UI/UX Designer
Join one of the hottest startups in Chicago! If you are great at what you do and thrive in a highly collaborative environment, we want to hear from you. Shiftgig is seeking extraordinary people to transform the service industry. Located a block from The Merchandise Mart, we are revolutionizing the way people find, work, and get paid for shift employment.
We are looking for a talented UI / UX Designer who is passionate about solving complex problems and creating smart, beautiful, and polished web and mobile products.
Responsibilities
- Create engaging and delightful user experiences that address business, brand, market, and user requirements
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment to produce elegant, unique design solutions
- Work with product managers and engineers to define product features
- Design user-centered interaction models, wireframes, screen-mockups, etc.
Effectively communicate conceptual ideas and design rationale
Juggle multiple projects while effectively managing timelines and expectations
From time-to-time, lend a hand with marketing, corporate identity and branding, and ad campaign needs
Requirements
We have a small, tightly knit product and design team, and are looking for candidates who are self-motivated and able to work both independently and collaboratively with others. The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:
- Minimum of 5 years of experience
- Good taste and strong visual design skills
- Experience producing high-quality visual designs, from concept to production
- Solid understanding of user-centered design principles, careful attention to detail, ability to see the big picture
- Knowledge of interaction design patterns and best practices related to web and mobile design
- Ability to prioritize and manage work in a fast-paced startup environment
- A degree in Graphic Design, Human-Computer Interaction or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
Dev skills to prototype and / or develop designs into working code is a major plus
- Experience with Agile / Scrum is a plus