UI/UX Designer - London Jobs

Job Description

About the job

About Us

The Company

Studio Nefce exists to create soulful experiences that ethically advances our potential as humans.

Following our success as winners of the Young Innovators Awards and Fast Start, we’re ready to continue the next step in our journey. To help young people improve their focus skills and become mindful of their screen time by welcoming a UI/UX Designer to our purpose-driven team.

Our Values

Balance is key to contentment and perseverance.

Honesty so we’re transparent about our business and don’t lose touch with reality.

Community because we do right by our diverse audience and society.

The team

Our founder Adam is the studio lead, a self-taught problem solver with design and iOS programming skills. Kris is our game designer and board game wizard.

The Problems we're tackling

• Inflated screen time
• Attention economy
• Polarised societies
• Mental health
• Entertainment diets
• Endless distractions

Our unannounced but bright idea (that needs some ?):

A mobile app that rewards young people with Minecraft-like rewards for completing timed sessions away from distracting apps, allowing them to focus on their priorities.

Project goals

We won UK Government funding (Innovate UK) to develop our product with a short (two-month) project (target start date is 6th January 2025) that will:

• Modernise the look and feel of our prototype
• Design the early versions of our multiplayer and social features
• Involve our audience in the design process to constantly test our assumptions
• Start development of our iOS app with Apple’s Screen Time API functionality
• Create the content our users will engage with as they progress through our experience

What we offer

• A rare opportunity to create and shape a counterintuitive gameplay experience
• Contribute to an interesting project with a clear purpose of helping young people feel in control of their time and attention
• Flexible working (open to remote or hybrid model) and four-day work week
• Influence our studio’s culture, processes and habits
• Freedom to grow skills in areas that are of interest to you
• Autonomy to manage your workload
• Competitive compensation (£23-25k per annum pro-rata initially on a temporary contract with the possibility of a permanent role beyond the project)

Who are we looking for

We are looking for a talented and resourceful UI/UX designer to join our team (must be UK based or have a NI number). This person will take a lead role in crafting a fun user experience. The ideal candidate is ready to jump in and influence every aspect of the design process, from ideation, to wireframing, UX design and supporting with user testing, through to screen design, interaction design and product support.

The gig

• Create and iterate on the player experience and ensuring players have a clear understanding of our game’s core loops and narrative
• Identify UX issues by prototyping, designing and presenting user flows to both wireframe quality and high-fidelity standards
• Design a high-fidelity and interactive prototype for the initial releases of our app
• Collaborate with our artist and game designer to bring to life our vision
• Involve our audience in the design process to constantly test our core assumptions and gather actionable insights
• Shape the player journey to facilitate daily engagement and good retention
• Generating and collating assets necessary to complete the UI to shipping standard
• Supporting the creation and maintenance of our design system

Your skills

• Experience creating UI/UX within the mobile tech or gaming industry
• Expertise with UI/UX design tools for wireframing and interactive prototyping such as Figma
• Excellent creative problem solving skills (creating simple solutions to complex problems)
• Highly self-motivated to make a positive impact and action-oriented
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Solid grasp of visual design and user interface design principles
• Strong presentations skills and the ability to convey an idea or vision to non-visual or art stakeholders
• Proficient in crafting high-quality UI elements and implementing them efficiently into the product

Bonuses

• Fun, good and curious character
• Attention to detail
• Relevant degree or qualifications
• Content, art or game design skills
• Experience delivering a project while working in a multidisciplinary team
• Passion for games, products and experiences of all kinds
• Up to date with UI/UX best practices, tools and trends

Hiring process

• Brief phone call to better understand your aspirations and answer your questions
• Competency interview
• Alignment interview with task presentation

Feel free to include a concise cover letter (with one or two paragraphs) that answers one of the following questions:

• What is your favourite game/product and why?
• What do you value in a digital experience and why?
• What is your relationship like with your phone and how would you help a friend with a screen time problem?

Equal opportunities

At Studio Nefce, we believe diversity of thought, background, and experience is the key to inclusive innovation that strengthens our business and will help the most people.

Each applicant has an equal opportunity, and employment decisions will be made solely based on merit and business needs.

If you require any assistance due to a disability, please let us know how we can help by reaching out to mailbag@studionefce.com, and we’ll do our best to accommodate you.