Awais

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.

Work Experience

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

UI Design

UX Design

UI Art

Wirefaming

Prototyping

2D Art Assets

3D Assets Modeling

Texturing

Rendering

Post Production

HTML

CSS

Tools

Figma iconFigma

Photoshop iconAdobe Photoshop

Illustrator iconAdobe Illustrator

AfterEffects iconAdobe After Effect

Premiere iconAdobe Premiere Pro

Unity iconUnity Engine

Unreal iconUnreal Engine

Blender iconBlender

3DSMax iconAutodesk 3DS Max

Substance iconSubstance Painter

Marmoset iconMarmoset Toolbag

Keyshot iconKeyshot

Education

  • Bachelor of Electronics Engineering (2008-2012)

    NUST School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

    Islamabad, Pakistan

  • UI/UX Design Specialization, California Institute of the Arts (Coursera, 2018)
  • Web Design for Everybody, University of Michigan (Coursera, 2018)