Senior Technical Artist creating innovative 3D multiplayer game experiences and bridging art with development. Seeking a balance of artistic vision and technical skills in gaming.
About the role
- In-house designer responsible for look and feel of digital game products. Designing UI and game assets with collaboration across platforms.
Responsibilities
- You’ll be the in-house designer responsible for the look, feel and motion of our digital game products - both in-game and UI, with occasional web and marketing asset work.
- You’ll own the visual design of game UI from concept to delivery, working closely with our developers to produce polished, on-brand experiences across mobile, tablet and TV.
- Design game assets for Unity titles
- Create UI assets production-ready for Unity’s uGUI system: sprite sheets, atlases, UI components, and screen layouts
- Design stylised assets in line with game art direction, including toon/flat aesthetics consistent with FlatKit and similar rendering styles
- Produce assets that work across the Universal Render Pipeline (URP), including any overlay or focus effects
- QA your own work in Unity - verifying assets render correctly, checking layout at target resolutions, and flagging integration issues to the developer
- Collaborate with the Game Developer on shader-driven UI effects and stencil-based UI overlays where required
- Design screens, components and flows in Figma, ready for Flutter implementation
- Maintain and evolve app design systems - components, tokens, spacing, typography and colour
- Design for Android and iOS - respecting platform conventions while maintaining a consistent Big Potato visual identity
- Work with the Full Stack Developer to ensure Figma handoff is clean, annotated and implementation-ready
- Design and deliver motion for both Unity and Flutter surfaces: UI transitions, button states, loading sequences, celebration moments and FTUE flows
- Produce After Effects or Lottie animations for Flutter, and Unity Timeline-compatible animation briefs for game UI
- Bring energy and polish to key moments in the product - onboarding, game launch, win/lose states
- Maintain visual coherence across all digital products
- Own and evolve the digital design system, ensuring reusable components are well-documented in Figma
- Work with the Head of Digital and PM to understand product goals and translate them into considered design solutions
- Deliver assets to spec and on time, adapting to sprint cycles and game launch schedules
- Reduce reliance on freelance design resource by being the reliable in-house owner of design output
- Use AI design tools to increase throughput without compromising quality
- Maximize asset efficiency to ensure builds are as snappy as can be.
Requirements
- Strong UI design portfolio demonstrating work across mobile apps and/or games
- Proficiency in Figma - components, auto layout, variables/tokens, and developer handoff
- Experience designing UI assets for Unity (uGUI) - understanding of sprite atlases, canvas scaling, and asset export requirements
- Ability to QA your own work in Unity: verify renders, check resolutions, identify integration issues
- Motion design skills - you can independently deliver UI animations, transitions, and micro-interactions (After Effects, Lottie, or equivalent)
- Experience designing for both Android and iOS, respecting platform conventions
- Comfortable working within an established visual style and game art direction
- Organised, self-directed, and able to manage your own workload within sprint cycles
- Experience designing stylised / toon UI - flat design aesthetics, bold outlines, expressive colour
- Familiarity with Unity’s Universal Render Pipeline (URP) and how it affects UI asset requirements
- Experience with shader-driven UI effects (stencil buffers, focus/overlay, custom UI shaders)
- Flutter/Dart design system experience - understanding how Flutter renders components
- Unity Timeline familiarity - ability to brief or contribute to animation sequences
- Experience designing FTUE (First Time User Experience) and onboarding flows
- Exposure to WebGL UI - understanding of resolution constraints and browser rendering
- Experience at a games studio or on consumer entertainment products
- Familiarity with Lottie for cross-platform animation delivery
- Use of AI design tools to accelerate production
Benefits
- Annual Leave Entitlement (Full-time): 16 days, in addition to Bank and Public Holidays.
- We work a four-day week (we were one of the first companies to implement this and we’ve never looked back).
- Enrolment in the Employee Benefit Trust after 12 months (everyone owns a part of the Big Potato)
- Free BUPA private healthcare.
- Access to the Government Pension Scheme.
- Each year you are entitled to a £500 bonus (pro rata) to put towards your holiday.
- Free fruit, snacks, soft drinks, office wine & beers, tea & coffee.
- Discounted gym
- Free monthly yoga
- Monthly paid socials.
- Summer and Christmas Party
- Free games.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Free eye tests.
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