techniques
• Experience with standard industry software such as Photoshop and Illustrator
• Basic scripting knowledge
• Possesses a flair for animations

GOOD TO HAVE
• Knowledge of C++ or any other programming language
• Working knowledge of Graphics Mathematics (Vectors, trigonometry, matrices, Boolean logic, etc)
• Knowledge of rendering pipelines
• Knowledge of a shader language, experience writing and maintaining shaders

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