Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Vision insurance
Sr. UX Designer
Applicant career stage: Senior UX Designer
Salary Range: 115,000-140,000
About Us
Marcus Technologies is a technology-enabled food systems company. We’re on a mission to eliminate food waste and build a more sustainable future, by finding the best possible use for all available animal proteins globally. Our first-of-its-kind technology platform is changing the way protein is bought, sold, and communicated around the world. With generational experience in the American meat industry, Marcus Technologies understands the complexities of the market and is committed to equipping every producer, buyer, and partner with the information they need to make better decisions for the collective good.
Our team is made up of curious, resourceful, and driven individuals who are passionate about solving problems and creating positive change.
About You
As the sole experienced designer in a rapidly growing startup, you'll have substantial opportunities to shape how users interact with our products. We’re looking for a versatile candidate who possesses exceptional UX strategy skills while being equally comfortable rolling up their sleeves to create user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and mockups. You will use your user experience design talent to have an immediate impact on current projects and conduct user research to steer our future plans. You will be an integral member of a small, dynamic, and mighty product team that is responsible for every aspect of creating stellar, highly usable products.
Responsibilities
User Experience & Flow
- Create and iterate on high-level user experience and flow, ensuring a seamless and user-centric product journey
- Visualize and iterate design concepts at project-appropriate levels of fidelity
- Provide deliverables based on research, i.e. User Flows, Sitemaps, Wireframes, Prototypes, Lo-fi, and Hi-fi Mockups
- Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to translate problems into actionable features and solutions that are both intuitive and visually appealing
Internal and External Research / Discovery
- Develop, conduct, and analyze user research, and use insights & data to help drive forward product vision
- Facilitate qualitative and quantitative research methods, i.e., workshops, interviews, card sort testing, etc.
Design Practice
- Lead UX projects by bringing human-centered design to the forefront of our digital solution creation process
- Help to establish and maintain a standardized UX process for creating products based on our user research and data
- Scope projects, and work with product owners and other partners to build out realistic project timelines
- Ensure company vision is conveyed through consistent design
Communication
- Collaborate with stakeholders to acquire information about products, and requirements, and to receive feedback on iterations throughout the entire process
- Tailor design and project presentations to ensure clear communication across all levels of the organization
- Encourage healthy debate and facilitate conversation with recognition of the value of diversity of thought and expression
- Build partnerships across teams, i.e. Design, Product, Engineering, Marketing, Traders, Operations, etc. to drive alignment
- Facilitate conversations to freely bring forth ideas and drive groups to alignment with constructive design input
- Seek and encourage honest feedback, always
Qualifications
- 8+ years of User Experience Design experience (Web, Tablet, & Mobile) with a track record of contributing to successful products from ideation to launch
- Strong background in conducting internal and external research to inform product strategy, feature development, and design
- A portfolio that demonstrates a strong understanding of UX and beautiful, intuitive, and thoughtfully crafted interactions across desktop, tablet, and mobile
- Fluent in major areas of the design practice, including Strategy, Research, Interaction Design, Wireframing, Visual Design, etc.
- Comfort with Human Centered Design and Design Thinking principles
- Experience with Agile methodology
- Experience translating insights and requirements into actionable features
- Proficiency in defining both high-level and detailed user experiences and flows that align with user expectations
- Self-starter with a proactive mindset, able to lead and contribute as needed
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work across cross-functional teams
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively, with the wisdom to know what to do when
- Demonstrable experience designing CRM, ERP, or Enterprise Business applications
- Comfort level working remotely with colleagues spread across 3 continents
- Ability to work on US Eastern Time a plus
Candidates must share a portfolio of user experience and/or visual design work to be considered for the role. *Please remember to share your portfolio password.
Preferred: Previous experience in a fast-paced startup environment.
If you're passionate about driving innovation in the food supply chain and possess the user experience skills to help us create intuitive, easy-to-use products, we invite you to join us on this exciting journey of transformation.
*We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
*We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
This is a remote position.
Compensation: $115,000.00 - $140,000.00 per year
Marcus Technologies is working to change the face of our industry by promoting diversity, inclusion, equity, and collaboration across our team. All qualified candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, gender, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or any other non-merit characteristics.
Marcus Technologies
Marcus Technologies is bringing efficiency and transparency to the protein trading industry. We are building a first-of-its kind communications platform and setting the data standards for protein transactions of all sizes. The result of decades of experience and years of critical industry input, these standards have been collectively formulated and are mission-driven at their core. Our goal is to help every producer, buyer and trader make better decisions by connecting them with the real-time information they need. Why? We believe that by empowering every stakeholder with data-driven insights, we can effectively change the future of our food system – together.
Company Website: marcustechnologies.com
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