Teams at Blackbird Interactive

Lead creative vision and execution for a narrative-driven investigative game. Define narrative, characters, gameplay, and environmental storytelling; mentor and manage the design team; collaborate with art, engineering, audio, and production to prototype, implement, iterate, and polish content; identify risks and balance creative ambition with scope and schedule.

Lead and mentor the UI/UX team to adapt a complex simulation game's interfaces for new platforms. Define design standards, create flows, wireframes, and mockups, resolve platform-specific UX challenges (including controller-first), ensure readability, accessibility, and consistency, and participate in playtests to refine player experience.

Design and adapt UI/UX for a complex simulation game across new platforms. Create user flows, wireframes, mockups, and platform-specific interactions; improve navigation, readability, accessibility, and usability; identify UX challenges from platform transitions; participate in playtests and design reviews; collaborate with design, art, engineering, and production to maintain visual and interaction consistency.