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Senior UI Artist (Unreal Engine 5)

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of professional experience as a UI Artist or in a closely related art field, preferably within games
  • Strong leadership skills to drive a UI theme from concept through final delivery
  • Advanced proficiency in Unreal Engine 5 with UMG, Slate, and the Material Editor
  • Strong visual design skills in UI/UX, typography, layout, and visual hierarchy

Responsibilities

  • Drive the visual direction of the UI aesthetic from initial concept through final ship quality
  • Convert UX wireframes into polished mockups, prototypes, design systems, and style guides
  • Build final UI art directly within Unreal Engine using UMG, Slate, and widget animations
  • Develop UI materials and shaders through Unreal Material Editor to maintain a cohesive theme

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Leadership
  • Collaboration
  • Detail Oriented

About the company

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EPAM Systems

  • IT Services & Consulting
  • XLarge
  • 10,001+
Since 1993, EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM) has used its software engineering expertise to become a leading global provider of digital engineering, cloud and AI-enabled transformation services, and a leading business and experience consulting partner for global enterprises and ambitious startups. We address our clients’ transformation challenges by fusing EPAM Continuum’s integrated strategy, experience and technology consulting with our 30+ years of engineering execution to speed our clients’ time to market and drive greater value from their innovations and digital investments. We make GenAI real with our AI LLM orchestration, testing and engineering solutions, EPAM DIAL, EPAM EliteA™ and EPAM AI/RUN™, respectively. We deliver globally, but engage locally with our expert teams of consultants, architects, designers and engineers, making the future real for our clients, our partners and our people around the world. We believe the right solutions are the ones that improve people’s lives and fuel competitive advantage for our clients across diverse industries. Our thinking comes to life in the experiences, products and platforms we design and bring to market. Added to the S&P 500 and the Forbes Global 2000 in 2021 and recognized by Glassdoor and Newsweek as a Top 100 Best Workplace, our multidisciplinary teams serve customers across six continents. We are proud to be among the top 15 companies in Information Technology Services in the Fortune 1000 and to be recognized as a leader in the IDC MarketScapes for Worldwide Experience Build Services, Worldwide Experience Design Services and Worldwide Software Engineering Services. Learn more at www.epam.com.

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Job description

We are seeking a Senior UI Artist to take charge of the game UI's visual identity, from polished design to production-ready implementation within the engine. You will collaborate with design and engineering teams to develop scalable UI systems, materials, and animations across multiple platforms. Responsibilities Drive the visual direction of the UI aesthetic from initial concept through final ship quality Convert UX wireframes into polished mockups, prototypes, design systems, and style guides Build final UI art directly within Unreal Engine using UMG, Slate, and widget animations Develop UI materials and shaders through Unreal Material Editor to maintain a cohesive theme Craft game menus, HUD elements, iconography, and UI motion tailored to gameplay requirements Produce material-driven effects, 2D or animated effects, and simple Blueprint logic for UI Refine UI assets for performance and clarity across PC, console, and mobile platforms Guarantee UI supports accessibility and localization readiness without compromising quality Manage UI asset libraries, style guides, and reusable components Partner with designers and engineers to iterate rapidly and resolve integration challenges Requirements 3+ years of professional experience as a UI Artist or in a closely related art field, preferably within games Strong leadership skills to drive a UI theme from concept through final delivery Showcase of shipped projects delivering UI across PC, console, and mobile platforms Advanced proficiency in Unreal Engine 5 with UMG, Slate, and the Material Editor Strong visual design skills in UI/UX, typography, layout, and visual hierarchy Proficiency in industry-standard art tools, including Figma Solid understanding of optimization for real-time UI, including texture performance and atlasing Excellent collaboration skills to work cross-functionally with design and engineering High ownership mindset with strong attention to detail and comfort with ambiguity Upper-Intermediate English proficiency (B2 level) Nice to have Background in Niagara for UI-driven visual effects Understanding of responsive/adaptive UI design across various platforms and resolutions Expertise in branding or motion graphics Knowledge of the gaming domain Familiarity with AI assistants

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