EF Education First is hiringMid UI/Visual Designer

The Global Creative Team at EF Education First is looking for a UI / Visual Designer to join our Zurich-based team.  In this role, you’ll be at the center of all things brand and find yourself at the intersection of the conception, design, and execution of creative campaigns; innovation of new and better ways to interact with our customers; and inspiring marketing and creative teams worldwide.

About The Global Creative Team

The Global Creative Team owns EF’s brand worldwide. Practically this means that we conceive, design and implement every conceivable medium and ensure it is deployed in every conceivable media all around the globe.

We are innovators, designers, and craftsmen. We are a team full of ideas living in the center of a global business that both needs and wants what we make. We have it all - UX, Art Direction, Motion Design, Videography, Sound Design, Copywriting, and Engineering of all types. No day is ever the same and everything we do contributes to helping to Open the World Through Education. See some of our work at https://ef.design

The role: UI / Visual Designer

As a Mid-UI Designer at EF Global Creative Team, you'll be responsible for collecting and translating user insights into delightful experiences. Ultimately, you’ll create functional and visually appealing features that address our customers' needs. You will use your creativity and eye for design – along with your technical knowledge – you'll deliver UI mockups, prototypes, MVPs and final products. In this role, you'll have the privilege of being the voice of our customers. You are comfortable working independently and can take a concept from idea right through to execution, but also, as a part of the team, you are ready to jump in and make it all happen. You’re searching for new ways to do things and think outside the box to find intelligent, unique, better, and more innovative solutions to design problems. You’re following all-new design and UI trends. You’re excited about bringing stories to life that inspire everyone around you.

Hard Skills

• Experience with website and mobile app design.
• Working knowledge of responsive design and grid principles.
• Strong typography, layout and visual design skills.
• Working knowledge of the ideation and creation of UI design deliverables: Sitemaps, user flows, wireframes, lo-fi and hi-fi layouts, and prototypes.
• You know how to use tools like Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, Framer, and After Effects.
• Develop UI mockups and prototypes that clearly illustrate how sites function and look like
• Develop standard UI components and style guides for our design system.
• Effectively communicate your designs to developers and other key stakeholders.
• Support the QA and Dev team to implement certain features as intended.

Soft skills

• Strong attention to detail.
• Proactive, independent working style.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Effective time management and ability to prioritize tasks.
• Desire to learn and grow as a designer.
• You're good at hearing and implementing feedback.

Nice-to-haves

• Working knowledge of HTML, JavaScript and CSS

What we offer:

• A clear conscience - that here, in contrast to most opportunities out there, your creative work is making the world a better place
• The chance to work with an amazing team of designers, engineers, academics, and product people
• The chance to work on global-scale problems
• Exposure to countless unusual creative problems and mediums
• A beautiful office in Selnau, Zurich

Perks:

• Free on-site gym with fitness and wellness classes
• High-end equipment (MacBook Pro etc)
• Annual tuition reimbursement for career development
• Discounts on a wide range of local restaurants, shops, hotel stays and EF products
• Regular social activities with a provided budget
• Discounted passes to local destinations and tourist hot spots such as Mt. Titlis or Kunsthaus Zurich.
• On-site subsidized crèche/day-care
• Travel opportunities

About EF Education First 

At EF we believe that the world is better when people try to understand one another. Since 1965, we have helped millions of people see new places, experience new cultures, and learn new things about the world and about themselves. Our culturally immersive education programs—focused on language, travel, cultural exchange, and academics—turn dreams into international opportunities.

When you join EF, you join a multicultural and diverse community working across more than 600 schools and offices in 50 countries, all with one shared mission of opening the world through education. Whoever you are, whatever you are passionate about—we welcome you and want you to bring that to work every day. EF is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to inclusion and belonging across race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, caste, parental status, identity, experience and everything else that makes you unique.

Founded in Sweden in 1965, EF has schools and offices around the world, including hubs in Boston, London, Mexico City, São Paulo, Shanghai, Stockholm, Zürich, and more. Learn more at https://www.ef.com