diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fc5656a..8875d0f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@ Pillow==10.1.0
 zeroconf==0.119.0
 Pypubsub~=4.0.3
 tqdm==4.66.1
-dmglib==0.9.4
\ No newline at end of file
+dmglib==0.9.4
+plyer==2.1.0
+pyobjus==1.2.3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/distributed_job_manager.py b/src/distributed_job_manager.py
index 7690ed6..fc505e6 100644
--- a/src/distributed_job_manager.py
+++ b/src/distributed_job_manager.py
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ import socket
 import time
 import zipfile
 
+from plyer import notification
 from pubsub import pub
 
-from src.render_queue import RenderQueue
 from src.api.server_proxy import RenderServerProxy
+from src.render_queue import RenderQueue
 from src.utilities.misc_helper import get_file_size_human
 from src.utilities.status_utils import RenderStatus, string_to_status
 from src.utilities.zeroconf_server import ZeroconfServer
@@ -55,6 +56,29 @@ class DistributedJobManager:
             # todo: handle cancelling all the children
             pass
 
+        # UI Notifications
+        if new_status == RenderStatus.COMPLETED:
+            logger.debug("show render complete notification")
+            notification.notify(
+                title='Render Job Complete',
+                message=f'Render completed for {render_job.name}',
+                timeout=10  # Display time in seconds
+            )
+        elif new_status == RenderStatus.ERROR:
+            logger.debug("show render complete notification")
+            notification.notify(
+                title='Render Job Failed',
+                message=f'Failed rendering {render_job.name}',
+                timeout=10  # Display time in seconds
+            )
+        elif new_status == RenderStatus.RUNNING:
+            logger.debug("show render complete notification")
+            notification.notify(
+                title='Render Job Started',
+                message=f'Render started for {render_job.name}',
+                timeout=10  # Display time in seconds
+            )
+
     @classmethod
     def handle_subjob_status_change(cls, local_job, subjob_data):
         """
diff --git a/src/render_queue.py b/src/render_queue.py
index e1b3188..2a081b7 100755
--- a/src/render_queue.py
+++ b/src/render_queue.py
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ class RenderQueue:
     def start_queue(cls):
         cls.load_state()
 
-    @classmethod
-    def job_status_change(cls, job_id, status):
-        logger.debug(f"Job status changed: {job_id} -> {status}")
-
     @classmethod
     def add_to_render_queue(cls, render_job, force_start=False):
         logger.debug('Adding priority {} job to render queue: {}'.format(render_job.priority, render_job))