Game UI/UX Designer - Game Porting (3 Months)

Company Overview

Viridian Software specializes in console porting services, assisting game developers and publishers worldwide by adapting games built in various engines to PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch platforms. The team ensures smooth transitions in gameplay, performance, and user experience across multiple console ecosystems, contributing to a wide range of genres and technologies for high-quality game releases.

Role Overview

This full-time remote position, lasting three months, seeks a Game UI/UX Designer focused on porting games to consoles. The designer will be tasked with adapting and enhancing existing game interfaces to fit console environments, ensuring intuitive layouts, navigation, and control schemes that align with platform-specific standards.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the UX/UI lead to redesign game UI/UX for console platforms and develop new UI elements from the ground up.
• Create wireframes that adhere to current design languages and transform static visuals into high-fidelity prototypes.
• Incorporate feedback rapidly to refine interactive prototypes.
• Implement UX/UI components within game-specific development pipelines effectively.

Qualifications and Skills

• Degree in Game Design, UX Design, or related field.
• Strong command of English for reading, writing, and speaking.
• Familiarity with fundamental UX principles such as clarity, efficiency, cohesion, user-centered design, and accessibility.
• Experience with UX design specifically for games.
• Proficiency in Figma for interface design.
• Knowledge of Unity and Unreal Engine workflows.
• Good organizational skills to maintain and follow shared UX documentation.
• Basic knowledge of Photoshop for UI asset creation.
• Self-driven and comfortable with remote work environments.
• Meticulous attention to detail and ability to work under iterative, deadline-oriented conditions.
• Effective collaboration skills with programmers, artists, and producers, with the capacity to clearly communicate design choices.

Preferred Additional Skills

• Prior experience in UI/UX design within the gaming industry.
• Understanding of interface design differences between keyboard/mouse and gamepad controls.
• Experience configuring UI screens and elements in Unity and Unreal Engine.

Application Requirements

• Submission of portfolio link is mandatory.

Work Conditions

• Fully remote role requiring overlap with GMT timezone.
• Salary varies based on location and experience.