--- title: 'Senior UX Designer (CONTRACT) at Bungie' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-ux-designer-contract-bungie-united-states-zya8h571ansa' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-20' --- # Senior UX Designer (CONTRACT) at Bungie - **Company:** Bungie - **Location:** United States - **Compensation:** $68–$81/hr - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-10-15 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-20 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/bungie/jobs/6212202004 ## Job description Title: Interaction Designer (Contract) Bungie is seeking an Interaction Designer to delight millions by designing amazing player interactions within Marathon. You’ll be responsible for producing UX design work on a cross functional team, evolving problems that are complex and ambiguous into clear actionable design solutions. You'll work from concept to completion by collaborating closely with other designers to achieve your goals. ## Responsibilities - Convert goals and requirements into viable solutions that follow and complement our UX strategy and design principles. - Utilize appropriate UX design methodologies to communicate and validate the player experience: player interviews, flow diagrams, playtesting, high-fidelity mockups, and prototypes. - Establish and document strategies, guidelines, and patterns. Required Skills - Effective collaborator: You know how to move a design forward with your team and in discussions with stakeholders using proven collaboration methods. - User-centered designer: You are a committed believer in putting player needs at the center of the development process. You know how to incorporate both qualitative and quantitative insights into your design process. - Visual communicator: You have comprehensive knowledge of graphic design fundamentals like layout, color theory and typography. - Process and team driven: You can break experiences down with a team to ship value to our players. You embrace that an effective user experience needs feedback and iteration to achieve. - Systematic thinker: Your design process considers moderate-to-large scale solutions that are sustainable over time. - Experience working on a cross-functional product team. - A portfolio with UX projects. Nice-to-Have Skills - Degree in Human-Computer Interaction, User Experience, Cognitive Science or equivalent. - Experience in games across multiple platforms. - Ability to use design software (Figma, Adobe Suite, etc.) to convey designs. - Experience with player onboarding systems. At SIE, working with our partners, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location. Please note that the individual base pay range may vary based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this role is eligible for benefit offerings that include medical, dental, and vision. Click [here](https://www.dzconnex.com/summary-of-benefits) to learn more. The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below, this is an hourly rate. $67.69—$81.44 USD Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks. Please refer to our[Candidate Privacy Notice](https://www.playstation.com/legal/careers-privacy-notice/) for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights. ## About Bungie ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Bungie is a video game developer and publisher best known for creating the *Destiny* and *Halo* franchises, dedicated to building hopeful worlds that inspire passionate player communities and lifelong friendships. - **Entity Type**: Private (Subsidiary of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.; previously independent) - **Headquarters**: Bellevue, Washington, United States (with multiple offices in the Bellevue area) - **Founded**: 1991 (in Chicago, IL) - **Founders**: Jason Jones, Alex Seropian ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Video Game Development and Publishing (Entertainment) - **Target customers**: B2C (consumers / gamers), with a focus on building and maintaining large-scale, live-service game communities. - **Mission or purpose statement**: "To create worlds that inspire friendship." Bungie believes that entertainment plays a vital role in the health and well-being of the world and that technology can bring people together. ## Products & Services - **Destiny 2**: A massively popular, free-to-play, first-person shooter MMO-lite with a live-service model. It is Bungie's primary revenue driver, featuring ongoing seasonal content, expansions, and a dedicated community. - **Marathon** (Upcoming): A new, PvP-focused extraction shooter set in a sci-fi universe, announced in 2023. This represents Bungie's first new IP in over a decade and is currently in development. - **Halo Series** (Legacy): Bungie is the original creator of the iconic *Halo* franchise (1999-2010), which they developed before moving on to *Destiny*. