UI/UX Designer
REMOTE POSITION BASED IN THE AMERICAS (USA, CANADA, OR LATIN AMERICA)
Who we are?
Founders Workshop is a company based in Arizona. We create web and mobile apps for non tech founders of tech startups. We partner with our clients to provide exactly what they need to get their first version software into the market on time and on budget.
Role Summary
An amazing freelance position that supplements our active design team. Our designers work directly with our US based clients and Product Development Manager to set the direction of the software from the very beginning. Then they work side by side with our developers and testers in Latin America to bring that software to life. Our projects come from different industries and are bringing new innovations to market every day.
What you’ll do
- Reading minds as you translate fuzzy requirements into intuitive software designs
- Establishing a product’s brand and character, often from the very beginning
- Combining traditional design concepts with digital innovations
- Delighting clients by showing them their ideas for the first time
- Working with a multidisciplinary team to bring concepts to life – no design silos here!
- Never being bored! You will design for multiple industries and for various ventures while working with us
- Create great experiences for end users that meet our client’s business goals
- Conceptualize designs for all kinds of digital products, including mobile apps, responsive website, progressive web apps, desktop platforms, VR interfaces, etc.
- Quickly create wireframes and mockups to illustrate features and screens
- Work iteratively to create and improve designs prior to development
- Balance business goals and technical needs with end user needs
- Create and manage assets
- Communicate design intent and provide support to the project team as they work
- Assist in quality assurance with Design QA each sprint
- Ideate and execute business goals and feature requirements into designs for our team
- Advocate for human first / user friendly design in each project
- Supplement digital designs with other marketing materials, such as graphic branding, print, and advertising pieces as requested
Who you are
- 5+ years' experience with visual design / UIUX design
- End to end brand design and communication experience
- Interface design for web and mobile apps
- Familiarity with trends in UI/UX design, software usability standards, user centric design
- Excellent communication skills and attention to detail
- Direct work with external clients
- Experience ideating and executing designs from ambiguous requirements and few market details
- Agency experience balancing multiple fast-moving projects
- Familiarity with basic programming
- Work in a startup or experience working with executives
- Advanced used of Figma
- Availability to work between 20 and 30 hours per month
What you’ll love
- Fast paced, changing environment (You will never get bored!)
- Awesome team
- Awesome innovating clients
- Challenge of making something amazing
- Exposure to many different verticals and opportunity to apply expertise from each
- Remote work