Senior UI Designer

About Department

As a member of the Codal design team, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with fellow designers on a project and learn from each other. Our sprint-based approach to project work is designed to give designers time to think and explore new ideas while still delivering consistently for our clients. We also value work-life balance and a 40-hour work week. Moreover, we empower our designers to seek training and development opportunities, as well as define the way we work. Giving you a voice and a support structure to grow is how we turn good designers into great ones.

What you’ll be doing:

• Directly reporting and collaborating closely with the Director of Design.
• Creating UI comps of screens (web software, e-commerce sites, mobile apps) informed by modern and industry-appropriate design trends
• Overseeing the design of UI style guides and design systems – either from scratch for from existing brand guidelines - with a distinct point of view on how things should look and why
• Collaborating with PMs, clients, and other members of the team to understand user needs, business goals and other key requirements
• Partnering with your UX design counterpart to transform wireframes into a compelling user interface
• Ensuring developers have what they need to understand the design intention and overseeing design QA during the development phase
• Regularly providing project updates and reports to clients and internal stakeholders
• Presenting designs and research findings to clients and gathering feedback
• Effectively prioritizing and executing tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Planning design projects for sales proposal, including resourcing, release planning, and effort estimation based on client needs
• Reviewing the output of junior designers on a project
• Developing junior designers through training sessions, mentorship, and individual support

What it takes to excel:

• Have an understanding of user-centered design practices, including user research, journey mapping, information architecture, wireframing, and prototyping
• 5 to 7 years worth of project work and other design experience, particularly in a consulting environment.
• Bachelor’s degree, Master’s Degree, or equivalent boot camp experience in a design-related field
• a portfolio that best demonstrates a solid understanding of the latest UI design standards and processes, as well as the soft skills required to work well on a team. Applicants will have an opportunity to walk through a portfolio piece as part of our interview process.

What you'll be apart of:

• An award-winning digital transformation agency that partners with industry leaders like Shopify and BigCommerce to create a faster, smarter, and more sustainable future for businesses and their customers.
• A global agency with over 200 employees, and offices in the US, UK, and India.
• A fun, diverse group of professionals that know how to have a good time on and off the job. We regularly host happy hours, dinners, excursions, and other company events to unwind after a hard day at work.
• Office snacks and drinks + a fancy Bevi water machine with flavored water
• Offer Medical, Life, Dental/Vision, and many more insurance types!
• Employer 401k match - 4%
• A recreational group that regularly competes in city leagues for softball and volleyball.
• An office in the heart of downtown Chicago with a gym, food court, Walgreens, rooftop bar, outdoor sports court, and other amenities.
• Working hybrid for in-person collaboration and sprint-planning days.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.