Excomweb is hiring: UI/UX Designer in Pasadena

Overview

Expatiate Communications is seeking a UI/UX Designer who has a passion for creating intuitive and visually appealing user interfaces while focusing on user experience to ensure seamless interaction with our digital products.

The UI/UX Designer will be responsible for building a clean and effective user experience for our customers.

By working cross-functionally, this candidate will understand the needs of product management, engineering, and business stakeholders and will be able to build solutions that fit those needs.

The UX/UI Designer will spend time combining great design with incredible technology.

As a user interface designer at Expatiate Communications, you will be responsible for taking the amazing products our engineers create and building them into something beautiful and user-friendly.

You'll be developing your ideas into mockups, wireframes, and front-end code.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary Range: $65,000 - $80,000/yr DOE

How to apply

1. Submit Your Application
2. Apply directly through the company’s official application portal or app.
   
   Complete all required field.
   
   Please submit your resume.
3. Submit Your Credentials
4. After submitting your application, email a copy of your Degree and a copy of any related work/portfolio to recruiting@excomweb.com.

Responsibilities

• Design Standards: Ensure that established design standards are consistently and appropriately applied within design work.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Engage with product management, engineering, and business stakeholders to understand needs and build solutions.
• Front-End Development: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to implement responsive and interactive user interfaces that align with design mockups.
• Documentation and Prototyping: Develop and present documentation, user flows, annotated wireframes, and interactive prototypes.
• User Testing: Leverage user testing to make product improvements and refine design solutions.
• Tool Proficiency: Utilize Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Sketch, and other prototyping tools effectively.
• User-Centric Design: Apply user research methodologies like Customer Journey Mapping and Jobs To Be Done theory to inform design strategy and business needs.
• Design Systems and Agile Methodologies: Implement design systems and work within agile methodologies to iterate and improve designs.
• Innovative Design: Take risks in design, push boundaries, and create impactful and memorable user experiences.
• Design System Management: Contribute to the development and maintenance of a design system to ensure consistency across products and platforms.
• Collaboration with Developers: Work closely with developers to ensure seamless implementation of designs and resolve any design-related issues during development.
• Continuous Learning: Stay updated with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in UI/UX design to enhance skills and knowledge.
• Project Management: Manage multiple design projects simultaneously, prioritize tasks, and meet project deadlines effectively.
• Stakeholder Communication: Communicate design concepts, rationale, and recommendations to stakeholders and gather feedback for iterative improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Design, Computer Science, or related field.
• 2+ years of experience in UI/UX design.
• Proficiency in visual design and wireframing tools.
• Experience in designing web apps, with a strong passion for typography, style, and understanding of A/B testing and user testing.
• Solid understanding and practical experience with front-end development technologies such as HTML, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript.
• Knowledge of web standards and a data-informed design philosophy.
• Join us at Expatiate and be part of a dynamic team that values creativity, innovation, and user-centric design.

Nice-to-Have

• Advanced Coding: Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks like React or Vue.js.
• Advanced CSS: Proficiency with utility-first CSS frameworks like Tailwind CSS or component libraries such as Shadcn/ui.
• AI Tool Familiarity: Exposure to or a demonstrated eagerness to learn and apply AI-based tools for design, research, or content creation.
• Diverse Tooling: Experience with a wider range of design and collaboration tools, such as Canva for quick graphics or other specialized software.
• Content Strategy: Basic understanding of or experience with UI content creation and strategy.

This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the essential functions and responsibilities of this position.

It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, or requirements.

The duties, responsibilities, and other requirements of this position may be subject to change or modification at any time by the organization, with or without prior notice.

Expatiate Communications reserves the right to modify the job description at any time, with or without notice.

Individual compensation packages are based on various factors unique to each candidate, including skill set, experience, qualifications, geography, and other job-related reasons.

Expatiate Communications is an equal-opportunity employer.

Expatiate Communications considers all qualified applicants and employees for hiring, placement, and advancement without regard to a person's race, color, religion, national origin, age, genetic information, military status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or protected veteran status.