CONSTRUCTIVE: LEAD UX DESIGNER FOR SOCIAL IMPACT DESIGN AGENCY (F/T, REMOTE)

About the role

Please note, this is not a product or app design role. It is solely focused on User Experience Design and the role will not include any visual or UI design. Our work is overwhelmingly branding and website design, with storytelling and engagement at its core.

Responsibilities

• Produce exceptional UX work.
• Shape our UX design practices.
• Lead our UX design team.
• Lead UX design workshops.
• Lead client presentations.
• Collaborate across teams.
• Contribute thought leadership.

Requirements

• Strong alignment with our core values.
• At least 5 years of UX design experience, primarily in an agency setting, creating large-scale, content-rich, brand presence websites.
• At least 2 years of experience managing and overseeing the work of other UX designers.
• Exceptional UX design and human-centered design skills—particularly in designing high-polish wireframes and prototypes.
• Collaborative leadership capabilities with the ability to manage designers and manage up to the Director of Strategy & User Experience for feedback and support.
• Exceptional presentation and speaking skills—the ability to build confidence in clients, persuasively articulate our ideas without being pushy, and facilitate strategic feedback conversations.
• An allergic reaction to mediocre work, an unrelenting eye for detail, and an insistence that any work we produce meets our highest standards and honors our clients’ trust in us.
• Fluency with Figma and strong Adobe Creative Suite skills.
• Proficiency in UX research, interviewing, usability testing, as well as the tools and software used to conduct and organize research.
• Proficiency in content strategy and content design a plus.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of UX design experience, primarily in an agency setting, creating large-scale, content-rich, brand presence websites.
• At least 2 years of experience managing and overseeing the work of other UX designers.
• Exceptional UX design and human-centered design skills—particularly in designing high-polish wireframes and prototypes.
• Collaborative leadership capabilities with the ability to manage designers and manage up to the Director of Strategy & User Experience for feedback and support.
• Exceptional presentation and speaking skills—the ability to build confidence in clients, persuasively articulate our ideas without being pushy, and facilitate strategic feedback conversations.
• An allergic reaction to mediocre work, an unrelenting eye for detail, and an insistence that any work we produce meets our highest standards and honors our clients’ trust in us.
• Fluency with Figma and strong Adobe Creative Suite skills.
• Proficiency in UX research, interviewing, usability testing, as well as the tools and software used to conduct and organize research.
• Proficiency in content strategy and content design a plus.

Skills

• Strong alignment with our core values.
• Exceptional UX design and human-centered design skills—particularly in designing high-polish wireframes and prototypes.
• Collaborative leadership capabilities with the ability to manage designers and manage up to the Director of Strategy & User Experience for feedback and support.
• Exceptional presentation and speaking skills—the ability to build confidence in clients, persuasively articulate our ideas without being pushy, and facilitate strategic feedback conversations.
• An allergic reaction to mediocre work, an unrelenting eye for detail, and an insistence that any work we produce meets our highest standards and honors our clients’ trust in us.
• Fluency with Figma and strong Adobe Creative Suite skills.
• Proficiency in UX research, interviewing, usability testing, as well as the tools and software used to conduct and organize research.
• Proficiency in content strategy and content design a plus.

Benefits

• Defined Annual Profit Sharing Plan
• 401K With Up to 4% Company Match
• Company Sponsored Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Discretionary Performance Bonuses
• 3 Weeks Paid Vacation (15 days)
• Paid Vacation From Christmas Eve through New Year's
• Paid 1/2-day Summer Fridays (Approx 16/year)
• Unlimited Wellness/Sick Days
• New Client Bonuses (3% of First 12 Months of New Work You Proactively Bring In)

Pay

A base salary between $105k - $120k (+ profit share) based on experience and value-added skills.

Schedule

Remote position.