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UI/UX Designer

August 29, 2019

SolarSkyrise

We’re looking for a skilled user interface designer to join our team to help us build the technology that will help change the world of urban renewable energy.

UI designers take complex challenges, features, and requirements, then turn them into easy to use, easy to understand interfaces that make the lives of our users better. They work closely with software developers, co-founders and other staff in a collaborative and agile environment.

HERE IS WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

  • Think first and foremost about our users and how we can make their lives
  • Help ensure we’re solving the right problem and conceptualize the best solutions for new and existing
  • Create sketches and/or highly-detailed mock-ups, user-flows, storyboards, and prototypes to communicate user interface, interactions, and experience
  • Constantly evaluate our apps to ensure we’re changing and evolving them to be the
  • Demonstrate you have the knowledge and experience in building easy to use, easy to understand web-based interfaces, design system, and pattern
  • Have a post-secondary education in web design or equivalent work
  • Provide a link to your impressive portfolio showing off all the great work you’ve done Note: only applications accompanied by a portfolio will be considered for the UI designer

SKILLS THAT WILL GET YOU FAR

  • A strong, clean visual design
  • Proficiency with design and prototyping software: Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, Sketch, Figma, InVision, Axure,
  • Expert in HTML and
  • Knowledge of JavaScript, to be able to prototype and prove Experience with React or similar frameworks will be an asset.
  • Leadership; influence others to make everything
  • Collaboration; work closely with teams to find the best
  • Communication; share your ideas in a way people can understand, while also best understanding the ideas of
  • Empathy; be able to easily adopt the perspective of another person to see and understand things the way they
  • Curiosity; seek understand complex challenges and user needs, why things are the way they are, and keep digging to figure out how they can become something

CONTACT

To apply, please send resume, cover letter, and portfolio to:

Scott Russell – Co-Founder and CEO SolarSkyrise Inc. scott.russell@solarskyrise.com solarskyrise.com


 

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