UI/UX Designer

The Position 

We are looking to hire a UI/UX Designer who is responsible for identifying new opportunities to create better user experiences and ensure the end-to-end journey with our clients' products or services meets desired outcomes. We'd like to see 3-5 years of experience in performing well in a fast-paced environment.

The right candidate has a passion for well-crafted interfaces and enjoys collaborating, communicating, and leading effectively with both internal team members and client stakeholders. You are genuinely curious about a myriad of subjects and love to understand both clients and their business. You enjoy and have an eye for good design as well as a desire to work efficiently. Above all, you are a very strong communicator, curious problem-solver, and motivated self-starter. The position requires an understanding of how the web works, and how to design for content management systems and/or digital products. 

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with peers to design high quality digital products and websites
• Articulate complex ideas through documentation like sketches, site maps, user-flows, wireframes, design compositions, or prototypes
• Create visual design compositions and system design elements as a visual designer where applicable in either internal, pro bono, or client projects
• Present and lead strategic, design, and user-centered functionality discussions in client meetings with support from senior designers

• Aid business development efforts by providing high quality design work

About

You have:

• An eye for good design
  
• Strong communication
• Excellent problem-solving skills driven by curiosity
• Initiative and show up as a motivated self-starter
• Basic understanding of HTML and CSS 
• Ability to design for content management systems
• Knowledge of accessibility and inclusive design

You have experience with:

• Creating user flows and wireframes based on user research and information architecture
• Testing existing hypotheses and analyzing data from quantitative and qualitative research to provide suggestions for improvements.
• Building low-fi prototypes based on provided wireframes to be used in user testing.
• Basic knowledge of UX methodologies 
• Basic to advanced knowledge of UI methodologies
• Ability to create high fidelity design layouts and prototypes based on wireframes and low-fi prototypes with a medium level of support from senior to director members of the team.
• Presenting and participating in strategic, design, and user-centered functionality discussions in client meetings

You care about:

• Learning and building with new technologies or processes
• Reading blogs, articles, and tutorials to stay abreast of industry trends
• Building tools or designing to develop new skills and market new company competencies

Working at Savas

At Savas Labs, we prioritize a few things. We like people who are enjoyable to work with. We learn from and teach one another, and often the result is others learn as well either via blog posts, conference presentations, or social media. We dedicate time each week for self-improvement, socializing, and collaboration. We encourage a flexible work schedule so long as we uphold our commitments to one another and our clients. We value openness and encourage our team members to push and recognize the boundaries of their expertise in a given area. We are honest, yet respectful; this is not a cut-throat environment, but rather a supportive one. We take a lot of pride in the quality of our work and we work hard. We value a work/life balance that keeps us productive and happy. We like to have fun and yet take our values seriously. We greatly embrace inclusivity. You’ll like it here.

Employment Benefits

• Competitive salary
  
• Health dental, and vision insurance covered at 100% for you and your family
• Short- and long-term disability
• 401(k) plan with matching
• Flexible work schedule
• Generous PTO, sick leave, and holiday schedule
• Semi-annual team retreats
• Weekly team social and/or skillshare sessions
• Conference presentation and attendance opportunities
• Annual technology, health, and productivity stipend
• Annual paid community service hours
• Monthly team paid lunches