UI/UX Designer (Contract or Fulltime) (Remote)

We are The Virtual Wild. We are artists, designers, gamers, programmers, and storytellers who live at the intersection of new technology and amazing content. Clients are clamoring for innovation, there’s new technology every day and our team is rapidly growing; it truly is a Virtual Wild west right now.

Please visit http://www.thevirtualwild.com to learn more about what we do.

Experience at a previous Digital/Experiential Agency is required.

Candidates must be able to work remotely as our team is all working remotely during this pandemic.

The Virtual Wild is seeking a UI/UX Designer for a full-time salary position at our Dallas Texas offices (we are also accepting contract/freelance candidates). The UI/UX Designer is primarily responsible for designing how a user is going to engage with our interactive projects. This role will play a pivotal part in establishing what a project looks and acts like and will be a driving force of understanding a project's objectives.

We understand UI and UX are broad terms, some specializing in one or the other and being great at both sides is extremely rare, but we’re looking for the best. This role requires someone that can immediately jump into our young, fast-paced, innovative agency and drive projects to completion. They’ll be primarily responsible for information architecture, laying out the flow of the experience, presenting design/style options, creating high quality visual deliverables, and in general, creating visuals that help drive a project forward to completion. With assistance from other members of the creative team, this person will be expected to be a key contributor to a project’s concept development as well.

Requirements

• Exceptional understanding of design software ie. Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Sketch, XD or Invision
• Producing high quality user interface design for interactive projects involving Web, VR, AR, MR, interactive touch tables, physical exhibits, etc
• Working with developers to export your 2D artwork into the project’s programming engine
• Work within the game engine to import your assets/designs and setup, and even animate the asset for a developer
• Take part in client meetings to understand a project's objectives, organize content and take an idea and turn it into a successful user experience
• Brainstorming with the team on storyboards, style frames, UI look, UX flow, etc of a project
• Creating design style mood boards, information architecture, user journeys, wireframes, styleframes, clickable prototypes, motion design references and more.
• Creating other artwork or designs not relating to UI work depending on team’s bandwidth
• Learning the visual content production of emerging technologies
• Meet with producers and creative leads to help balance the workload/bandwidth of our Team
• Help grow the Design Department with new techniques, styles, softwares and a continuing to rise quality acceptance level

Benefits

At The Virtual Wild, we offer competitive salary and benefits with a casual, but cool work environment. Our studio emphasizes creativity and innovation. We understand and highly value the importance that culture plays in the success of an organization. We work hard, but also play hard through various team-building activities and company field trips.