UI/UX Designer

Summary

Join Darkroom, a rapidly growing omnichannel marketing agency, as a Designer and play a key role in shaping our website and digital user experience. You will design case studies, service modules, and social media assets, collaborating with the marketing team on various projects. This fully remote role, open to candidates in Mexico, Portugal, Brazil, and Spain (EST timezone), requires strong UI/UX skills and experience with Figma and Adobe Creative Suite. You'll report to the Creative Lead and manage design projects from start to finish. Darkroom offers competitive salaries and benefits, including unlimited vacation, remote work, health and wellness benefits, parental leave, and equity incentives.

Requirements

• 1-3+ years experience as a UI/UX designer, brand designer, marketing designer, product designer, web designer, or similar role, in a high-caliber creative environment
• A digital portfolio that demonstrates an ability to produce web design and branding work, with best-in-class design foundations like color theory, hierarchy, composition, and typography
• You understand how UI/UX decisions affect consumer psychology and behavior, and you apply these principles to your design
• You are self-motivated and proactive with a strong sense of ownership and accountability for detail-oriented deliverables
• You understand how to turn ideas and discussions into actionable next steps
• You have a proven track record of collaborating with developers or engineers, and understand how to document your designs for development hand-off
• Strong experience in Figma, and functionality like Auto Layout, Components, and Variants, is a must
• Experience in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator) is a must

Responsibilities

• Independently lead UI/UX engagements to work on Darkroom’s website that showcase our brand and services to the world
• Be comfortable using no-code tools, namely Framer to prototype, build, and iterate on web experiences efficiently, ensuring high-quality execution without relying solely on developers
• Collaborate with the CEO and the Head of Marketing to deliver marketing initiatives
• Competently articulate UX thinking with clarity and confidence
• Approach UI/UX design with a focus on branded UI, conversion-focused UX, and clarity
• Successfully independently project manage design engagements from end to end with adherence to a timeline (i.e. Lead projects from discovery and strategy through to ideation, iteration, and hand-off)
• Approach your designs with a sense of structure, creating component systems and adhering to spacing, padding, type style, and color style guidelines
• Ability to switch gears between projects quickly and thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Execute and maintain a design system and style guides to be used across all creative collateral, ensuring consistency of the Darkroom brand identity and messaging
• Collaborate closely with other creatives and marketing team members for daily approvals and feedback to ensure your work adheres to a high standard of craft and accurately reflects the identity of the Darkroom brand
• Develop a deep understanding of what factors drive converting creative on each of a Darkroom’s marketing channels and execute designs within established best practices

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with no-code tools, Framer knowledge is a plus

Benefits

• Unlimited Vacation Policy and Holidays: Recharge with a flexible vacation policy and 10 holidays throughout the year
• Remote-First Culture: Join a team with hubs in the Bay Area, New York, Philly, Lisbon, Sao Paulo, and Barcelona!
• Health & Wellness: Company-sponsored medical, dental, and vision benefits to keep you at your best
• Parental Leave: Flexible parental leave benefits to support new parents during this important transition
• Financial Growth: Equity incentives and profit-sharing opportunities to align with company success
• Endless Opportunities for Growth: Dive into cross-functional collaboration and interdisciplinary learning to stay at the forefront of the industry