UI Artist II

Electronic Arts is looking for a talented and detail-oriented UI Artist to create visually compelling and intuitive player experiences for our mobile games. This role combines strong artistic execution with hands-on implementation inside Unity, requiring close collaboration with UX Designers, Game Designers, Artists, and Engineers.

Responsibilities:

• Create high-quality UI assets, including HUDs, menus, icons, rewards, popups, stores, progression screens, and other in-game interface elements.
• Design and implement UI screens, layouts, and visual elements within Unity while maintaining visual fidelity and functionality.
• Collaborate closely with UX Designers to translate wireframes, player flows, and interaction requirements into polished player-facing experiences.
• Work with Game Designers, Artists, and Engineers to ensure UI supports gameplay goals and technical requirements.
• Implement responsive UI layouts using Unity UGUI, Canvas systems, Anchors, Layout Groups, and Prefab workflows.
• Prepare production-ready assets with proper slicing, optimization, naming conventions, and export pipelines.
• Create and support UI animations, transitions, and visual polish to enhance the player experience.
• Ensure UI consistency across a wide range of mobile devices, resolutions, and aspect ratios.
• Support UI asset integration and management using Unity Addressables and established production workflows.
• Maintain organized project files, prefabs, documentation, and UI libraries to support efficient team collaboration.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve UI-related visual, functional, and implementation issues.
• Optimize UI assets and layouts for mobile performance, memory usage, and scalability.
• Contribute to improving UI pipelines, workflows, and best practices across the team.

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in UI Art, Game UI Design, or UI implementation within the games industry.
• Strong visual design fundamentals, including composition, hierarchy, typography, color theory, layout design, and visual communication.
• Proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma, and Unity.
• Strong experience implementing UI using Unity UGUI, including Canvas systems, Anchors, Layout Groups, and responsive UI workflows.
• Experience creating and maintaining UI Prefabs and reusable UI components.
• Familiarity with Unity Addressable and UI asset management workflows.
• Experience collaborating with UX Designers to translate wireframes, user journeys, and interaction designs into polished in-game experiences.
• Understanding of UI animation, transitions, optimization, and production constraints.
• Experience supporting UI across multiple mobile resolutions, aspect ratios, and device specifications.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to balance artistic quality with technical and production requirements.

Nice to Have:

• Experience shipping mobile free-to-play or live-service games.
• Familiarity with motion graphics, UI VFX, or interactive animation workflows.
• Basic C# scripting knowledge related to Unity UI systems.
• Experience designing rewards, progression, inventory, store, economy, or monetization-related UI.
• Knowledge of accessibility, usability, and mobile UX best practices.
• Experience working in Agile development environments.

What You'll Bring:

• Strong artistic sensibility with exceptional attention to detail.
• Passion for creating intuitive, engaging, and visually appealing player experiences.
• Ability to balance aesthetics, usability, and technical constraints.
• Ownership mindset with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively across multiple disciplines.
• Curiosity, adaptability, and a desire to continuously improve both craft and workflow.