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Senior UI/UX Designer (5-month contract)

Blackbird Interactive πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

$104,000 - $114,000 (CAD) Full-time Senior

Lead and mentor the UI/UX team while collaborating with cross-functional departments to adapt game systems for new platforms. You will be responsible for improving navigation, accessibility, and usability through user flows, wireframes, and platform-specific interface layouts.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor the UI/UX team while collaborating with cross-functional departments to adapt game systems for new platforms. You will be responsible for improving navigation, accessibility, and usability through user flows, wireframes, and platform-specific interface layouts.

Requirements

  • Requires 7+ years of professional UI/UX design experience in games with at least 2 shipped titles, including one in a leadership role. Candidates must possess strong proficiency in industry-standard design tools and a deep understanding of accessibility and interaction design principles.

Key Skills

UI/UX design Game development Leadership Mentorship Cross-functional teams Collaboration Accessibility Interaction design User flows Wireframes Platform-specific interface layouts

About Blackbird Interactive

Blackbird Interactive (BBI) is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent studio - behind such games as Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak, Hardspace: Shipbreaker, and the upcoming Homeworld 3, Minecraft Legends, and Crossfire: Legion. Founded by Rob Cunningham, Yossarian King, and Aaron Kambeitz in 2010, the award-winning Vancouver studio boast its own internal CG cinematics department, led by the founder of Pixar Canada, and has also been involved in various game-adjacent projects over the years - such as Project Eagle with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and other initiatives with the eatART Foundation and Sanctuary AI. BBI was listed among the fastest growing Canadian companies by revenue in 2020 and 2021 by The Globe and Mail and Deloitte. https://linktr.ee/BlackbirdInteractive.com

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