About the Product Designer Position

At The Appraisal Lane, Product UI/UX Designers craft experiences that include comprehensive thought, care, metrics, and research. Using iconography, typography, color, space and texture, we help users successfully navigate our suite of products. As a designer, you9ll be at the center of creating designs that inspire, engage and excite users.

You9ll help iterate on a user-centered process and implement principles to produce high-quality visuals across many platforms; native iOS, Android, and web applications. You9ll collaborate with your fellow designers to constantly refine our design system and create innovative, great-looking products that people love to use.

Our team is interested in our users and currently working to learn everything we can about their behaviors, attitudes and emotions to help define the products and experiences. UI/UX Designers play an integral part in gathering these insights and then using them to inspire and inform design. Our designers are discussing interactions, visual design, research, and collaborating closely with Marketing, Product, and Engineering.

Qualifications

This is a full-time, on-site position at our corporate office located near 2222/360 in Austin, Texas. You must be in Austin or willing to relocate. Ongoing COVID-19 restrictions may require a period of remote training.

• Bachelor9s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 2 years experience in mobile UI/UX or related position(s)
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
• Experience implementing visual design systems across different platforms in an iterative development environment.
• Experience working on a user-centric team
• Experience in industry standard design tools (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Studio).
• Knowledge of technical constraints and limitations as they apply to designing for platforms such as desktop and mobile.
• Ability to act as a leader in communicating conceptual ideas and design rationale, all within a user-centered design process.
• Ability to take initiative, prioritize, manage workloads and meet project deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and problem-solving skills.

Your Portfolio

• In addition to your resume, please include either URLs directly to projects, a design community portfolio page, or a custom portfolio website. Submissions without these attached will not be considered.
• If you are currently living outside of Austin, please indicate your timing for a move here, either in a cover letter, on your resume or by direct email to [email protected].

On-The-Job

After 1 Month

• Observe our process and get to know your teammates in Austin and Uruguay.
• Participate in current initiatives and get familiar with the product
• Use our applications and provide feedback
• Attend process retrospectives and give insights

After 2 Months

• Take the lead on a design initiative, presenting your ideas with developers and the rest of the product team.
• Be a key contributor on design retrospectives
• Help improve the overall experience of our product through research and design.
• Work alongside UX Researchers, Product Owners, and Engineers to iterate on new features
• Communicate your design thinking and ideas through wireframes, prototypes, user flows, mockups, and hi-fidelity visual designs.
• Engage with our user base and the wider community to understand their pain points and work toward long-term fixes that enable them to succeed with their goals.
• Undertake usability testing to validate your thinking.
• Share findings from research and testing with the wider team, ensuring recommendations are communicated effectively across our organization.
• Contribute to our Design System, alongside the rest of the UX team and the GitLab community as a whole.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary
• Medical, dental and vision covered 100% for employee
• 401k
• Generous holiday and PTO package
• Free covered parking
• Fully stocked kitchen
• Access to breakfast and lunch food trucks year-round
• On-site gym access
• Employee Vehicle Purchase program
• An electronic, adjustable stand-up desk
• Casual dress and a fun atmosphere

Skills & Requirements Qualifications