King - Senior UI Designer (12 month FTC) | Candy Crush Saga

UI Designer is needed in London, United Kingdom.

Client: King

Location: London, United Kingdom

Contract: Full-time, Full-time

Job Description

Are you ready to take our players on an incredible journey? Do you aspire to create the world’s best mobile games? We are seeking UI talent to help us level up and ensure our games are as inclusive and engaging as possible. You’ll drive our team forward to deliver unforgettable experiences that delight players across the world.

As an experienced and talented Senior UI Designer, you’ll work closely with UX and game designers, user researchers, developers, game artists, and technical artists. Collaborating with internal stakeholders, UI lead, and producers, you will work on effective and optimized user interface systems and new player-centric features for Candy Crush. With your passion for interaction and communication design, you’ll help apply design principles in practice and proactively share your knowledge with other UI designers and game artists.

As a member of the Candy team, you’ll participate in cross-location collaboration. We believe your communication and organization skills will help you champion cooperation on features and information exchange among the teams.

Requirements

Skills to create Thrills:

• You have experience in UI design for games.
• You have experience in UI implementation with game engines.
• You possess a well-developed sense of visual aesthetics.
• You have knowledge of technical constraints and asset optimization.
• You can apply interaction and communication design to your work.
• You are confident in analyzing design specs.
• You are a proactive and reliable team player.

Bonus Points:

• Skills in animation, motion design, and special effects.
• Experience working in an agile project environment.
• Passion for mentoring and supporting the growth of others.

A portfolio demonstrating all aspects of your skill, including any relevant personal projects, is required.

About King

At King, we’re Making the World Playful. Heard of Candy Crush? We’re the creators behind it. With game studios in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona, and Berlin, and offices in Dublin, San Francisco, New York, and Malta, we have a 20-year history of delivering some of the world’s most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry and are on a mission to level-up the little moments for our more than 200 million active monthly users.

But we aren’t just crushing it with candies; we’re also behind Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch, Pet Rescue, and loads of other sweet games. As a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, King is part of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft.

Diversity and Inclusion

King strives to be a place where everyone can be their most authentic self. We recognize that diversity, equity, and inclusion are vital and continuous conversations, and that change only happens when we all come together. It’s our mission to build a diverse and inclusive Kingdom for our people, players, and community.

Company Culture

Making the World Playful is our mission – it’s the thread that connects our people, our players, and our passion for our games. Kingsters are seriously playful: creative thinkers who balance art and science to bring moments of magic to millions daily. We’re always looking for ways to champion each other and make what’s already great, even better.

Application Information

Applications need to be in English.