UI/UX Designer for Immersive Game Interfaces

Sunblink; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 55,000 - 96,000; Part time

Job summary

Sunblink is seeking a UX/UI Specialist for a ~30 hour/week contract based in Boulder. You will translate high-level art direction into polished UI in Unity, balancing usability, juice, and gamefeel.

You will own end-to-end UI systems—from HUDs and menus to onboarding—prototype rapidly from rough brief to shippable result, and collaborate closely with a 3-5 person team to maintain visual consistency and accessibility.

Qualifications

• Shipped at least one commercial game with owner over UX/UI.
• Portfolio showing in-engine UI work, not just mockups.
• Strong understanding of animation, timing, and feedback in UI.
• Proficient in high-fidelity mockups in Figma/ XD and translation to engine.
• Solid typography, color theory, layout, and visual hierarchy.
• Experience coordinating visuals with audio and haptic feedback.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end UX/UI vision, from art direction to polish in Unity.
• Design and implement UI systems: HUD, menus, onboarding, settings.
• Craft game feel: micro-interactions, transitions, screen shake, particle timing.
• Build and maintain a cohesive visual design system across iterations.
• Prototype rapidly and independently; turn rough sketches into shippable results.
• Collaborate with engineering and design on a small team of 3-5.

Skills

UX ownership

Portfolio development

Animation principles

Figma/Adobe XD

Typography & color theory

Accessibility

Self-direction

UI polish coordination

Unity

UGUI / UI Toolkit

C#

Shader Graph

Tools

Unity

UGUI / UI Toolkit

C#

Shader Graph

Job description

Sunblink is seeking a UX/UI Specialist for a ~30 hour/week contract based in Boulder. You will translate high-level art direction into polished UI in Unity, balancing usability, juice, and gamefeel.

You will own end-to-end UI systems—from HUDs and menus to onboarding—prototype rapidly from rough brief to shippable result, and collaborate closely with a 3-5 person team to maintain visual consistency and accessibility.