UI Artist (Games)

CompanyBlazing Griffin

LocationGlasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Posted At10/27/2025

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Graphic and multimedia designers

Occupation Code Skill LevelHigher Skilled

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£33,400 (£17.13 per hour)

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Description

UI Artist

Location: Glasgow-based Studio/Hybrid/Remote

Term: 6 Month Contract

About The Role

We are seeking a skilled, creative, passionate and artistic UI Artist to join our Games Team and create art focused, UI art/assets on asocial multiplayer game of a fantastic IP.

You will be an enthusiastic, accomplished UI artist/designer, collaborating closely with our UX Designer to deliver on their approved designs, creating visually appealing UI art/assets that enhance the gameplay and player experience.

Key Responsibilities

Creating great UI art/assets that enhance the game and player experience.
Working and collaborating closely with UX Designer and other Key Stakeholders to create art driven UI art/assets ensuring they are art, game/player focused and intuitive to understand while meeting visual, stylistic, gameplay and technical requirements.
Providing UI art/asset solutions from the ground up, from early research, incorporating feedback and useability/player tests, through iterative refinement to high-fidelity mockups and final in-game delivery.
Create, and maintain artistic processes, techniques and technical documentation of UI art/assets and features.

Clearly present and deliver the best UI art/asset solutions to UX Designer and other key stakeholders.

Work to increase and share knowledge, skills and experience.

Essential

Skills & Experience

Excellent UI art/asset creative skills.
Visual design skills: composition, layout, iconography, typography, colour theory.
Excellent working knowledge of industry standard tools, for example: Figma, Adobe Products (Photoshop, Illustrator), After Effects.
Experience creating Figma Prototypes and high-fidelity wireframes, ensuring any required interactivity is tested and delivered.
Ability to Design visually appealing UI art/assets for Mobile applications with industry experience. Published titles in casual, multiplayer and/or social gaming a huge bonus.
Great attention to detail and a passion for making quality UI art/assets that consistently deliver on artistic, stylistic, visual, gameplay requirements and experiences.
Highly collaborative, creative, artistic and problem-solving mindset coupled with the ability to take responsibility and ownership.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to clearly and effectively present approaches and techniques and explain decisions and ideas.

Strong team player, able to provide and accept timely, clear, constructive feedback and advice to and from team members.

Able to provide visually engaging UI art/asset solutions to problems and ideate and iterate UI art/assets quickly.

Able to work within guidelines while finding opportunities for creative expression.

Self-motivated, Pro-Active and Collaborative.

Desirable

Experience or awareness of multi-platform game development pipelines.
Wide knowledge of games, genres and styles.
Knowledge of different play-testing methods.
Degree or other significant qualification or experience in an Art, Games, Visual Effects, 3D or Motion Graphics related subject, with corresponding portfolio and/or showreel.
Experience in using Miro and Jira.
Basic knowledge of UI implementation in Unity Engine.

Blazing Griffin Benefits

33 days annual leave per year for full-time staff (pro rata for part-time and contracts)
Extra allowances for Appointments, Compassionate and Dependents leave
Employee Assistance Programme through Health Assured
Bike to Work scheme

Eye care contributions

Enhanced Parental Leave and Pay

Flexible working where possible

Free Yoga membership for Reset Yoga (in Glasgow)

If you have any questions or are having any difficulties with this application form, please email hradmin@blazinggriffin.com.

Blazing Griffin strives to promote equal opportunities for all. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

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