Technical UI/UX Designer (5-month contract)

Blackbird Interactive is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent game studio where the best talent in the industry can find long-term careers to help grow their abilities while working on a wide range of projects, which encompass world-class IPs as well as our own creations across multiple genres.

Our studio operates as a remote-first workplace, offering flexible work arrangements.

PLEASE NOTE: At this time, we are only able to hire candidates who are legally eligible to work in Canada and reside within Canada.

Responsibilities

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• Adapt existing UI systems for new platforms, resolutions, and input methods
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• Design, implement, and refine responsive UI layouts across a range of screen sizes and aspect ratios
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• Work directly in the UI toolset to build, modify, debug, and polish screens, flows, and interactions
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• Partner with engineers to ensure UI performance, responsiveness, and stability
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• Resolve platform-specific UX challenges, including controller navigation, readability, and accessibility
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• Maintain consistency with the game's visual style, information hierarchy, and interaction patterns
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• Test, debug, and iterate on UI implementation to improve quality and usability
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• Create documentation that communicates UI changes, constraints, and best practices

Requirements

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• 3+ years of professional UI/UX experience in game development with a strong focus on technical implementation
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• Hands-on experience with Scaleform, including layout, data binding, animation, and debugging
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• Experience supporting ports or platform transitions for UI-heavy games
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• Strong understanding of controller-first UX, focus management, and cross-platform interface design
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• Experience building UI that scales across multiple resolutions and aspect ratios
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• Strong technical problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently
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• Excellent collaboration and communication skills with engineers, designers, artists, and QA

Pluses

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• Experience refactoring legacy UI while preserving an established player experience
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• Background in UI animation, motion, or visual polish
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• Interest in accessibility, usability, and player comfort
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• Experience working within technical constraints to deliver elegant UI solutions