UI Lead

We are creating a highly ambitious unannounced AAA game and want a passionate lead to guide and help us create an innovative UI. UI is close to our hearts, and we work hard to make sure it has a natural place in the development of the game. You will work closely with our UI Director, the team, and the rest of the directors’ team.

What’s the vision for UI at Sharkmob?
At Sharkmob we created unforgettable experiences, where the player is at the very heart of everything we do. With UI, we are communicating directly with the player making unique and frictionless experience, and most importantly, we make it fun” - Anders, UI Director As our UI Lead you’ll oversee and help shape the gameplay experience from the players' perspective. You will translate and communicate the Directors' vision into tangible designs and features together with your team. Your team consists of five UI professionals, designers, artists, and tech. The team has a diverse seniority level, both with and without prior experience in the games industry.

Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with other teams, producers and directors
- Setting clear expectations for the project
- Prioritizing and assigning tasks to the team
- Mentor and develop your team members
- Help the team with your expertise and knowledge
- Understand the direction of the project and communicate it well to your team
- Interpret the project's aesthetic direction and effectively convey it to your team.
- Look out for potential risks to the project or the team and raise those risks to stakeholders.

Requirements:

- Shipped at least one AAA game
- At least five years of experience as a UI professional
- Experience in Unreal Engine, Frostbite, or similar
- Well versed in Adobe Creative Suite
- Strong communication skills
- A talent for problem-solving
- Experience in mentorship
- Relevant portfolio within UI/UX

That Little Extra:
- Experience as a lead
- Experience with UX
- Worked proficiently with blueprint, shaders etc.
- Experience with Figma
- Understand the visual direction and communicate it well to your team

Who we are
Sharkmob was founded in 2017 and has offices in Malmö, Sweden, and London, UK. The studio develops AAA quality games for PC and console, using the Unreal Engine to power its ambitions of taking multiplayer games to new heights. Sharkmob is currently working on three major projects: Bloodhunt - a battle royale set in the Vampire: The Masquerade universe; and two proprietary, unannounced projects.

We hope that you want to join us on our adventure and become a part of our crew. You can find more great perks (https://career.sharkmob.com/pages/perks) of being a crew member. If you want to know more about Sharkmob and our projects, take a look at our homepage (https://www.sharkmob.com/about).