UI Designer

We're seeking a full-time mid to senior-level UI Designer to join our design team. The successful candidate will be able to manage themselves in a 100% remote work environment and possess excellent communication habits to work well with team members and clients. Equally important is that this individual will aspire to embody our Core Values: Inspire & Empower, Be Human, Own It, Invent & Innovate, Collaborate Openly, and Have Fun.

We're committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and strive to be a place where everyone from any background can do their best work and feel safe. We not only believe this is an essential part of our Be Human core value; it's crucial to our Engineering Values as well. 

Our designers work closely, often in agile teams, with strategists, developers, project managers, and clients to produce beautifully designed digital products and design systems. As a UI Designer, you will translate our clients' brands into accessible, easy-to-use, and beautiful user interfaces. You'll participate in early strategy and UX work to lay the foundation for effective designs and then lead the process as it progresses to visual UI design.

You will work with developers to ensure that our designs fit the needs and requirements and get implemented true to the design intent. Sometimes, you will work alongside Lullabot designers and client design teams; other times, you will function as the sole designer on agile product teams. 

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with content strategists to establish the content architecture and guidance intended to carry the designs forward.
• Participate in discovery processes, often leading the UX and design-related activities like user and stakeholder interviews, workshops, research, and testing. (Senior level only)
• Assist in planning the UI design process for client engagements.
• Lead the UI design process. (Senior level only)
• Assist and collaborate with others in the UI design process.
• Translate client business, technical, and content requirements into wireframes, flow diagrams, and visuals to explore and test ideas and, eventually, high-fidelity designs and prototypes.
• Lead Design QA work during development. (Senior level only)
• Assist in Design QA work during development.
• Help Lullabot's strategy and design team continue to improve our approach and processes over time.
• Model and plan design systems for complex sites and products. (Senior level only)
• Create and translate beautiful UI designs into complete design systems and their corresponding documentation, guidelines, and tools. (Senior level only)
• Assist and collaborate in creating design systems and their corresponding documentation, guidelines, and tools.

The ideal client will have

• An impressive portfolio of visual UI design work (Senior level requires a broad portfolio)
• Experience leading successful UX and UI design processes (Senior level only)
• Experience in UI design processes and a desire to learn and participate in UX processes
• Experience participating in the planning and creation of design systems (Senior level only)
• The ability to lead clients through an iterative process to achieve great designs (Senior level only)
• Self-motivation and a great deal of care about the quality of their work
• Enjoy working closely with developers and in agile teams
• A basic working knowledge of front-end development (E.g., HTML and CSS)
• An interest in learning about Drupal and large-scale CMS projects (This doesn't mean becoming a Drupal developer, but simply gaining an understanding of how it works)

Bonus Points

• Illustration skills
• Prototyping skills
• Experience with large-scale CMS projects

Tools

Since most designers can learn new tools quickly, we evaluate candidates based on the quality of the work in your portfolio rather than the tools you used to produce it. Most designers can learn new tools quickly. Our team tends to design using Figma but will use other tools (E.g., Sketch, Adobe XD) based on client needs and requirements.

Requirements

• 2+ years experience (Mid-level)
• 8+ years experience (Senior level)
• Must have a reliable internet connection and a willingness to work from home (or anywhere) in a distributed fashion
• Must be able to use a computer for up to 8 hours per day
• Must be able to travel 2-3 times per year in the United States for client on-sites and company events
• We're looking for a full-time (40 hours per week) U.S.-based employee who can start within two weeks of being offered the job
• Ideal candidates will overlap at least 5 hours from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. EST

Salary Range: $70,000-95,000 USD annually, commensurate with experience. 

Lullabot, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based on race, age, creed, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Our EEO policy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, promotions, discipline, terminations, wage and salary administration, benefits, and training.