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Gameloft Barcelona is seeking a passionate, visionary, and highly skilled Senior UI Designer to join our award-winning art production team. In this role, you will be instrumental in crafting high-fidelity user-interface assets, iconic menu layouts, and immersive graphic designs for our globally recognized, multiplatform games.Asegúrese de presentar su candidatura con toda la información solicitada, tal como se expone en la descripción del puesto a continuación.This position sits at the intersection of graphic design, visual storytelling, and human-computer interaction. Working under the direct supervision of the UI/UX Director, you will act as a key artistic pillar, collaborating closely with UX designers, game designers, and engineers. Your daily work will leverage the overarching art direction of each title, dress up the user-experience flow, and fundamentally enhance the visual narrative of the game.Operating from our vibrant studio in Barcelona under a flexible hybrid model, you will translate complex system data into beautiful, intuitive, and stylistically distinct interfaces that span all major gaming hardware platforms—from mobile and tablets to PC and next-gen home consoles.Job Overview : Senior UI Designer (Mid-Senior)Attribute DetailsJob Title Senior UI Designer (Mid-Senior)Company Gameloft BarcelonaLocation Barcelona, SpainWork Arrangement HybridEmployment Type Permanent ContractCore Software Stack Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Graphics Tablet (Wacom/equivalent)Key Specializations Composition, Typography, Photomontage, 2D Special Effects, Original 2D CompositionKey Projects Asphalt Legends Unite, Disney Speedstorm, and an upcoming Dungeons & Dragons PC/Console projectWelcome to Gameloft BarcelonaFor 25 years, Gameloft Barcelona has been bringing together formidable talent to create benchmark games that define industries and shape generations of players. Our studio is built on a culture of creative boldness, deep collaboration, and absolute technical excellence. Over the past two decades, our games have powered top-tier global franchises and reached billions of active players worldwide.When you join the team in Gameloft Barcelona, you are stepping into a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment celebrating some of the most exciting IPs in interactive entertainment. Our current production slate includes:Asphalt Legends Unite: Celebrating the massive 20th anniversary of the iconic, award-winning racing franchise.Disney Speedstorm: The ultimate hero-based, high-speed combat racing game set on Disney and Pixar-inspired circuits.Dungeons & Dragons Project: An unannounced, highly anticipated PC and console title set within the legendary D&D universe.We are immensely proud of our people and our studio culture. At Gameloft, we prioritize the professional growth, career progression, and long-term work-life balance of every team member. We welcome bold, diverse creative minds who want to push boundaries and build the future of multiplatform gaming together.Position Purpose & Detailed ScopeIn modern game development, a user interface is far more than a collection of buttons and HUD elements; it is the vital portal through which players experience the game’s mechanics, universe, and emotion. The Senior UI Designer is responsible for establishing the visual identity, aesthetic polish, and graphic consistency of these interactive systems.Your journey will challenge both your artistic finesse and your technical design capabilities. You will touch every stage of the artistic production cycle: from static look-development, framing, and mood boards to high-end asset creation, 2D special effects, texture painting, and micro-interaction styling. Whether you are creating a gritty, atmospheric menu for an RPG or a sleek, high-octane dashboard for a premium racing simulator, your work will directly impact how billions of players navigate and enjoy our virtual worlds.Key Responsibilities1. Visual Design, Style Development & Graphic ExecutionInterface Aesthetic Styling: Author, paint, and design premium user-interface assets, HUD layout components, dynamic iconography, and structural menu systems that directly match and elevate the game’s overall art direction.Typographic & Color Mastery: Establish cohesive graphic design paradigms, including custom typography layouts, iconography systems, and strict color theory guidelines to maximize cross-platform legibility and brand recognition.Original Graphical Compositions: Produce original graphic layouts, exploring unique framing styles, graphic camera angles, and advanced digital illustrations that enhance menu backgrounds and transition screens.Photomontage & 2D Special Effects: Utilize advanced photomontage methodologies and author custom 2D special effects to add depth, cinematic texture, and high-fidelity polish to menu states and rewards screens.2. Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration & Pipeline IntegrationUX/UI Alignment: Collaborate intimately with the UI/UX Director and User Experience (UX) teams to dress up the functional wireframes and user flows, ensuring that technical navigation feels intuitive, responsive, and natural.Engineering Synergy: Interface directly with UI Technical Artists and Front-End Engineers to ensure that exported assets conform perfectly to technological constraints, screen resolutions, and performance budgets.Platform Adaptation: Design versatile, scalable UI frameworks capable of seamless adaptation across highly diverse hardware specifications, ranging from compact touch-screen mobile devices to ultra-wide PC displays and home consoles.3. Professional Autonomy, Trend Analysis & MentorshipProactive Initiative: Take distinct graphical initiative across all assigned tasks. Actively identify visual or functional gaps in current UI builds and present polished, self-directed layout solutions to project directors.Trend Tracking: Maintain an exceptional, up-to-date general knowledge of global visual, cinematic, and graphic design trends spanning video games, television, film, UI technology, and modern web design.Documentation & Guidelines: Assist in building, cataloging, and maintaining comprehensive UI style guides and technical asset libraries to streamline production scaling across multiplatform versions.About You (Selection Criteria)To thrive within Gameloft Barcelona’s elite art department, you must be a dedicated digital artist who balances absolute technical proficiency with an immaculate eye for detail, finesse, and stylistic adaptability.Experience & ArtistryIndustry Footprint: Mid-to-Senior level professional experience in UI design, graphic design, or 2D digital art production (ideally within the video games, interactive media, or digital entertainment sectors).Artistic Finesse: A world-class portfolio showcasing exceptional compositional skills, a masterful understanding of color theory, high-end production polish, and deep typographic sensitivity.Diverse Hardware Literacy: A solid understanding of the structural layout differences and technical rules required when designing interfaces for differing platforms (Console, PC, and Mobile/Touch).Technical Skill MatrixAdobe Photoshop Mastery: Expert-level knowledge of Adobe Photoshop for high-end digital painting, photo manipulation, texturing, asset rendering, and photomontage.Adobe Illustrator Fluency: Elite proficiency in Adobe Illustrator for vector layout design, scalable icon generation, and precise typographic systems.Graphics Tablet Fluency: Strong, native dexterity drawing, retouching, and painting digital assets utilizing a graphics tablet (e.g., Wacom, Huion, or equivalent hardware).Team Dynamics: Excellent interpersonal skills with a proven track record of working successfully within cross-disciplinary teams, accepting constructive critique gracefully, and working autonomously under tight deadlines.Language Skills: A professional level of English language proficiency is highly appreciated, as it serves as a core communication tool across our global multiplatform development pipeline.Why Work with Gameloft Barcelona?At Gameloft, we believe that world-class entertainment is born from an environment where creators feel supported, valued, and safe to take creative risks. Our studio culture prioritizes holistic well-being and clear career progression pathways.Vibrant Office Environment: Work from our premium studio space located in the cultural hub of Barcelona, surrounded by highly creative, bold, and passionate people.Hybrid Flexibility: Enjoy the absolute best of both worlds with a flexible hybrid work model balancing collaborative in-office team days with remote work-from-home focus days.Career Advancement: Access clear avenues for long-term career progression, internal skill training, and professional leadership alignment.Culture of Collaboration: Engage in a relaxed, open-door environment where sharing knowledge across engineering, game design, UX, and art teams is celebrated daily.Equal Opportunity EmployerGameloft Barcelona is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to constructing a diverse, welcoming, and inclusive work environment. All employment decisions are determined strictly on the basis of operational business needs, specific technical job requirements, and individual applicant merit—without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability status, or any other characteristic protected under local labor laws.Application RequirementsTo be considered for this competitive permanent role at our Barcelona studio, all candidates must submit a digital portfolio or demo reel link alongside their professional CV. Your portfolio must explicitly demonstrate:1. A high quality of finished work showcasing a clear sense of artistry, clean file setup, and digital finesse.2. Diverse stylistic examples (e.g., stylized, minimalist, dark fantasy, futuristic, realistic). xqbhyrx 3. A clear breakdown of your specific contributions, demonstrating your personal experience in composition, custom iconography, and typography selection.#J-18808-Ljbffr
