Junior Technical UI Designer in Oxford

For 30 years we’ve been independently developing and publishing incredible video games at our multiple studios founded by Jason & Chris Kingsley. We are seeking a talented Junior Technical UI Designer to join our UI team where you will have the chance to work on a variety of exciting, yet-to-be-announced projects. In this role, you will be instrumental in implementing the essential UI systems for ongoing projects, collaborating closely with UI designers and artists to tackle challenging and engaging UI obstacles.

This opportunity will enable you to become proficient in a new engine and influence its evolution by establishing best practices and pioneering innovative approaches for our future projects. As a member of the UI team, you will be pivotal in creating functional, accessible, and aesthetically pleasing UIs. You will also have the chance to design interfaces yourself and contribute your ideas, collaborating with a diverse range of talents and experiences.

This role is based at our riverside headquarters in Oxford, offering a creative and relaxed atmosphere where teamwork drives our success. We can provide a relocation package, including moving assistance, temporary accommodation, and full support to ensure a smooth transition to your new environment.

• Be the point of contact in a visual scripting toolset, creating core UI systems for unannounced projects.
• Implement the most complex UI features yourself, adding your own ideas to help drive toward quality.
• Build components that can be used by the rest of the UI team to implement complex UI designs.
• Work with technical artists and tools programmers to actively improve the toolset for the UI team.

• A solid portfolio showcasing various examples of your Technical UI expertise.
• A deep enthusiasm for UI/UX standards and a keen eye for best practices.
• Familiarity with game engines such as Unity, Unreal, or similar platforms.
• Experience using node-based visual scripting editors.
• Able to implement responsive layouts.
• Experience planning, implementing, and sharing core UI elements for use by other UI designers.
• Knowledge of profiling and optimising to improve runtime performance.
• Having experience in mobile UI implementation would be a great plus!

• 22 days holidays + Christmas closure (typically 4 days) & Bank holidays (increasing with service at 5 years – one day vokey year until you reach 31 days).
• Private Medical Insurance, healthcare cash plan, including dental and Vision.
• Life Assurance, Income Protection & Critical Illness Cover.
• Enhanced Family Leave.
• Interest Free, Tax-Free loans.
• Enhanced Pension Scheme.
• EAP a range of Mental Health and Wellbeing Support.
• Plus loads more… including a wide range of discounts, freebies, and social events!

Our riverside headquarters in Oxford places you a short walk away from the city centre. Renowned for its rich historical backdrop and esteemed educational institutions, Oxford offers a unique blend of tradition and modernity, with its beautiful architecture and green spaces. Oxford also boasts excellent transport links, making it easy to navigate both the city and the wider country.

Whichever team you join at Rebellion, we are proud of our open, friendly, and creative atmosphere. We love what we do, and we have fun doing it! As a big indie developer, we have complete creative freedom over our titles which allows us to work on a massive variety of projects across all the major platforms. We foster an inclusive culture where you are encouraged to be yourself, to express your creativity and your talent.

We recognise the importance of enjoying what you do and having a healthy work-life balance. We offer a friendly, creative, and relaxed working atmosphere, with sensibly managed projects and a wide variety of benefits and development opportunities for all our teams to ensure you are fully supported with your physical and mental well-being.

Rebellion encourages innovation in all areas, and we look forward to hearing how you can help us to be better. We encourage all demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity, neurodiversity and beyond, because a representative team makes better products.

If you are interested in working at Rebellion, but this role doesn’t sound quite like you, we’re recruiting for a range of positions across the studio and we’re always happy to receive speculative applications via our website.