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (Private company). - **Key Metric**: **Annual Revenue: $1.2 Billion** (as of latest available data) [linkedin.com]. **Total Funding: $100 Million** (from a single venture round in 2018) [linkedin.com]. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: **Sony Interactive Entertainment** (Parent company, acquired Bungie in 2022 for $3.6 billion). Bungie operates as a "wholly-owned subsidiary" with operational independence. - **Growth Signals**: Despite a slight headcount decrease of -3.5% YoY (currently ~823 employees) [linkedin.com], the company is heavily investing in its future. The development of *Marathon* signals a commitment to expanding beyond *Destiny* into new IPs. Bungie also operates an "Incubation" division focused on exploring and developing new game concepts [careers.bungie.com]. The company operates in 12 countries including the UK, India, Spain, and Canada [linkedin.com]. ## Competitive Advantages - **Legendary IP & Track Record**: A 30+ year history of creating some of the most beloved and commercially successful game franchises in history (*Halo*, *Destiny*). This provides a massive built-in audience and brand recognition. - **Live-Service Mastery**: Bungie is one of the most experienced studios in the world at operating a live-service game (*Destiny 2*), giving them deep expertise in community management, content cadence, and long-term player engagement. - **Creative Independence**: As a subsidiary of Sony, Bungie retains a high degree of operational and creative independence, allowing them to self-publish and control their own IPs, which is a rare advantage in the industry. - **Strong Community & Culture**: The company has a deeply ingrained set of core values ("Player Experience First," "Strong Ideas, Loosely Held," "Teams are Stronger Than Heroes") that guide its development and hiring [careers.bungie.com]. ## Strategic Focus - **Expanding the Destiny Universe**: Continuing to deliver major expansions and seasonal content for *Destiny 2* to maintain its player base and revenue. - **Launching *Marathon***: The single most important upcoming project. The success of this new IP is critical for diversifying Bungie's portfolio and proving its ability to build new worlds beyond *Destiny*. - **Incubation & New Worlds**: Actively investing in an incubation team to explore and develop new, unannounced game projects, aiming for long-term growth. - **Technology & Community**: Continuing to improve its proprietary engine and online infrastructure to support its live-service ambitions and foster healthy, inclusive player communities. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Bungie's culture is highly defined by its core values. They emphasize a "team over heroes" mentality, constructive feedback, and a player-first approach. They actively promote diversity and inclusion through employee resource groups (IDEAs) [linkedin.com]. - **Work Model**: The company has embraced remote and hybrid work. The *Marathon* team, for example, is actively hiring for remote positions in the US [careers.bungie.com]. - **Notable Perks & Environment**: The company is currently renovating a massive 100,000+ sq ft global headquarters in Bellevue, WA [careers.bungie.com]. They are known for a strong focus on employee well-being and maintaining a fun, creative atmosphere. - **Engineering & Talent**: The engineering team is a core part of the studio, with a focus on solving complex problems for live-service and next-gen game development. The team is composed of veterans from top studios (Microsoft, Epic, Riot, Blizzard, etc.) [linkedin.com]. - **Employee Rating**: 3.4/5.0 on LinkedIn, with high marks for Work-Life Balance (3.7) and Compensation (3.7), though Career opportunity is rated slightly lower (3.1) [linkedin.com]. ## Sources 1. [careers.bungie.com - About](https://careers.bungie.com/about) 2. [careers.bungie.com - Home](https://careers.bungie.com/) 3. [bungie.net - Home](https://www.bungie.net/7) 4. [linkedin.com - Bungie Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/bungie) 5. [careers.bungie.com - Jobs](https://careers.bungie.com/jobs) ## Other roles at Bungie - [Senior Investment Designer (Rewards and Commerce)](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-investment-designer-rewards-and-commerce-bungie-united-states-vfe35920c9xx) — United States - [Senior UX Designer (CONTRACT)](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-ux-designer-contract-bungie-united-states-ergx316qyk2t) — United States - [Investment Designer (Contract)](https://feeny.ai/job/investment-designer-contract-bungie-united-states-tps5gjdsek53) — United States - [Principal Marketing Manager, Marathon (Contract)](https://feeny.ai/job/principal-marketing-manager-marathon-contract-bungie-united-states-nzs4psmqp5k5) — United States