Senior UI Designer – Mobile
Givelify is a fintech-for-good company where brilliant minds come to power the most loved and trusted online and mobile giving app platform. Thanks to over 1.5 million generous donors, we’ve helped more than 70,000 nonprofits and places of worship raise over $5 billion. Together, they’re changing their world with kindness and generosity.
Inc. 5000, the Stevies® Awards, Gartner, Forbes, and many more have recognized our story, innovations, and achievements. Our award-winning team builds products and experiences that put more good into the world. We love to take on big challenges because we know our work matters.
Make an impact at one of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. Be part of a talented team of big-hearted individuals, earning competitive pay with excellent benefits.
About your role:
We are currently hiring a Senior UI Designer to create life-changing products and digital experiences.
Your team:
Givelify’s Creative Team produces the experiences that wow our audiences and users. We consistently deliver world-class design and creativity across the entire business, serving our customers in collaboration with product, technology, marketing, support, and operations. This role reports to the VP of Creative.
The Senior UI Designer will get to:
Lead design initiatives, imagine novel solutions and work cohesively with other teams across the company. You are well-versed throughout the design process, from wireframes to high-fidelity mockups or prototypes. By making the complex simple, you believe that you’ve done a great job as a designer when users do not notice your design; it is invisible to them because it works.
Create world-class product experiences for Givelify’s donors:
Ensure completion of product designs by executing all phases of design work, from solution ideation to transitioning designs to engineering
Maximize the throughput of product design tasks by owning design operations for your scope of work
Continuously improve the quality of your design work by seeking and acting on feedback from stakeholders
To be successful in this role, you’ll also:
Apply human-centered design principles to design elegant product experiences for a diverse audience across mobile and web platforms.
Partner frequently with Product Managers and Engineers and sometimes with Executives, Data Scientists, Researchers, and Customer Success teams.
Define problems and goals, map user flows, prototype interactions, and launch new products and services.
Solicit feedback from users, cross-disciplinary partners, and stakeholders.
Give feedback and/or collaborate with engineers on implementation.
Work with the product and design team to define and implement a brand-aligned design system.
Your experience:
Bachelor’s degree
5+ years of experience with UI and product design
2+ years of experience with UI design for native mobile apps with complex interactions
Expert knowledge of Adobe CC suite, Sketch, Figma, and/or other industry-standard creative tools
A portfolio highlighting some of your best work
Languages: English; Spanish a plus
Prototyping: Lofi and Hifi prototypes, you know when to use one over the other and embrace an iterative process.
Communication: You can articulate what makes a good vs great design, as well as an articulate point of design view.
Problem solver who requires very little guidance on projects; thrives in a fast-paced environment.
Expert understanding of the formal design elements, including typography, layout, balance, and proportion.
(Bonus) Research: You are familiar with front-end research (light ethnography) and/or able to facilitate user testing sessions to validate your designs with users.
(Bonus): Experience working with remote teams.
Your superpowers:
Integrity- Demonstrates congruence in thought, speech, and action. Can be trusted to act with courage and to do the right thing.
Collaboration- Fosters productive relationships; values others' opinions, shows appreciation, and seeks to understand different perspectives.
Customer Focus- Adopts a human-centric approach that meets or anticipates customers' needs when developing solutions.
Drive for Results- Can be relied upon to be resourceful & tenacious in achieving key desired results.
Effective Communication- Communicates frequently using clarity and appropriate methods/tools of communication.
Problem-Solving- Resourceful and creative in solving complex issues. Uses sound judgment, data, and collaboration.
