Hybrid Technical Artist

at The Potato Page

• Job title: Technical Artist
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Android, Dart, Flutter, iOS, Unity
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• In-house designer responsible for look and feel of digital game products. Designing UI and game assets with collaboration across platforms.

Responsibilities

• You’ll be the in-house designer responsible for the look, feel and motion of our digital game products - both in-game and UI, with occasional web and marketing asset work.
• You’ll own the visual design of game UI from concept to delivery, working closely with our developers to produce polished, on-brand experiences across mobile, tablet and TV.
• Design game assets for Unity titles
• Create UI assets production-ready for Unity’s uGUI system: sprite sheets, atlases, UI components, and screen layouts
• Design stylised assets in line with game art direction, including toon/flat aesthetics consistent with FlatKit and similar rendering styles
• Produce assets that work across the Universal Render Pipeline (URP), including any overlay or focus effects
• QA your own work in Unity - verifying assets render correctly, checking layout at target resolutions, and flagging integration issues to the developer
• Collaborate with the Game Developer on shader-driven UI effects and stencil-based UI overlays where required
• Design screens, components and flows in Figma, ready for Flutter implementation
• Maintain and evolve app design systems - components, tokens, spacing, typography and colour
• Design for Android and iOS - respecting platform conventions while maintaining a consistent Big Potato visual identity
• Work with the Full Stack Developer to ensure Figma handoff is clean, annotated and implementation-ready
• Design and deliver motion for both Unity and Flutter surfaces: UI transitions, button states, loading sequences, celebration moments and FTUE flows
• Produce After Effects or Lottie animations for Flutter, and Unity Timeline-compatible animation briefs for game UI
• Bring energy and polish to key moments in the product - onboarding, game launch, win/lose states
• Maintain visual coherence across all digital products
• Own and evolve the digital design system, ensuring reusable components are well-documented in Figma
• Work with the Head of Digital and PM to understand product goals and translate them into considered design solutions
• Deliver assets to spec and on time, adapting to sprint cycles and game launch schedules
• Reduce reliance on freelance design resource by being the reliable in-house owner of design output
• Use AI design tools to increase throughput without compromising quality
• Maximize asset efficiency to ensure builds are as snappy as can be.

Requirements

• Strong UI design portfolio demonstrating work across mobile apps and/or games
• Proficiency in Figma - components, auto layout, variables/tokens, and developer handoff
• Experience designing UI assets for Unity (uGUI) - understanding of sprite atlases, canvas scaling, and asset export requirements
• Ability to QA your own work in Unity: verify renders, check resolutions, identify integration issues
• Motion design skills - you can independently deliver UI animations, transitions, and micro-interactions (After Effects, Lottie, or equivalent)
• Experience designing for both Android and iOS, respecting platform conventions
• Comfortable working within an established visual style and game art direction
• Organised, self-directed, and able to manage your own workload within sprint cycles
• Experience designing stylised / toon UI - flat design aesthetics, bold outlines, expressive colour
• Familiarity with Unity’s Universal Render Pipeline (URP) and how it affects UI asset requirements
• Experience with shader-driven UI effects (stencil buffers, focus/overlay, custom UI shaders)
• Flutter/Dart design system experience - understanding how Flutter renders components
• Unity Timeline familiarity - ability to brief or contribute to animation sequences
• Experience designing FTUE (First Time User Experience) and onboarding flows
• Exposure to WebGL UI - understanding of resolution constraints and browser rendering
• Experience at a games studio or on consumer entertainment products
• Familiarity with Lottie for cross-platform animation delivery
• Use of AI design tools to accelerate production

Benefits

• Annual Leave Entitlement (Full-time): 16 days, in addition to Bank and Public Holidays.
• We work a four-day week (we were one of the first companies to implement this and we’ve never looked back).
• Enrolment in the Employee Benefit Trust after 12 months (everyone owns a part of the Big Potato)
• Free BUPA private healthcare.
• Access to the Government Pension Scheme.
• Each year you are entitled to a £500 bonus (pro rata) to put towards your holiday.
• Free fruit, snacks, soft drinks, office wine & beers, tea & coffee.
• Discounted gym
• Free monthly yoga
• Monthly paid socials.
• Summer and Christmas Party
• Free games.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Free eye tests.