Senior UI Artist (Unreal Engine 5)

We are seeking a Senior UI Artist to take ownership of the game UI's look and feel, from high-fidelity design through ship-quality engine implementation. You'll collaborate with design and engineering to craft scalable UI systems, materials, and animations across multiple platforms.

Responsibilities

• Drive the visual direction of the UI look and feel from concept through ship quality

• Convert UX wireframes into high-fidelity mockups, prototypes, design systems, and style guides

• Build final UI art directly within Unreal Engine using UMG, Slate, and widget animations

• Craft UI materials and shaders through Unreal Material Editor to reinforce a consistent theme

• Design game menus, HUD elements, iconography, and UI motion aligned with gameplay needs

• Author material-driven effects, 2D or animated effects, and lightweight Blueprint logic for UI

• Optimize UI assets for performance and clarity across PC, console, and mobile targets

• Ensure the UI supports accessibility and localization readiness without compromising quality

• Maintain UI asset libraries, style guides, and reusable components

• Partner with designers and engineers to iterate quickly and resolve integration challenges

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional background in a UI Artist role or a closely related art discipline, ideally in games

• Strong leadership skills to guide a UI theme from concept through final implementation

• Proven track record shipping UI across PC, console, and mobile targets

• Advanced expertise 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 for cross-functional work with design and engineering

• High ownership mindset with sharp 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

We offer

• International projects with top brands

• Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers

• Healthcare benefits

• Employee financial programs

• Paid time off and sick leave

• Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses

• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses

• Global career opportunities

• Volunteer and community involvement opportunities

• EPAM Employee Groups

• Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn