Design Lead (12-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.

In 2022, we announced that our studio is implementing afour-day work week as well as supporting in-studio, remote within Canada, and hybrid work arrangements as permanent options to our employees.

Blackbird Interactive is looking for an experienced Design Lead to help shape and deliver high-quality gameplay experiences within an established science fiction universe. This role focuses on guiding a team of designers as they build compelling systems, content, and moment-to-moment gameplay that support exploration, player agency, and long-term engagement.

You’ll work closely with design leadership, production, art, and engineering to translate cr...