Location: 100% Remote, but must be US based and preference given to Florida residence.
Compensation: Salary, Health insurance, Flexible Work Schedule
BLOCKSPACES (blockspaces.io) is looking for a highly motivated Senior UI/UX Designer for an exciting opportunity for a critical role within our rapidly growing company. As a Senior UI/UX Designer, you'll be working closely with our product and engineering teams to design, build and improve on our core product and implement growth strategies to widen our user base. You will be working as part of a friendly, cross-discipline agile team who help each other solve problems on both server and client side. We seek an innovative problem-solver who is passionate about developing websites and apps, with a focus on mobile-first design and development. Strengths are in creativity, teamwork, and building projects from concept to execution. Our core products are an enterprise-grade, consumer-scale web application and an API service for blockchain integrations that has the ease of a consumer product.
BlockSpaces recognizes your academic credentials, however we do not make hiring decisions solely based on your educational background. If you have the necessary skills, qualifications, work experience, and are passionate about working for a startup in the fast paced blockchain industry, we want to talk to you!
Responsibilities:
- Designing and improving the full product life cycle from end-to-end user flows to visual optimizations for specific features.
- Implementing both high-fidelity prototypes and low-fidelity wireframes.
- Working with engineers to bridge the gap between design and technical implementation.
- Working with internal team stakeholders to identify and prioritize user needs.
- Conducting user testing and assimilating customer feedback.
- Planning and conducting user research and interviews.
- Motivating design-oriented decisions and standards company-wide.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience as a UI/UX Designer or Product Designer.
- Experience with front-end web development (HTML/CSS, JavaScript).
- Proficiency with design tools (Figma, Adobe).
- Experience collaborating with engineers and other designers.
- Experience performing user research, user flow mapping and presenting options to stakeholders.
- Understanding of color theory, typography, interaction design, motion principles, responsive design. and visual hierarchy.
- Keen eye for design improvements and visual detail.A strong portfolio of website designs, web apps, graphic design elements, and logos.
- Experience with designing enterprise web applications or API products (e.g. Stripe, Twilio, Plaid, Segment, Algolia, Agora).
- Experience with cryptocurrency and/or specific public (permissionless) and private (permissioned) blockchain and distributed ledger protocols, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Chainlink, Cardano, Hyperledger, or Corda is a major plus.
BlockSpaces Team Member Expectations:
- Team-focused attitude with a tenacious desire to be part of the Core team in a fast-moving start-up culture in an incredibly fast-moving industry.
- Highly driven and self-motivated voracious learner; absorb new information like a sponge and are constantly challenging yourself.
- Problem solver with the desire and proven ability to create innovative solutions.
- Flexible and adaptable attitude, disciplined to manage multiple responsibilities and adjust to varied environments in a cross-functional capacity.
- Ability to work both collaboratively and independently with a team-first attitude.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with ability to visualize and apply emerging concepts to today’s business problems.
- Effective communication skills in order to work with engineers and other personnel.
- Desire to be a future technology leader; dynamic individuals energized by fast paced personal and professional growth.
- If you do not have hands-on experience with blockchain, you MUST be passionately interested in and committed to learning the complex world of distributed/decentralized systems and blockchain protocols.
Why BlockSpaces?
- Flexible Work Schedule - You do you, just meet your target objectives and the team's expectations
- Supportive, collaborative, distributed team environment that supports a hybrid work environment with remote employees as well as office space at our HQ in Tampa, FL
- Long-term prospects for a professional career in a high growth company
- Flexible & Fun work culture
- Be part of a community-oriented organization
- Best in class technology tools to empower you to do your best work
- Support for professional development and continuous learning
- Company-sponsored team-bonding activities and team celebrations
- Employee and customer referral bonuses
- Building on the cutting edge of emerging technologies