UX Designer

Company

Planning Center

Location

USA

Type

Full Time

Job Description

Time zones: EST (UTC -5) CST (UTC -6) MST (UTC -7) PST (UTC -8) AKST (UTC -9) HST (UTC -10)

About the Work


UX Designers play a critical role in shaping the digital experiences that Planning Center users interact with daily. They bridge the gap between aesthetics and functionality ensuring that products not only look good but also provide meaningful and enjoyable experiences for users. We’re seeking a UX/UI designer with expertise in product design to support our team in improving Planning Center software. The ideal candidate will be well-versed in visual design UX best practices and able to communicate effectively about the design process.


The UX/UI Designer reports to the UX Design Manager and is part of a centralized UX Design team. In this role you can expect to:

  • Take ownership of your projects and craft a design strategy for our suite of products.
  • Collaborate across multiple teams and with your team of fellow designers. This includes working with Product Managers Product Designers Support and Marketing.
  • Advocate for our customers by crafting user experiences that are simple and intuitive.
  • Contribute patterns and recommendations to our design system to promote consistency across products.

Who We Look For


The best fits for any role on the Planning Center team are people embodying our Core Values:

  • Engage with Humility - We actively participate with openness and receptiveness. We are ready to listen learn and speak thoughtfully and kindly—regardless of skill level expertise or place on the org chart.
  • Invest in our team - We give our time and energy to our team’s success—improving collaboration with effective communication making space for diverse perspectives sharing knowledge and asking questions.
  • Do Our Best Work - We aspire to do our best possible work—continually looking for ways to improve the quality of our individual output and contribute to our team's overall success and growth.
  • Focus on Customer Impact - We advocate for our customer’s best interests in our decision-making—we can trace the goal of every project back to creating positive value for our customers.
  • Think Holistically Work Iteratively - We focus on taking practical steps towards our goals with an awareness of the broader context—thinking big working small.

We believe the strongest teams comprise people with diverse backgrounds and experiences and we are committed to cultivating that diversity here at Planning Center. We're building an inclusive supportive place for you to do your best work.

The Hiring Process


During the hiring process you’ll have a chance to interact with several members of our team. We strongly encourage you to bring any questions you have to anybody you interact with. You’re interviewing us as much as we’re interviewing you.


The teammates you’ll encounter along the way:

  • Our Recruiting and Growth Strategist
  • Several designers from the Product Design Team
  • The UX Design Manager you'll report to

Applications will be accepted until 9AM PST on June 13th 2024. We aim to make a final decision by 3PM PST on July 11th 2024. Our hiring process will be delayed from July 15th to July 26th so a start date be roughly July 30th 2024.


Below is an outline of the steps in our hiring process.

  • Step one : Apply with a resume cover letter and portfolio. Your cover letter should speak directly to your interest in this position. We want to know what got you into design how your experience has set you up for success in this role and why you want to join our team. Applicants without a portfolio will not be considered.

    (A word of caution for those using AI cover letters: When compared to the hundreds of other candidates who did the exact same thing it becomes painfully obvious who took the AI first draft. If you're going to use these tools we ask that you use them well. Please give our recruiter something a bit more human to read.)

  • Step two : Initial phone call with our recruiter so we can get to know one another
  • Step three : An online design exercise to assess your design prowess and get a rough understanding of your experience and skills
  • Step four : Interview over Zoom with the Product Design Manager and a few of our designers
  • Step five : Pending all goes well an offer

Requirements


For Hiring

  • Full-time resident in the United States
  • Eligible to work in the United States

For the work itself

  • An impressive portfolio of UX Case studies and visual UI design work.
  • Previous experience designing interfaces and interactions for a web-based product.
  • Strong sense of composition UI design and UX best practices.
  • Knowledge of accessibility concerns and designing for a wide range of stress cases.
  • Proficiency with design tools. We use Figma as our preferred UI/prototyping tool. Experience with comparable tools like Sketch and XD will also be considered.
  • Experience shepherding a project through the cycles of discovery ideation testing and iteration.
  • Clear verbal and written communication and the aptitude for writing design specifications.
  • Invested - We care about the products we create and the people we create them for and we all contribute to the vision and direction of our products. Every one of our designers is critical to their team.
  • Curious - We aren’t afraid to ask questions experiment and iterate. We also love playing with fun new technologies & processes and we take time every few months to do just that.
  • Humble - We always seek opportunities to grow and learn from one another.

Benefits


We love our team. It’s one of the core pillars we work off of every day which is why we take care of you as best we can. Here are a few highlights but you can find all of our benefits here .

Get paid

We pay in the top 10% of the New York City rates (no matter where you live) contribute to your 401k provide a charitable giving match of up to $2000 a year have a generous allowance for continued education and offer a co-working stipend. The annual salary range for this position is $125111 – $160857.

Get out

Enjoy paid Fridays off in the summer every other Friday off the rest of the year a month-long sabbatical every five years one week off between Christmas and New Years one week off each year to serve with a non-profit and two weeks paid vacation each year increasing to three over time.

Be healthy

Generous paid sick time $200 monthly for physical fitness and mental health 95% medical and 100% dental premium health coverage.

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06/02/2024

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