Lead UI/UX Designer

About Us

We are CCP Games London, a dynamic team working on a brand-new sci-fi sandbox FPS game, EVE Vanguard.

Our focus is to create an immersive sandbox experience featuring stunning visuals and intuitive gameplay, utilizing player feedback from our passionate fans and adding ground-breaking connections with EVE Online.

We are looking for a talented Lead UI/UX Designer to join our team and get hands-on building an innovative user experience for our game.

Job Overview

As the Lead UI/UX Designer, you will be responsible for the UI/UX of EVE Vanguard, leading the UI/UX team and collaborating with the creative and engineering teams to create a fully immersive player experience. This role reports directly to the Creative Manager.

Your Tasks

1. Collaborate with the Art, Design, and Engineering teams to help define features and implement a player-focused UI/UX experience.
2. Work with the Creative Teams on the visual identity and vision for the product.
3. Lead the UI/UX design team in defining and implementing the game's user flows from initial wireframes and prototypes to final in-game assets.
4. Work with Tech Artists and Engineers to successfully execute the vision for UI across the product.
5. Ensure all assets are delivered against agreed technical specifications, to quality, and are present and functioning in the game engine as intended.
6. Propose a range of creative UI/UX solutions and ideas.
7. Work effectively in a collaborative environment.

Your Profile

1. Strong core skills in graphic design, branding and iconography, typography, colour theory, and composition.
2. Expert knowledge of working directly in Unreal Engine; using UMG to layout widgets, Blueprint scripting to bind UI logic, and creating UI materials to achieve high fidelity.
3. Expert in design software such as Figma, Adobe XD (or similar), with experience creating and maintaining interactive wireframe flows.
4. In-depth knowledge of UX principles and their applications.
5. Experience in formulating and implementing UX strategies.
6. Strong communication skills as you will be working with key stakeholders to solve problems.
7. Understanding of how UI should be integrated into the engine, knowledge of when to use textures, materials, or procedural approaches.
8. Expert knowledge of industry-standard 2D software, Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.
9. Expert knowledge of industry-standard pipelines and workflows from initial asset creation to implementation within the game engine.
10. Experience managing and mentoring others.
11. Exceptional attention to detail.

Desirable Skills

1. Experience working on multiplayer or live-service games.
2. Knowledge of motion design or animation for UI elements.
3. Familiarity with accessibility standards and practices in game design, particularly for multiplayer games.

What we can offer you

1. The inspiring challenge of working on a pioneering, ambitious project with great coworkers.
2. An opportunity to learn and grow within an international company.
3. A multicultural work environment that encourages growth, creativity, and innovation.
4. Free lunches, breakfasts, drinks, and snacks in the studio.
5. A family-friendly work environment with flexible work hours.
6. Employer contributory pension plan.
7. Life Insurance.
8. Private medical and dental paid for you and your family.
9. Annual Commuting Allowance.
10. Monthly Home Working Allowance.
11. Annual Fitness Allowance.
12. Discretionary quarterly and annual performance sharing plan.