Game UI Monetization Artist Role – Moon Active in Columbus
Career & Market Insight
Role Level & Market Fit: A Monetization Artist with 3+ years in game UI sits at a mid-to-senior level in the mobile gaming industry. This niche sits at the intersection of UI design and conversion optimization — a highly marketable skillset as mobile game revenues continue to rely heavily on in-app purchases.
Skills You'll Build:
- Data-driven design via A/B testing — directly ties design decisions to business KPIs
- LiveOps event design — a fast-growing discipline in mobile gaming
- Monetization UX — increasingly valued at any company with a freemium model
- Figma + AI creative tooling — future-proof skills in the current design landscape
Company Signals: Moon Active is the studio behind Coin Master, one of the highest-grossing mobile games globally. This is a large, financially strong studio — not a startup — meaning stability, but also potentially more process-driven workflows. The "fastest-growing" framing suggests continued investment in new features and products.
Green Flags: Cross-functional exposure (UX, engineering, product), ownership of the full visual pipeline, and direct impact on revenue metrics make this a strong portfolio-building role. Monetization UI expertise is transferable to adtech, e-commerce, and any conversion-focused product team.
Watch For: No salary range is disclosed, which makes benchmarking difficult. For a mid-senior game UI role in Europe, market rates typically range €45,000–75,000 annually — negotiate accordingly.
Moon Active is one of the world's fastest-growing mobile game companies, providing entertainment to millions of active users across the universe.
We're looking for a Monetization Artist star for its top-notch, industry-leading product.
As a Monetization Artist, you will be responsible for user experience, visual design concepts, and game user interface across digital products and platforms. As part of our dream team, you will receive everything you can think of from super friendly and creative co-workers and a strong focus on your development.
Required time zone: CET ±3 hours.
Requirements
- Create a playful, intuitive, cohesive look & feel, and overall mobile game user experience.
- Conceptualize, present, and execute your ideas from A to Z.
- Work collaboratively with other designers and cross-functionally with UX, engineering, and product management on the design and implementation of new game features.
- Create and own the implementation of fun, engaging in-game events and other game content.
- Design and deliver UI for in-game offers, promotional screens, and purchase flows (offer popups, sale banners, seasonal promotions).
- Own the visual pipeline from brief to implementation, including asset handoff.
- Maintain and evolve the UI component library and style guides to ensure consistency across features.
- Rapidly iterate on A/B test variants — create multiple visual treatments and adapt based on performance data.
- Collaborate closely with the monetization team on conversion-driven design decisions.
- Participate in design reviews and contribute constructive feedback to peers.
Qualifications
- At least 3 years of experience in game UI and understanding of game UI principles.
- Hands-on experience designing monetization UI (offer screens, shop flows, promotional screens) — a strong advantage.
- Familiarity with mobile game design patterns (LiveOps events, popups, progression screens).
- Ability to work in a dynamic environment with quick decision-making within tight schedules.
- Proficiency in Photoshop, Figma, and AI creative tools.
- Strong design, drawing, color, composition, and conceptual ideation abilities.
- Comfort with data-informed iteration — ability to create variants and adjust based on A/B results.
- Understanding of asset production constraints (texture atlases, file sizes, animation-ready layers).
- Fluent English.
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