Overview

We are hiring a Senior UX/UI Designer. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Right Balance provides top-tier technology talent for innovative companies in the US. We’re in the top 50 companies to watch in LA.

Client Engagement Details

The Client We're a technology, data, and performance driven portfolio of SaaS subscription and content companies. Our founders have built, acquired, scaled, and sold several SaaS and content businesses, and have added many of those portfolio companies. Under our current umbrella are multiple social media growth SaaS businesses, a technology driven dating platform, a B2B WiFi marketing platform, ad-driven content sites, GeoLocation API services, an AI platform for students and many more. We have grown to over 14 tech businesses in our portfolio with plans to continue to acquire many more. We utilize a combination of paid media (Facebook Ads, Google Ads), organic search / SEO strategy, funnel optimization / CRO, and product design to scale user acquisition and maximize retention across the portfolio. The Role: As a Senior UX/UI designer on the product team, you will work closely with our product managers and engineers to create designs for our various SaaS products. You will be required to effectively collaborate with your team and be responsible for creating user-centered designs for digital products, such as websites, mobile apps, and software interfaces. The right candidate has a deep understanding when it comes to product design to retain, convert and capture users. Another primary focus is on enhancing user satisfaction and usability by improving the accessibility, efficiency, and aesthetics of the product.

Responsibilities:

• Leverage a human-centered design process to deliver an easy-to-use user interface and user experience
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to communicate ideas to developers and other stakeholders
• Multi-tasking and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks
• Research customers, competitors, and products
• Get familiar with our products, user experiences and design practices
• Work with stakeholders to identify requirements
• Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mock-ups on Figma and any other relevant design tools
• Design intuitive and engaging user interfaces that align with brand guidelines and design principles
• Maintain consistent design systems and component libraries for each brand
• Iterate on designs based on feedback from stakeholders and usability testing results
• Stay updated with the latest trends, tools, and technologies in UX/UI design and incorporate them into your work
• Work closely with product managers and engineers to maximize success
• Ensure products are tested with customers and validated against business goals

Arrangement Hours: US time overlap required

What’s in it for you

1. Learn and evolve your skills using the latest and greatest technology tools in a rapidly growing company.
2. Learn from the best people around you. We constantly challenge the status quo and invent new ways of building a great product.
3. 100% remote. Work anywhere, whether it is remotely in the comfort of your home, in a shared co-working space, in an RV on the beach, or while being a nomad in another country.
4. Work on challenging problems, innovate, and positively impact many people's lives while having fun doing it.

Required Qualifications

• Advanced speaking and writing English. Able to have a real-time conversation.
• 5+ years of full-time hands-on UI/UX Design experience.
• 2+ years of full-time hands-on Web Design experience.
• 2+ years of full-time hands-on Mobile Design experience.
• Proven experience as a UX/UI Designer or in a similar role, with a strong portfolio showcasing design projects.
• Proficiency in design tools such as Adobe XD, Sketch, and Figma.
• In-depth knowledge of UX/UI design principles and trends.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to present and defend design decisions.
• Comfortable working professionally in English and with global teams.
• Ability to work autonomously and with self-accountability in a remote work environment, managing synchronous and asynchronous projects.

Nice to haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent demonstrated ability.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are your typical clients?

The majority of our clients are venture-backed startups at the growth stage. Usually, at this stage, the company already achieved a product-market fit and is looking to expand rapidly. That’s where we bring the best engineering practices, strong architecture, the latest technologies, and consistent processes to help companies scale.

What is the length of your engagements?

Like many of our engagements, this is a long-term opportunity that is expected to last for multiple years. It allows you to evolve your career with the client company taking on more responsibilities.

What’s your company size?

The Right Balance team is 60+ engineers going to 100+ by the end of the year. The current client size team is 50+ people. The timing is great to be a part of a rapidly growing team making meaningful contributions.

What are your core values?

Client First: we only win when our clients win. We treat client challenges as our own.

Ownership: we embrace responsibility, taking on challenges, getting them to completion, and enjoying getting things done.

Quality: we’re passionate about achieving quality outcomes by applying meticulous attention to detail.