Location: Westwood, MA
URL: www.turbine.com
Turbine, Inc. is a premier global interactive media company. A team of entrepreneurs formed Turbine over a decade ago with the vision of becoming the leading provider of online subscription entertainment. Since then, the Company has grown to 250 employees and has become the largest privately-held online gaming studio in North America. We are now a leader in developing, launching, and operating online entertainment. As both a creative and technological innovator, Turbine has created some of the most popular and exciting game worlds on the Internet, like the award-winning Asheron’s Call®, Dungeons & Dragons™ Online, and The Lord of the Rings™ Online.
Turbine is looking for a Senior Game UI Artist to help drive the ongoing evolution of the user interface for our games.
Essential Functions:
· Work with Art Team and Game Design to craft specifications and prototypes for User Interfaces within the game
· Implement and innovate Game UI processes and systems
· Participate in regular, hands-on interaction with producers, designers and software engineers to ensure that the concepts and content of assigned UI implementations meet design requirements.
· Contribute to all UI systems, working within Turbine engine UI script and tools for all game components, including:
- UI creation for all new areas: Map, Content Trackers, Radar, etc.
- UI Skin Maintenance and creation of new skins
- Icon creation
- Cursors
- Examination
- All buttons, tabs, boxes etc.
· Develop and create Fonts for integration into the Game Engine
· Localize interface for international versions of the Games
· Serve to mentor and guide staff and associate level UI Artists/Designers
Required Skills:
· 5-7 years of UI development experience
· Strong digital illustration skills, particularly in regard to icon creation
· Advanced knowledge of Adobe Flash and Actionscript 2.0/3.0
· Ability to demonstrate an ability to layout and animate dynamic content
· Strong understanding of type use and design
· Strong understanding of usability and UI design theory
· Familiarity with MMO UI design.
· Ability to rapid prototype design ideas for iteration in UI treatments
· Ability to create UI Specs for system design and engineers
· Online portfolio or portfolio required
· Able to clearly communicate and partner with engineering and design to implement the design vision
Pluses:
· Proficiency in Maya
· Web design experience
· Currently playing MMOs
· Experience working with Flash in a 3D environment
To apply: send a resume with salary requirements to: lherbert@turbine.com