{"id":410,"date":"2013-04-25T15:42:50","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T22:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/?p=410"},"modified":"2015-06-05T13:59:20","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T20:59:20","slug":"now-hiring-ui-logo-designer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/now-hiring-ui-logo-designer\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Hiring UI &#038; Logo Designer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been hard at work over the last year building a new Universe Sandbox from the ground up. And since we&#8217;re improving everything we want to extend that to the UI design and branding.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re seeking one (possibly two) talented graphic designer(s) for the following contract work:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">User Interface Design<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Design the way the buttons, panels, checkboxes, options, controls, typography, selection indicators, and icons work together aesthetically. We&#8217;d love your help in figuring out how the interface will work as well as how it will look. Universe Sandbox has a very complex interface and we want something that&#8217;s clean, modern,\u00a0minimalist,\u00a0 and unobtrusive.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s are screenshots of the current version with the existing UI&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/universesandbox.com\/screenshots\/\">http:\/\/universesandbox.com\/screenshots\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And a work-in-progress\u00a0screenshot of the sequel:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Universe-Sandbox-20130425-151116.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1389\" alt=\"Universe-Sandbox-20130425-151116\" src=\"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Universe-Sandbox-20130425-151116-650x397.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Universe-Sandbox-20130425-151116-650x397.jpg 650w, https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Universe-Sandbox-20130425-151116-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Universe-Sandbox-20130425-151116.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Again, the screenshot is\u00a0very much a work in progress&#8230; Just imagine how awesome the above screenshot could look after we integrate your user interface design.<\/p>\n<p>To be clear&#8230; we&#8217;re looking for a designer and not expecting you to do any of the integration, programming, or scripting (and our user interface system is\u00a0inextricably tied to the source code for the project).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">New Logo<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Design a new logo for the rebranding of Universe Sandbox. We&#8217;re pretty happy with the current logo and typography, but want something even better for the new version of Universe Sandbox. Here&#8217;s the current logo:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/uslogo-onwhite-300.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"uslogo-onwhite-300\" src=\"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/uslogo-onwhite-300.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"88\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re open to something that&#8217;s just a\u00a0re-imagining\u00a0or something\u00a0completely\u00a0new&#8230; either way we want a logo that&#8217;s clean, elegant, and awesome. It should work on both black and white backgrounds&#8230; \u00a0and the logo should work well both as a standalone icon and with the full typography.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Company Overview<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/giantarmy.com\/\">Giant Army<\/a> is the company behind Universe Sandbox, a space simulator that&#8217;s sold\u00a0hundreds\u00a0of thousands of copies on <a href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/72200\/\">Steam<\/a>. We&#8217;re based in Seattle,\u00a0Washington, USA, but the team has members in Germany and Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Product Overview<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/universesandbox.com\/about\/\">Universe Sandbox<\/a> is our core product that lets the user explore and learn about our amazing\u00a0universe\u00a0while creating and destroying on a scale they&#8217;ve never before imagined. It&#8217;s more than a game, it&#8217;s a way of experiencing and\u00a0learning\u00a0about reality in a way that&#8217;s never been done before. The new version will be\u00a0available\u00a0for Windows, Mac, and probably Linux.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Interested?<\/h4>\n<p>We&#8217;re a remote team so it doesn&#8217;t matter where you live.<\/p>\n<p>And while this is a contract position for a specific task&#8230;\u00a0we&#8217;d love to establish a relationship with a talented artist or two as there are many future projects we have in mind (like more logos, business cards, a new website, signage for conferences, perpetual UI enhancements, and other awesome stuff).<\/p>\n<p>Please email us at:<br \/>\n<strong>jobs at universesandbox.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the email please include a:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Relevant email subject<\/li>\n<li>Link to relevant samples of your work (kinda the most\u00a0important\u00a0part)<\/li>\n<li>Short answer to this question:\u00a0Why are you interested in working on this project?<\/li>\n<li>Link to where you first heard about this job posting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have questions you&#8217;d like to ask before applying&#8230; feel free to ask at the email address above, on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/universesandbox.com\/forum\/index.php\/topic,9547.0.html\">official\u00a0forums<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/app\/72200\/discussions\/0\/828937420107612046\/\">Steam forums<\/a>, or on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UniverseSandbox\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We want to take our time and find someone who&#8217;s excited about helping\u00a0contribute\u00a0to great software that will reach a huge number of people (and who won&#8217;t mind being paid for their efforts).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been hard at work over the last year building a new Universe Sandbox from the ground up. 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