Senior UI Artist

Pogo is building a brand new gaming studio in Austin, Texas: Pogo Adventures! This studio will be responsible for Pogo's upcoming suite of next generation casual games. These games will be using Pogo's classic IP, but completely re-imagining these titles for IOS and Android Tablet devices.

We are looking for a Senior UI Artist who has shipped successful social/mobile and tablet products.  We require a seasoned UI artist who understands all facets of game art creation.  Our ideal candidate will understand the unique challenges of designing UI for mobile platforms and be able to add value to our objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Create UI that is easily understood by our targeted demographic and is aesthetically beautiful and innovative.
• Work closely with the art director, art lead, and creative team to develop concepts, prototypes, animatics and production ready content.
• Work closely with engineers and designers to implement UI elements, animation and effects efficiently to allow for rapid iteration of game design and aesthetics.
• Create a wide variety of UI elements ranging from icons, dialogs, HUD, UI animation and visual effects.
• Develop pipelines for efficiently getting UI assets from tools such as Photoshop, Flash, or Illustrator into Unity3D and continuously improve the export from these tools reduce time from concept to game ready assets.
• Manage and maintain animation UI libraries.
• Help create and maintain UI style guides.
• Provide guidance and direction to external vendors and contractors as required.
• Work closely with satellite offices and collaborate with cross-functional teams.