UX/UI Designer

Stable Kernel is growing, and we are looking for a UX/UI Designer with 3+ years of experience to add to our team. This position requires an experienced professional with a special blend of flexibility, confidence, empathy, and pragmatism — not to mention a passion for detail and a creative spirit.

As a Stable Kernel UX/UI Designer, you will have opportunities to work on different products that span multiple industries for enterprise-level clients, guide our clients in the best direction for their business needs, collaborate daily with other product team members, leverage design best practices, and deliver engaging, memorable experiences across multiple media.

Above all, your work and contribution will help some of the largest companies in the world be more successful and the products you design will impact hundreds and thousands of users every day.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in and lead client workshops and discovery meetings
• Quickly build domain knowledge by interviewing stakeholders and users
• Conduct usability tests and summarize, share, and apply your findings
• Architect application flows and help define features
• Build wireframes as well as high-fidelity polished screens for multiple platforms and devices (including iOS, Android, web, and more)
• Create and maintain comprehensive design documentation to drive engineering implementation
• Develop low and high fidelity prototypes for testing user flows and describe interface animations and interactions
• Confidently communicate and present your work to clients, engineers, and your fellow designers on a daily basis
• Always strive to learn and improve, and to share that knowledge with your colleagues and clients
• Carry projects from start to finish by working closely with a variety of project teams
• Help build the Stable Kernel culture, brand and company with your unique vision, style and skills
• Thrive under time pressure with limited supervision

Intimate familiarity with:

• Working in Sketch, Figma, and/or Adobe XD, and Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop)
• Prototyping software (Invision, Figma, Framer, Principle, Flinto, etc)
• Designing shipped products
• Working closely with engineers
• Working directly with clients
• Articulating design decisions to clients, engineers, and others with varying levels of technical detail
• Constructing UX flow diagrams in Miro (RealTimeBoard) or other diagramming software
• Designing UI and for multiple platforms and devices 
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation and interpersonal communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and focus on task completion
• Initiative, ownership, and responsiveness in a fast-moving and ever-changing environment

Nice to Haves

• Experience coding in HTML, CSS, or JS
• Experience working in an Agile or Scrum software development environment
• Experience with other prototyping, motion design, animation, and design tools
• Solid design chops outside the realm of UX/UI
• Experience with user testing