Product Designer (Contractor)

About the position

Zipline is seeking a senior level design contractor to focus on the Zipline mobile app; solving complex problems and advocating for the user. We’re a small team which allows us to move exceptionally fast and with very little waste — it also means you will own a large scope and be able to make a significant impact. You will need to be confident as an area expert and collaborative across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Identify pain points and opportunities to improve the user experience.
• Design end to end experiences including the visual and motion design.
• Advocate for the user, who can range from end customers and business partners.
• Deliver designs of varying scale including components, screens, patterns, and prototypes.
• Create new visual design and motion patterns.
• Collaborate closely with engineering teams and stakeholders.
• Facilitate share-outs for feedback and to build cross-functional understanding of design decisions.

Requirements

• 6+ years as a UX or product designer with a strong portfolio demonstrating your work.
• Strong eye for visual design and ability to create new patterns.
• At least some motion design experience.
• Experience working on mobile and desktop based experiences.
• Ability to wear many hats required of a startup: designer, researcher, prototyper.
• Love working on complex systems and simplifying them.
• Wide range of tools to help the team understand the user experience, such as customer journey maps, card sorts, and flow diagrams.
• Understanding of fidelity to work at when, from low fidelity prototypes to developer ready screen flows to lovingly crafted micro interactions.
• Meaningful contributions to a design system or experience working with one.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in a startup environment.
• Ability to adapt to changing projects and priorities.

Benefits

• Starting cash range for this role is $150,000 - $175,000.
• Equal opportunity employer.
• Valued diversity and welcome applications from underrepresented groups in tech.