Junior UI Designer

Company Description
**About Ubisoft**

Ubisoft’s 21,000 team members, working across more than 30 countries around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their commitment and talent have brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come. Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves. If you are excited about solving game-changing challenges, cutting edge technologies and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join our journey and help us create the unknown.

**About Ubisoft Mainz**

**Job Description**:
**Anno** is a critically acclaimed and award-winning franchise, offering a rich city-building experience and providing players ample opportunity to create huge metropolises, plan efficient logistics networks, explore and settle new lands and dominate their opponents by diplomacy, trade or warfare.

As a **Junior UI Designer **on our team, your player-focused mindset allows you to conceptualize intuitive menus whose look and feel encompass our game's overall creative vision. Thanks to your work, the game experience remains intuitive, immersive and provides our players with the right information at the right time. When needed you might also engage in the design of icons and animations or support us with interface related graphic design.

**What you will do**:

- Work closely with other UI Designers to conceptualize and design menus and HUD elements
- Adapt and develop graphic design solutions fitting to Anno's visual style
- Clearly communicate ideas, either as wireframes, prototypes or mock-ups
- Design solutions to make UI user friendly
- Work closely with the Game Design teams to know what type of player experience is intended
- Implement menus in collaboration with other UI Designers as well as the programming team and verify their quality
- At times design in-game motion graphics or icons

**Qualifications**:
**What you bring**:

- College diploma in interface, interaction or graphic design or equivalent training/work experience
- Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite and prototyping software
- Solid visual design skills and the ability to adapt to different graphical styles
- Creativity and sense of initiative (proactivity, originality and resourcefulness when searching for solutions)
- Good observational skills
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Openness to constructive criticism and able to adapt to change
- Strong verbal and written English skills
- Being an avid gamer is a strong plus
- Experience with Animation or Motion Design is a plus

**What to send our way**:

- Your CV, highlighting your education, experience, and skills
- A cover letter including your earliest starting date, expected salary and why you would like to join us
- A portfolio with a breakdown of your best and most fitting work - show us your process and why you are a great fit (attach work samples or send us a link to your personal website or online portfolio)

Additional Information

What we offer:

- ** Ubisoft Blue Byte Academy**: We offer multiple opportunities for you to discover your full potential and develop yourself in various areas. Guest speakers from the industry, workshops, and access to our training and development platform as well as to our in-house library
- ** Discounted and free games**: Discount on employee game orders & free Ubisoft games on Ubisoft Connect
- ** Hybrid work model**: Provides the flexibility to combine working from the studio and your home within Germany
- ** Monthly Mobility Budget**: 80€ per month that can be used on bicycle lease, parking spot rental or public transportation ticket
- ** Up to 350€ childcare support per child per month**:

- ** Company Pension Scheme**: We offer an attractive company pension scheme
- ** Gym subsidy**: We contribute 50% (up to a maximum amount of 25€) towards the monthly cost of a gym membership of your choice
- ** English and German online lessons for free**: Good to know: Our main language in the studio is English
- ** 26 days paid vacation per year**:

- ** Corporate Benefits web portal**: Employee discount program for affiliated retailers, shops, and service providers

Ubisoft offers the same job opportunities to all, without any distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability, or age. Ubisoft ensures the development of an inclusive work environment which mirrors the diversity of our players’ community.