Junior UI Artist

About the job

Are you a passionate UI artist looking to bring your work to millions of players around the world?

Our Top Eleven team is searching for someone who thrives in a friendly team environment, embraces challenges, and is always eager to grow and learn. If you’re excited about graphic design, UI art, love games, and want your creations to leave a lasting impression on players globally - we’d love to meet you.

THE DIFFERENCE YOU’LL MAKE:

• You’ll craft beautiful, intuitive, and engaging user interfaces that are not only functional, but visually iconic. Your work will shape how players interact with the game - making their experience feel smooth, delightful, and memorable.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Utilise artistic skill and knowledge in creating user interfaces based on provided wireframes and layouts, but also follow pre-set art direction and style
• Create in-game assets and visual solutions utilizing knowledge of graphic design to support Live Ops campaigns
• Create optimised vector and raster assets for the game, ranging from menus, buttons, backgrounds, icons and other game features, while maintaining a consistent visual aesthetic
• Participate in the ideation process by providing UI mockups, sketches, concepts, and suggestions for various game features
• Collaborate closely with fellow artists, Art Director, UX and Game Designers, Developers, and other roles in the team to shape the game into the final product

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH:

• You’ll be a part of a multidisciplinary game team, collaborating with other UI artists, the Art Director, UX and Game Designers, and Engineers
• You’ll also be part of a wider art community at Nordeus, where sharing, learning, and leveling up your craft is part of everyday life

WE ARE A MATCH, IF YOU:

• Have excellent understanding of graphic design layout, typography, logo and iconography
• Have a solid grasp of color, value, texture, usability, and aesthetics as they relate to user interfaces, and the ability to use them to create efficient and impactful UI
• Have excellent communication and collaboration skills, comfortable in explaining and discussing your design thinking with peers
• Have proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Figma
• Are not shying away from learning new tools and processes in our game-making pipeline, from creation to implementation
• Have great time management skills, punctuality, and organisational skills regarding folder structures, naming conventions, working-file discipline, and documentation

BONUS POINTS:

• Familiarity with Unity
• Experience with Adobe After Effects
• Knowledge of 3D modelling software
• Experience with UI animations and VFX visualisation
• You enjoy playing games

ABOUT YOUR PORTFOLIO:

• We’d love to see your latest portfolio that includes at least one ‘breakdown’ of your visual design process - from the initial concept or brief all the way to the final polished result. This helps our UI team best assess your ability to create visually engaging, consistent, and user-friendly interfaces
• In general, try to focus on showcasing your UI design skills first and foremost, such as layout, typography, hierarchy, and attention to detail

WHY YOU’LL LOVE WORKING HERE:

• The team behind the game: transparency and trust from day one, paired with a strong sense of teamwork- that's the essence of who we are. It's not just what you do - it’s how you do it and who you do it with. With 280+ teammates from around the world, we’re on a mission to bring the joy of winning to millions.
• We make your life at Nordeus hassle-free: enjoy Nordeus provided breakfast, lunch, snacks, and beverages, a fully-equipped gym, organized sports activities (yoga, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, basketball, football), an ergonomic workstation, top-notch tech equipment (including laptop, mobile phone and bill coverage, and other tech), a kids’ playroom, a music corner, board and video games + latest consoles.
• Perks? We’ve got plenty: premium private medical insurance for you and your family, flexible working hours, take-what-you-need vacation policy, offsites abroad for the whole company, fully-paid maternity and paternity leave, employee stock purchase plan, access to L&D platforms and opportunities and many more.
• Make your mark on games played by millions: with over 300M registered users, Top Eleven is the world’s most successful football management game. Golf Rival, with more than 60M registered users, is the #2 mobile golf game, aiming to claim the top spot. With one more game in the works, we are continuing our efforts to create powerful mobile sports gaming experiences built to last.
• Meaningful career experience: work with experienced game makers and mentors who will support you from day one, helping you map a career path that's true to you.
• Impact beyond the screen: It is not just about us. We are part of something bigger than a job. We create a better future for generations to come through the efforts of the Nordeus Foundation.

GOOD TO KNOW:

• This is a hybrid, on-site position based in Belgrade.
• Our 3+2 hybrid model remains the standard - Monday to Wednesday in the office, Thursday and Friday are optional remote days. While we prefer working together from the office, we also understand that having some alone time or working from home (or some other location) can be beneficial. It’s about what works, not what’s prescribed.