UI/UX Designer

Summary

Join Albert, an instructional platform empowering teachers, as a UI/UX Designer. Collaborate with the design lead and product owners to develop user interfaces and experiences for our core product and marketing site. You will produce high-fidelity desktop interfaces, leverage design patterns, expand our design system, and QA implemented designs. We are a remote-first company with a strong culture focused on high standards, psychological safety, and work-life balance. This role offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and a flexible work environment.

Requirements

• Excitement about working on our product specifically
• Experience designing desktop-first interfaces with mobile considerations
• 3+ years of full-time professional experience as a designer
• A strong understanding of design principles including layout, typography, color theory, psychology, etc
• A portfolio of relevant product desktop-class user interface work that you're proud to share with us
• Proficiency with Figma
• An open-minded experimenter, able to see design challenges from various perspectives and consider them objectively
• Experience with researching and analyzing design patterns, best practices, user behaviors, user data, and feedback in order to create the best possible solution
• A proficient understanding of HTML and CSS such that you can reliably predict how your designs will translate into code and can QA coded implementations to evaluate design fidelity
• Knowledge of accessibility as it relates to code and design
• Alignment with our culture and values

Responsibilities

• Produce high-fidelity desktop interfaces for our core application and marketing pages
• Leverage design patterns and styles defined in Albert’s design system
• Expand and continuously improve the styles and components in our design system
• QA-ing implemented designs to ensure they match the intended user experience

Benefits

• Competitive salary. We observe the same pay bands, regardless of where you live. For this role, our starting salary is $90,000-120,000
• Health, dental, and vision insurance. We contribute 90% of the cost for our various medical insurance options and 85% for vision and dental. We contribute 50% for dependents
• One Medical. We cover enrollment in One Medical to provide all employees with convenient access to primary care
• Paid parental leave. Parents are eligible for up to twelve (12) weeks of fully paid parental leave after a year of service
• A 401k plan. Save for retirement with a fully managed plan and a 1% match
• Commuter benefit. Use pre-tax earnings on your commute through our managed platform
• Flexible, guilt-free vacation. Take guilt-free vacations with no hard limit. Most people take 3-4 weeks per year and are encouraged to take time off. This is not a vague policy where "unlimited" ends up meaning "hardly ever, it's too stressful to ask for time off". We actively encourage everyone to take off
• Half-day Fridays. We value work-life balance and observe half-day Fridays every week