Job Summary
Our partner is a young startup with a bold vision to become the commerce and financial technology backbone of construction - one of the world’s largest industries. Founded by serial entrepreneurs with exits to Fortune 500 companies (including Paypal), Their company has partnered with prominent VC funds in Silicon Valley to build a world-class team with a mission to digitize and democratize construction material purchasing. This is a unique opportunity to join at the ground level an industry-transforming company.
The company is the people they hire. They aspire to build a team of smart, high-caliber players that inspire each other to excel yet are not afraid to leave egos behind, roll up their sleeves and fix what doesn’t work. They don’t believe in micromanagement and trust their team to take full ownership of their responsibilities. They believe in transparency as a way to build trust, break communication barriers, and align towards a common goal. Finally, they want their people to stay and grow with the company and the only way to achieve this is by providing them with above-market-rate compensation, premier benefits, and generous stock options.
They're looking for a product designer with UX/UI experience in both mobile and web applications to join the founding team and work alongside product-focused serial entrepreneurs.
About you:
- You are excited about startups and new products
- You enjoy designing web and mobile apps from the ground up
- You know that products are built iteratively, and designs evolve with customer feedback
- You are data-driven to help you make informed decisions
- You care about products that have a massive economic impact and have an interest in FinTech
Responsibilities for the first 3 months:
- Migrate into Figma the existing high fidelity designs of the web app created in PowerPoint and Photoshop (work closely with one of the co-founders on this task)
- Create a formal style guide in Figma
- Design new features based on the product roadmap timeline
- For all new designs, create product flow maps to help engineers understand the flow (e.g., clicking on a button takes user to the relevant screen)
- Start designing the mobile version of the application
Requirements
- 3+ years of relevant product design experience (ideally in fast growing, product-driven companies)
- In-depth understanding of the formal elements of design (e.g, colors, typography, proportions, layout, balance)
- Examples of your work: workflows, sketches/mockups, wireframes, flow diagrams, all the way down to high-fidelity designs.
Please submit a link to your online portfolio with your application (include a password if applicable) - Demonstrated knowledge of responsive design, aspect ratios, and tradeoffs designing for different screen sizes
- Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills
- Ability to work as part of a cross-functional agile team and collaborate with Product Managers and Engineers to deliver quality products on time
Benefits
- Flexible time off
- Equity awards (after working for at least 3 month)
- Gym reimbursement
- Annual personal development fund
- Swanky new work laptop
- Work headphones reimbursement
- Regular offsites at fun locations