Position: UI Designer & Animator (Rive)

Location: Ontario, Canada (Remote)

Type: Full-Time (3-month contract)

Level: Junior to Intermediate

About the Game

We’re building Reply All — a roguelike deckbuilder where email is turn-based combat. Our UI is central to the experience. It’s not just menus—it’s the medium of play. Emails, tone, and interaction all live through the interface, which means UI needs to feel expressive, responsive, and alive.

The Role

We’re looking for a UI Designer & Animator who demonstrably appreciates UI and responsive design, someone who cares about how things look, feel, and react.

Working closely with the Art Director, you’ll execute UI designs and animations for use in the Unreal Editor that align with the game’s visual direction, while helping ensure the interface adapts cleanly across layouts, states, and interactions.

You’ll collaborate with design and engineering to build reusable, data-driven UI systems that feel great to use.

What You’ll Do

• Create UI designs and animations following the direction of the Art Director
• Design clean, readable, and expressive UI with a strong focus on responsiveness and adaptability
• Build interactive animations and transitions using Rive
• Develop reusable UI systems that respond to game data and layout changes
• Collaborate with design and engineering to implement UI flows
• Iterate quickly on feedback to refine feel, clarity, and responsiveness
• Help ensure UI scales and behave well across different resolutions and use cases

Requirements:

• You must be Based in Ontario, Canada
• Have a strong graphic design portfolio (UI/UX + visual design)
• A clear passion for UI, interaction design, and responsive layouts
• Experience with vector art and animation tools
• Good sense of motion, timing, and interaction design
• Ability to translate art direction into polished, functional UI
• Collaborative mindset and comfort working across disciplines

Rive / Animation Experience (Flexible)

We understand Rive is still emerging, so direct experience is a plus, not a requirement. What matters most is your ability to demonstrate how your skills will transfer.

Nice to have familiarity with:

• Rive concepts: Artboards, Nested Artboards (Component), View Models, State Machines, Layers, N-Slices
• Rigging and animating both vector and raster assets
• Building data-driven, reusable UI systems

Transferable experience from tools like:

• Moho
• Spine 2D
• Adobe Animate

Why Join Us

• Shape the core interaction layer of a unique indie game
• Work with a modern, real-time animation pipeline
• Small team with high creative ownership
• Flexible part-time schedule

About This Opportunity

• Junior roles at Peculiar Path pay between $20-25/hr
• Intermediate roles at Peculiar Path pay between $25-40/hr
• To apply, please send an email with your resume by May 8, 2026
• Please subject the application with the role you’re applying for, and where you are based. (e.g. UI Designer & Animator – Toronto, ON)
• This is an opportunity to fill a current vacancy
• Must be a resident and eligible to work in Ontario
• All applications will be reviewed by humans, no AI screening tools will be used
• All applicants will be informed within 45 days after May 8, 2026 whether they are a successful candidate or not.