CV | Viktoria Kupina UI

Over 8 years of experience in the Game Industry overall.

4 of them specifically as a Game UI Artists, and the rest as a Graphic Designer.

I have strong knowledge of basic Art Software (Adobe, Figma); Games UI/UX, and Graphic Design principles. I worked with Concept art, Illustrations, 2D Animation, 3D modeling, and all kinds of Graphic Design. I also know the implementation part of UI with Unreal Engine, CSS/HTML, and slightly familiar with Unity.

Attended 9 Game Projects:

Mortal Kombat Mobile

NetherRealm Studio

Injustice 2 Mobile

NetherRealm Studio

3 NDA projects

Match-3, Slots, Card Battler

Infinite Art Solutions

Singular Space

Space Sauce studio

Order of Five

Personal indie project

OuterScapes

Secret Place Studio

Threads

Evriq games

Passed 5 Art Courses:

UI/UX game design

Artnest school

3D for 2D (Blender 3D)

Smirnov school

Character Design

Smirnov school

Game Art

Smirnov school

2D Animation in Spine

Smirnov school

Skills

User Interface Design
User Experience Design
Wireframing, Prototyping
Design Documentation
Graphic Design
Concept Art
2D Illustration
Vector Graphics
2D Animation
3D Modeling

Tools

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Premiere Pro
Unreal Engine
Invision
Figma
Sketch
3D Blender
Spine

Education

High School Certificate
University Certificate (Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design - Multimedia faculty)
Art-courses certificates:
- Game UI/UX
- 3D for 2D - Blender 3D
- Character Design
- Game Art
- 2D Animation in Spine

Additional Knowledge

CSS and HTML languages
Version control systems (Git, Perforce)

Languages

English - Professional working proficiency
Russian - Native or bilingual proficiency

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Nov'22 - June'24
1 year 8 mos

Sperasoft, a Keywords Studio

Partner: NetherRealm Studio, a Warner Brothers Studio

Projects: Mortal Kombat Mobile (main), Injustise 2 Mobile (support)

Responsibilities:

Game UI development. Existing screens redesign. New screen and in-game elements creation using Adobe software (Photoshop, Illustrator);
Collaborating with Game Designers and UX Designers to define and implement innovative solutions for the product direction, visuals, and experience;
UI Implementation (Unreal Engine), close work with the engineering teams;
UI motion design and animation, screens transition animation using Unreal Engine.
For Injustice 2: be a replacement for the main UI artist during vacations or absences

2013 - 2024
11 years

Graphic Design Freelance

Partners: : BioChemMac, Vika Gazinskaya, Belkin.digital, Kinder.MBA, K.Lab, etc

Position: Graphic Designer - Freelance

Responsibilities:

Printing Materials Design using Adobe software (Photoshop, Illustrator);
Presentation Design using Adobe software, Figma, Google apps and PowerPoint;
Web Design (UI/UX Design and HTML + CSS coding);
Marketing materials design (Social media banners, promo-banners, AD);

Jun'22 - Jul'22
1 mos

Infinite Art Solutions

Partners/Projects: 3 Projects (Match-3, Slots, Card Battler)

Position: UI Artist - Freelance

Responsibilities:

Game UI development. Existing game menus redesign, and additional in-game elements and menus concept using Adobe Photoshop. UI design using the existing UI kit based on wireframes in Figma.

Nov'20 - Feb'21
4 mos

Space Sauce Studio

Project: Singular Space

Position: UI/UX Designer, Graphic Designer - Freelance

Responsibilities:

Game UI development. UX flow prototyping. All the game menus concept (icons, pop-ups, fonts, etc.) using Adobe software (Photoshop, Illustrator)
Logo Design, Printing Materials Design (Photoshop, Illustrator)

Dec'20 - Jun'22
1 year 7 mos

SBER

Team: Artificial Intelligence - Finances

Position: Senior Graphic Designer

Responsibilities:

Internal web portal (Confluence) design via Adobe software (Photoshop, Illustrator), frontend coding, and content management;
Internal mailing design using Adobe software (Photoshop, Illustrator);
Presentation design for executives using PowerPoint, Figma, and Adobe software (Photoshop, Illustrator);
Communication with different departments.

Dec'18 - Mar'20
1 year 4 mos

Secret Place Studio

Project: OuterScapes (Try to fly)

Position: UI Artist, Graphic Designer

Responsibilities:

Game UI development. Existing game menus redesign, additional in-game elements, and menus concept (icons, pop-ups, backgrounds, fonts, etc.) using Adobe software (Photoshop, Illustrator);
Promotion materials design (advertising banners, social media banners, pitching presentations, printing promotion materials) using Adobe software (Photoshop, Illustrator);

Sep'18 - Nov'20
2 year 3 mos

Own Game Project

Project: Order of Five

Position: UI Artist

Responsibilities:

Concept art (providing in-game elements drawings and video concepts) using Adobe software (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects)
Game UI development. UX prototyping and UI concept.

Oct'15 - Dec'20
5 years 4 mos

WNmedia Group / Nevosoft

Project: WN Conference - The International conference for the Game Industry

Position: Graphic Designer

Responsibilities:

Expo design (Map Planning, UX)
Printing materials design using Adobe software (Photoshop, Illustrator) - all sizes and purposes. From business cards to conference navigation and package
UI/UX design, web design of the Conference main website and side projects (App2Top, TalentsinGames, Gameworldobserver). Mockups creation, Prototyping, HTML+CSS coding.
Marketing materials design using Adobe software (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro) - Social media banners, AD campaign banners
Presentation design using Google apps and Adobe Software
Promo video production (Motion design) using Adobe Premier Pro
Design and art leading. Communication with developers, artists, designers, executives, and suppliers.

Oct'14 - Aug'15
10 mos

Evriq Games

Project: 1 Project (Puzzle)

Position: UI Artist

Responsibilities:

UI art development (in-game elements drawing, animations creations) using Adobe software (Photoshop, Illustrator);