Sr UX Designer

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.

This is a remote position.