World Reborn is looking for a full-time Visual Design Lead with strong UI, brand, and graphic design experience to join our fully remote team and contribute the following:

• Collaborate with the Creative Director and Lead Artist to lead a team executing an iconic visual style for the game, including user interface, story graphics, and brand marketing
• Provide visual comps/references during the concepting and ideation of game features
• Create, polish, and prepare high fidelity UI assets and other gameplay components from specs, in collaboration with game and narrative designers 
• Working with our motion artist, design and create responsive UI to support a wide range of screen resolutions and mobile platforms
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation, such as style guides and technical specifications, to ensure consistent and efficient communication
• Work with the Lead Producer to prioritize, delegate, and provide direction and mentorship to a small team, enhancing their skills and helping them reach their full potential
• Provide clear and concise feedback to internal and external team members to ensure alignment with the studio's quality standards, technical requirements, and artistic vision
• Develop iconic brand marketing visuals for public launch in partnership with a major commercial partner
• Stay up to date on industry trends and participate in cross-discipline discussions to improve visual designs and techniques

Qualifications

In addition to being a nice human, the ideal candidate will meet at least several of the following requirements:

• 6+ years of experience as a UI artist for games, with minimum 3+ years in mobile and 1+ shipped titles having owned UI-related features
• Startup mentality–a willingness to don multiple hats, take on whatever tasks are required, and be a team player
• Self-motivated, approaching challenges with curiosity
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment and be sufficiently adaptable to handle dynamic situations with little advance notice and effectively meet project deadlines
• At home in a cross-functional, team-based environment, able to thrive in and promote a culture of collaboration 
• Demonstrating strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to receive and provide clear feedback and art direction
• Able to balance working hours with sync or async communication with others in different time zones
• Proficiency in advanced design tools (e.g., Figma, Sketch, Photoshop/Illustrator, and After Effects)
• Comfortable enough in Unity to update assets in place without always needing developer assistance
• An ability to work within an existing style guideline while helping to push and define it
• Experience with optimizing high fidelity assets to adapt to the technical constraints and limitations of mobile platforms
• Strong graphic design skills, experience with motion graphics and animation, expertise in game interaction, knowledge of the principles of typography, as well as wireframing skills
• A strong portfolio that showcases visual taste, advanced UI, and strong artistic style. An ideal portfolio will include:
  • high-fidelity final assets
  • a range of visual styles
  • process work from concept to completion
  • innovative solutions to UI challenges
  • examples of UI animations or motion design

Bonus points for:

• Familiarity with Rive
• Proficiency and interest in UX design, prototyping, and user testing; experience doing UX for mobile games