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Senior UI Artist (Unreal Engine 5)
EPAM Systems
๐ง๐ท Brazil | ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico | ๐ฆ๐ท Argentina | ๐จ๐ฑ Chile | ๐จ๐ด Colombia
Remote
Senior
23 hours ago
- Design Systems
- Unreal Engine
- Unreal
- UI/UX
- Figma
- AI
23 hours ago
We are looking for aSenior UI Artist to own the look and feel of the game UI, from high-fidelity design to ship-quality implementation in the engine. You will partner with design and engineering to build scalable UI systems, materials, and animations across platforms.
Responsibilities
- Own the visual direction of the UI look and feel from concept to ship quality
- Translate UX wireframes into high-fidelity mockups, prototypes, design systems, and style guides
- Implement final UI art directly in Unreal Engine using UMG, Slate, and widget animations
- Create UI materials and shaders using Unreal Material Editor to support a consistent theme
- Design game menus, HUD elements, iconography, and UI motion to meet gameplay needs
- Author material-driven effects, 2D or animated effects, and basic Blueprint logic for UI
- Optimize UI assets for performance and clarity across PC, console, and mobile targets
- Ensure UI supports accessibility and localization readiness without sacrificing quality
- Maintain UI asset libraries, style guides, and reusable components
- Coordinate with designers and engineers to iterate quickly and resolve integration issues
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional experience as a UI Artist or in a closely related art discipline, ideally within games
- Strong leadership skills to own a UI theme from concept through final implementation
- Proven project experience shipping UI across PC, console, and mobile targets
- Advanced Unreal Engine 5 skills with UMG, Slate, and the Material Editor
- Strong visual design skills in UI/UX, typography, layout, and visual hierarchy
- Proficiency with industry-standard art tools, including Figma
- Solid optimization knowledge for real-time UI, including texture performance and atlasing
- Excellent collaboration skills to work cross-functionally with design and engineering
- High ownership mindset with strong attention to detail and comfort with ambiguity
- Upper-Intermediate English proficiency (B2 level)
Nice to have
- Niagara experience for UI-driven visual effects
- Familiarity with responsive/adaptive UI design across multiple platforms and resolutions
- Background in branding or motion graphics
- Gaming domain knowledge
- Familiarity with AI assistants
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