Principal UX/UI Designer (Gamedev)

PRINCIPAL UX/UI DESIGNER / ARTIST (NEKKI)

🕹 SPINE
🧠 Lead
💰 Negotiable
⏰ Full-time
🌎 Remote

🦄 Description
Nekki, the studio behind Shadow Fight Arena, Shadow Fight 3, Shadow Fight 2, 11×11, and Vector (with over 1 billion players worldwide), is looking for a Principal UX/UI Designer / Artist for one of its flagship PC/console projects — *SPINE*.
The ideal candidate is passionate about hand-drawn, stylized interfaces and capable of taking full ownership of the entire UI/UX development pipeline, from concept to in-engine implementation.

🚀 Responsibilities
• Plan, prioritize, and manage tasks for the UI/UX team while ensuring quality and timely delivery
• Concept, design, and implement UI systems across multiple platforms
• Collaborate with game design, art, and development teams to create cohesive design systems
• Create graphical interface elements (menus, buttons, icons, logos, etc.)
• Develop concepts for UI animations and visual effects
• Define and maintain the project’s unique visual style
• Prepare visual assets and documentation for integration into Unreal Engine
• Innovate and establish best practices for UI/UX workflows

📚 Required Skills
• 3+ years of experience in game interface or visual design
• Strong understanding of UI/UX principles
• Traditional and digital art skills, strong sense of composition and color theory
• Ability to work both within a defined art style and in a creative, exploratory mode
• Attention to detail and commitment to high quality
• Cross-disciplinary collaboration experience
• A portfolio showcasing creative and technical ability
• Fluent Russian communication

👍 Nice to Have
• Experience designing interfaces for PC and console games
• Unreal Engine experience
• Animation and VFX skills (After Effects / Unreal)
• Knowledge of 3D software for modeling, sculpting, and rendering
• Art education background
• Street art or graffiti experience
• Interest in modern graphic and game design trends

🍪 What we offer
• Full remote work
• Opportunity to shape the visual and UX identity of a major UE5 project
• Collaboration with a talented, international development team
• Creative freedom and ownership of the project’s UI vision

🌐 Vacancy link

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