MOVIESTARPLANET ApS
København, 1 stilling
MovieStarPlanet is looking for a talented UI Designer to help us expand our game world and online community.
MovieStarPlanet is one of the world’s most popular social games for tweens, available in 15 countries and 11 languages. Our graphics are a huge part of our identity and are recognizable all over the world by our 180 million registered users.
You will be a part of our highly creative feature teams who enjoy having their work cherished by kids all over the world!
About the Job
As UI Designer you will work as part of a small, cross discipline team following an Agile approach to develop exciting new features for web and mobile/tablet. These feature teams are a highly dynamic, creative and collaborative environment where personal ownership and team spirit are essential.
Your daily work can range from improvements to an existing feature’s interface, right up to the high level design and implementation of new graphical interfaces.
You will assist us in creating clear and consistent user interface designs with a strong focus on touch devices. We are very keen to raise our users interaction experiences to the next level and you will play a large part in achieving this.
Main Responsibilities include:
•User interface design concept, graphics creation and technical setup
•Close collaboration with game designers and programmers
•Deliver solutions to meet the Product Owner's requirements
•Awareness of technological limitations and ability to work within/around them
•Creation of graphically elegant whilst technically efficient UI solutions
•Maintainance and update of generic inteface asset
•Working with marketing on producing promotional material
•Graphic design tasks such as icon and logo creation as well as marketing materials
About You
You are an experienced, enthusiastic, professional and highly creative individual who thrives working within a small team to deliver rewarding user experiences.
Required:
•2+ years of professional UI design experience
•Adept in using Adobe Flash
•Experience creating graphics for touch devices
•Strong graphic design skills
•Ability to adapt to an existing visual style
•Independent, confident, takes ownership
•Interest in creating fresh and imaginative content for the tween market
•Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast paced production environment
•Putting your team before yourself
•Fluent in English
Desirable:
•Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop skills
•Formal art/design education
•Strong vector illustration skills
•Experience in working with tween audiences
•An understanding and interest in popular culture and youth trends
About Us
MovieStarPlanet ApS is the company behind MovieStarPlanet, a game and social network for tweens aged 8-15 years. In a world of Fame, Fortune and Friends, each user designs their own movie star avatar, which can be used for creating small cartoon-like movies. They can also chat, design looks, scrapbooks and clothes, and play minigames with other users.
Launched in Denmark in 2009, MovieStarPlanet has since experienced explosive growth. Currently, the website is live in 11 European markets as well as the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Globally it ranks among the fastest growing virtual worlds for the target group with more than 180 million registered profiles.
MovieStarPlanet ApS with subsidiaries employs +100 staff and the Head Office is based in the attractive surroundings of the new and modern part of Copenhagen called Ørestad, located very close to the city center and the metro line.
Why work for MovieStarPlanet?
You get to be part of a fast growing company, producing one of the most popular games/social networks in the world for tweens. Your colleagues are highly qualified, creative, and innovative people. We are very ambitious and strive to develop and support the most talked about and played game/social network in the world!
You will have great influence on your own daily work. We believe in learning by doing and taking ownership of tasks and projects are key.
Besides being a challenging and inspiring place to work, we value having a casual and fun working environment where ideas can flourish. We have employees from all corners of the globe, which provides a vibrant and eclectic atmosphere. The corporate language is English.
How to Apply
Please apply for this position online by clicking the "Apply for this position" button below.
Cover Letter
In the cover letter, please tell us a little about yourself as well as why it is you would like to work for MovieStarPlanet.
Portfolio
In order to be considered your portfolio must display strong examples of the following:
•Graphical user interface design
•Logo/icon design
•General graphic design
Application deadline is as soon as possible. We will be holding interviews at the earliest convience.
