Lead UI/UX Designer

About OffSec

Founded in 2007 by the creators of Kali Linux, OffSec (formerly known as Offensive Security) is the leading provider of continuous professional and workforce development, training, and education for cybersecurity practitioners. OffSec’s distinct pedagogy and practical, hands-on learning help organizations fill the infosec talent gap by training their teams on today’s most critical skills.

Become a part of our global presence and work from anywhere. With team members in over 40 countries, we believe in inspiring people of all backgrounds and communities. The OffSec team is composed of diverse, internationally published authors, conference speakers, and seasoned information technology professionals from both the private sector and governments worldwide.

Excited about our mission and what we do? Apply and join us!

About the Job

Are you an experienced Lead UX/UI Designer, with a strong focus on UI Design, who is eager to showcase your talents? Do you thrive on transforming project concepts into real-world experiences, continuously refining your design expertise? We invite you to join our dynamic and diverse team on a global scale as we work passionately to advance the field of cybersecurity. As a vital member of our team, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate with highly skilled professionals, collectively creating cutting-edge solutions that captivate and delight a broad spectrum of customers.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Produce the experience vision for the OffSec Learning Platform. Understanding how OffSec Learners want to interact with the platform and visualizing how the Platform can deliver the best learning experience to them
• Develop platform principles, standards, and experience guard rails to ensure a cohesive and purposeful end to end platform experience
• Act as the UX expert and advisor to the rest of the organization on those principles, standards, and best practices
• Plan and implement new designs for our online learning platform, public facing site and collaterals
• Optimize existing user interface designs
• Communicate with stakeholders to understand their business goals and objectives
• Understand technical and business requirements and always strive to deliver intuitive and user-centered solutions
• Combine creativity with an awareness of the design elements
• Create prototypes for new product ideas
• Test new ideas before implementing 
• Conduct an ongoing user research

Qualifications

• 7 years of experience as a UI-UX Designer, with a focus on UI
• Professional experience using Figma
• Knowledge of Adobe range of products including XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat
• UI/UX design portfolio
• Knowledge of Usability Factors in Human Computer Interaction.
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to discuss and explain design options
• Detail oriented
• Critical thinker
• Problem solver and customer-centered

Work Location and Hours

This role is a full-time salaried position. It is a fully remote position. The ideal locations would be U.S. EST or Europe time zones. Work hours for this position are flexible and will be performed from a home office.

Direct Reports

This position has no direct reports.

EEO

OffSec provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.