Freelance 2D Game UI Artist

Responsibilities:

Visual Development of the UI.

  • Concept Ideation & Mood boards: Translate Art Direction and UX into visual styles, color palettes, and thematic Game UI Concept.
  • Style Guide Creation: Build and maintain comprehensive UI style guides to ensure visual consistency across all menus and screens.
  • Wireframing & Mockups: Convert low-fidelity UX wireframes and user flows into high-fidelity visual concepts, mockups, and interactive prototypes.
  • Asset Production: Design and polish game-ready vector and raster assets, including buttons, panels, icons, fonts, badges, health/resource bars, and map overlays.
  • Motion Design & UI FX Concept: Define UI transitions, micro-animations, button feedback, and visual effects (VFX) to make menus feel tactile and responsive, also can be communicated to the UI Programmer or Technical Artist for implementation.

Nice to Have

  • Engine Integration: Import UI assets directly into game engines (such a Unreal Engine) and work with technical artists or programmer.

Collaboration

  • Partner with UX Designers to guarantee clear information hierarchy and intuitive navigation.
  • Align with Art Directors to harmonize the UI art styles with other assets on screen.
  • Iterate based on feedback, performance constraints, and multi-resolution/ scaling requirements.

Requirements:

Essential Skills & Qualifications

  • Experience: Typically 3+ years (mid-level) of professional experience in game UI/UX art.
  • Core Design Fundamentals: Mastery of composition, visual hierarchy, typography, color theory, and icon design.
  • Software Proficiency:
    • 2D/Vector tools: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and preferably Figma.
  • Portfolio: A strong, focused portfolio showing the complete design thinking process—from early wireframes and moodboards to final polished in-game screens and motion animations.

Nice-to-Have Skills

  • Engine Experience: Practical familiarity implementing UI in Unreal Engine (UMG, Widget Blueprints).
  • Experience with UI animation/spine/motion graphics tools.
  • Knowledge of accessibility features (e.g., scalable text, colorblind-safe palettes, flexible HUD layouts).
  • Shipped/ Created at least one commercial title (PC, console, or mobile).

What You Get As A Regular Crew

In addition to competitive remuneration and extensive benefits, we offer:

  • Standard Package: Competitive rewards, a religious holiday allowance (THR), and insurance coverage (BPJS Tenaga Kerja, BPJS Kesehatan, private insurance*).
  • Device and Software: Capable devices and relevant software licenses to support our high-performance team.
  • State-of-the-Art Office Space: Our office is designed for collaboration among crews, featuring facilities like a gym and tatami room, as well as additional perks such as complimentary lunch and coffee and shuttle services to make commuting more convenient.
  • Work Hour Flexibility: Our hybrid system provides a flexible approach to work, allowing for a combination of WFO and WFH work schedules. We also offer semi-flexible working hours and replacement hours to accommodate individual needs and unexpected situations.
  • Paid Overtime: We do not condone nor encourage overtime, but we offer fair hourly compensation should overtime is needed.
  • Annual & Special Paid Leave: In addition to the regular paid leave, we provide paid leave for special occasions (paid sick leave, menstrual leave, marriage leave, maternity and paternity leave, bereavement leave, etc.).
  • Learning and Development: Mentoring by experts in the game industry or respective fields; premium access to learning materials, regular knowledge-sharing sessions, and a tailored personal development plan.
  • Career Growth Transparency: Our culture provides room for crews to grow indefinitely based on continuous feedback and recognition, with fair promotions, raises, and role transitions to help our crews reach their full potential.
  • Job Security: High-performing crews may get on a fast track to a permanent employment contract (PKWTT).
  • Well-being Programs: Regular well-being check-ups, internal team-building activities, and company-wide events to maintain crews’ mental health and reduce burn-out risks.

*Limited benefit for grade 5+ non-trainee

What you get while working with us…

In addition to competitive remuneration and extensive benefits, we offer:

  • Standard Package:
    Competitive rewards include an annual religious holiday allowance (THR) that is given if the crew’s contract is still active and extends through the religious holiday. Additionally, comprehensive insurance coverage (BPJS Tenaga Kerja, BPJS Kesehatan) is provided.
  • Device and Software:
    Capable devices and relevant software licenses to support our high-performance team. Please note that this benefit is provided on a case-by-case basis and will be determined based on your role within the company and the requirements of your position.
  • State-of-the-Art Office Space:
    Our office is designed for collaboration among crews, and features facilities such as a gym and tatami room. Additionally, we provide additional perks such as complimentary lunch and coffee, as well as shuttle services to make commuting more convenient.
  • Work Hour Flexibility:
    Our hybrid system offers a flexible approach to work, allowing for a combination of WFO and WFH work schedules. We also provide semi-flexible working hours and replacement hours to accommodate individual needs and unexpected situations.
  • Paid Overtime:
    While we do not condone nor encourage overtime, we offer fair hourly compensation should overtime be necessary.
  • Collective Leave:
    We understand the importance of time off. That’s why we have implemented collective leave, which follows a synchronized time-off period for all employees based on Indonesian government policy.

In addition to competitive remuneration and extensive benefits, we offer:

  • Standard Package:
    Competitive rewards, a religious holiday allowance (THR), and insurance coverage (BPJS Tenaga Kerja, BPJS Kesehatan, private insurance*).
  • Device and Software:
    Capable devices and relevant software licenses to support our high-performance team.
  • State-of-the-Art Office Space:
    Our office is designed for collaboration among crews, featuring facilities like a gym and tatami room, as well as additional perks such as complimentary lunch and coffee and shuttle services to make commuting more convenient.
  • Work Hour Flexibility:
    Our hybrid system provides a flexible approach to work, allowing for a combination of WFO and WFH work schedules. We also offer semi-flexible working hours and replacement hours to accommodate individual needs and unexpected situations.
  • Paid Overtime:
    We do not condone nor encourage overtime, but we offer fair hourly compensation should overtime is needed.
  • Annual, Special Paid Leave, and Claimable:
    In addition to the regular paid leave, we provide paid leave for special occasions (paid sick leave, menstrual leave, marriage leave, maternity and paternity leave, bereavement leave, etc). Every February, crews can also cash out their unused annual leave from the previous year.
  • Learning and Development:
    Mentoring by experts in the game industry or respective fields; premium access to learning materials, regular knowledge-sharing sessions, and a tailored personal development plan.
  • Career Growth Transparency:
    Our culture provides room for crews to grow indefinitely based on continuous feedback and recognition, with fair promotions, raises, and role transitions to help our crews reach their full potential.
  • Job Security:
    High-performing crews may get on a fast track to a permanent employment contract (PKWTT).
  • Well-being Programs:
    Regular well-being check-ups, internal team-building activities, and company-wide events to maintain crews’ mental health and reduce burn-out risks.

*Limited benefit for grade 5+ non-trainee

How to Apply

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