Technical Artist - UI

Shapeshifter Games is looking for an experienced Technical Artist to support UI on an exciting partner project. In this role, you will collaborate within a strike team implementing UI layouts and designs within Unreal Engine. Your work will be part of a new project from our partners who are well-known leaders in their genre. 

This is a fully remote contract position.

Responsibilities
- Own the UI implementation for your team
- Drive feature and development challenges to resolution
- Collaborate with Design, Engineering, and UI Art to implement UI/UX layouts and implement presentation behavior.  
- Work closely with UI Engineers to Implement blueprint logic where appropriate. 
- Debug blueprints and UMG issues
- Ensure UI assets are within performance and memory constraints. 
 
Required Skills
• 4 years in game development, with at least 2 years of experience as a technical artist or technical designer supporting UI teams in Unreal. 
• Designed, prototyped, and implemented UI Layouts from paper design to ship within Unreal
• Proficient with Unreal Blueprints and UMG. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication with the ability to communicate well between technical and non-technical teams.
• Motivated self-starter who asks for help when needed