Awais Maqsood

Awais Maqsood

UI Designer/Artist

+46 76 0965211

Stockholm, Sweden

UI Designer / UI Artist with 10+ years of experience in the video game industry, specializing in UI/UX design, UI art, and

in-engine implementation for mobile and live games. Proven track record of delivering scalable, consistent UI systems through close collaboration with UX, design, engineering, and production teams.

UI Designer / UI Artist with 10+ years of experience in the video game industry, specializing in UI/UX design, UI art, and in-engine implementation for mobile and live games. Proven track record of delivering scalable, consistent UI systems through close collaboration with UX, design, engineering, and production teams.

Work Experience

Work Experience

King

King

UI Designer

(Candy Crush Saga)

12/2022 - Present

Stockholm, Sweden

  • Designed and delivered UI for live game features from early UX exploration through production, release, and post-launch iteration.

  • Collaborated closely with UX, game design, art, engineering, QA, and production to ensure features met product, technical, and quality requirements.

  • Owned UI art direction and implementation, maintaining visual consistency, responsiveness, and performance across features.

  • Implemented UI directly in the game engine, working with engineers to optimize layouts, flows, and overall player experience.

  • Contributed to UI craft initiatives to raise visual quality and consistency across the game.

Big Immersive

Sr. UI Artist

09/2016 – 11/2022

Lahore, Pakistan

  • Led UI design, wireframing, and prototyping across multiple projects, including video games, web, and mobile applications.

  • Acted as a bridge between UI design and development teams, ensuring smooth implementation and technical feasibility.

  • Integrated UI into Unity and Unreal Engine and contributed to 2D compositions, marketing assets, and rendering pipelines.

Galassia Studios

CG Artist

12/2015 – 08/2016

Lahore, Pakistan

  • Designed UI for in-house mobile games and contributed to post-production and level design.

Regexsoft

CG Artist

11/2014 – 09/2015

Lahore, Pakistan

  • Created UI, marketing artwork, and in-game 2D assets for mobile titles.

Ajwa Technologies

2D & 3D Artist

03/2014 – 08/2014

Lahore, Pakistan

  • Designed UI and visual assets for mobile games and marketing content.

Skills

Skills

User Interface Design

User Experience Design

Wireframing

Prototyping

User Interface Art

2D Art Assets

3D Assets Modeling

Texturing

Rendering

Post Production

HTML

CSS

  • Wireframing & Prototyping

  • User Experience Design

  • User Interface Design

  • UI Art & 2D Art Assets

  • 3D Assets Modeling

  • Post Production

  • HTML & CSS

  • Texturing & Rendering

User Interface Design

User Experience Design

Wireframing

User Interface Art

Prototyping

2D Art Assets

3D Assets Modeling

Texturing

Rendering

HTML

CSS

Post Production

Tools

Tools

Figma

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Premiere Pro

Unity
Engine

Unreal
Engine

Blender

Autodesk 3DS Max

Substance Painter

Marmoset Toolbag

Keyshot

Framer

  • Figma

  • Framer

  • Adobe Photoshop

  • Adobe Illustrator

  • Adobe After Effects

  • Adobe Premier Pro

  • Unreal Engine

  • Unity Engine

  • Autodesk 3DS Max

  • Blender

  • Substance Painter

  • Keyshot

  • Marmoset Toolbag

Figma

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Premiere Pro

Blender

Autodesk 3DS Max

Substance Painter

Unity
Engine

Unreal
Engine

Framer

Keyshot

Marmoset Toolbag

Education

Education

Bachelor of Electronics Engineering

Bachelor of Electronics Engineering

2008-2012

NUST School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Islamabad, Pakistan

Certification

Certification

Coursera - Web Design for Everybody

Coursera - Web Design for Everybody

2018

Offered by University of Michigan

  • Introduction to HTML5

  • Introduction to CSS3

Coursera - UI UX Design Specialization

Coursera - UI UX Design Specialization

2018

Offered by California Institute of the Arts

  • Visual Elements of User Interface Design

Let's Talk

awais.maqsood.v@gmail.com

+46 76 0965211

Stockholm, Sweden

Let's Talk

awais.maqsood.v@gmail.com

+46 76 0965211

Stockholm, Sweden

Let's Talk

awais.maqsood.v@gmail.com

+46 76 0965211

Stockholm, Sweden