Sr Graphic Artist With UI/UX Experience

Creating intuitive graphical user interfaces, including navigational menus, dashboards, and head-up displays (HUDs) that guide users through training scenarios for products used in training of United States service members
• Working with project resources such as user interface, media files, and other assets
• Debugging issues within game assets in terms of performance
• Utilizing familiarity with game design and user interface systems
• Utilizing effective communication through verbal and written methods
• Working closely with colleagues from multiple technical disciplines in a team environment to understand system requirements, functions, and interfaces, while also able to work independently on assigned tasking
• Interfacing with external vendors and Government customers
• Working across multiple projects simultaneously

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• Experience in the following:
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Autodesk Maya and/or Autodesk 3ds Max
  • Adobe Photoshop and/or Substance 3D Painter
• UI/UX experience
• Interpersonal skills that augment performance within a team environment

• 3D Modeling
  • Hard-surface
  • Clean topology, proper edge flow, and optimized geometry
• Texturing and UV Mapping
  • Efficient unwrapping for both hand-painted and photo-based textures
  • Understanding PBR workflows
• Materials & Shading
  • Creating and tweaking materials for realism
  • Understanding how shaders behave in various rendering engines
• Lighting & Rendering
  • Knowledge of light setups for both realism and mood
  • Familiarity with real-time and offline rendering pipelines
• Art Fundamentals
  • Strong grasp of proportion, perspective and composition
  • Understanding of style consistency
• Game Engine optimization
  • Creating assets that run efficiently in real-time engines
  • Understanding level of detail and polycount budgets
• User-Centered design
  • Conducting user research and usability testing
  • Creating user personas, customer journeys and empathy maps
  • Understanding accessibility and inclusive design standards
• Information Architecture
  • Structuring and organizing content logically
  • Designing navigation systems, menus and flows
• Wireframing & Prototyping
  • Low- and high-fidelity wireframes
  • Interactive prototypes for testing and presentation
• Visual Design Principles
  • Color theory, typography, spacing and composition
  • Design systems and component libraries
• Interaction Design
  • Microinteractions, animation and responsive layouts
• Collaboration & Communication
  • Working with developers, PMs and stakeholders
  • Ability to present and defend design decisions with data and rationale
• Game Engine optimization
  • Ability to create reusable elements of UI that can be colored at run-time
• Optimize UI elements to ensure that framerate is not impacted by overly complex UI interactions/layering
• Familiarity
  • Figma
  • After Effects
  • Unity
  • Git
• Bachelor's degree preferred

SRC IS A CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, THIS POSITION WILL REQUIRE U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND ELIGIBILITY FOR A U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE SECRET LEVEL

• Periodic travel may be required

Scientific Research Corporation is an advanced information technology and engineering company that provides innovative products and services to government and private industry, as well as independent institutions. At the core of our capabilities is a seasoned team of highly skilled engineers and scientists with multidisciplinary backgrounds. This team is challenged daily to provide cutting edge technology solutions to our clients.

SRC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with a company match, life insurance, vacation and sick paid time off accruals starting at 10 days of vacation and 5 days of sick leave annually, 11 paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, and a work environment that encourages excellence and more. For positions requiring a security clearance, selected applicants will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Scientific Research Corporation is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in employment.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state or local law.

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