About Us
Hardsuit Labs, located in Seattle and founded in 2015 with the same goal as every other game development studio that has ever existed – create great games. What sets us apart is the way we make that happen:
It’s all about our people.
It takes talented, passionately driven people to make great games. Here at the Lab, we work hard to create and to maintain an environment that not only attracts those people and keeps them here, but that allows them to thrive and to do what they do best – create great games. It’s not always as easy as it sounds, but it really is that simple.
We might as well admit it: we’re obsessive about our people and our culture here at the Lab. We believe in hiring a mix of seasoned industry veterans and talented young upstarts, but talent and shipped titles aren’t enough; we’re looking for people who bring a variety of experiences and perspectives – people who we can spend time with, and people who can navigate the unpredictable waters of modern game development as a tight-knit group.
We believe in low turnover, and take steps to guard against the “staff-up and lay-off” cycle that is so common in this industry. When we hire, we intend to hire for the long term, and we’re unapologetically picky about it.
About the Job
You?
You have a well-developed visual communication and design background and sensitivity to user-centric interaction. You employ that knowledge to create engaging and accessible experiences for your players. You work within a given style to create UI art that is both stylistically appropriate without sacrificing readability. You have a strong UX background creating experiences that not only look good, but feel good. You can develop flows from wireframe to implementation, and can test those interactions throughout development. You have a mastery of fundamental visual and interactive design principles and an eye for detail.
You enjoy collaborating with your team and those of other disciplines. You are transparent about your work, able to communicate the form and function of a design. You have documentation skills that are articulate and detailed.
Basic Qualifications
- Minimum 3 years of professional game development experience.
- Able to turn written documentation into wireframes
- Able to manage the UI/UX process from design doc to wireframes to art concept to implementation
- Able to see user flow challenges and take the lead on solving UI problems
- Develop art concepts for UI and explaining reasoning behind design solutions
- Deep understanding and knowledge of game UX design principles.
- Strong graphic design skills, with a mastery of Adobe’s Creative Suite especially Photoshop and Illustrator.
- Passionate about games and understands the unique characteristics of a good overall user experience.
- Effective communication and collaboration skills.
- Able to work and communicate with remote teams
- Able to shift on tasks for multiple projects over the same period
- Able to assist in setting priorities
- Able to communicate to producers when priorities conflict
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience implementing UI assets into game clients using UE4’s UMG system and Blueprints.
- Basic knowledge of front-end coding with HTML and CSS.
- Solid graphic design background w/knowledge of type, color, layout, motion
- Motion graphics and visual effects experience
- Experience using After Effects or equivalent software to create animated visual targets
- Previous working experience in games across multiple platforms
Required Materials
- Resume (PDF format only)
- Portfolio (executable files will not be accepted/reviewed)
Our Benefits
We take our commitment to our people seriously, and we make sure that our benefits directly reflect that commitment; we’re always looking to improve quality of life for our people in any way we can.
- Medical / Dental / Vision Insurance
- Daycare and Healthcare FSAs
- Life and STD/LTD Insurance
- Voluntary Life Insurance (up to $300,000)
- 401K Program
- Unlimited Vacation Time
- 9 Sick Days / 9 Holidays
