At Guild, we believe talent is everywhere and that opportunity should be too. We continue to have our home and headquarters in Denver, but we have embraced a distributed model of working to reach the best talent in the United States. While some roles may require proximity to our Denver office, roles based outside of our Denver office can sit in any of the following 31 states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI and Washington D.C. Please only apply if you are able to live and work full-time in one of the states listed above. State locations and specifics are subject to change as our hiring requirements shift. All salaries ranges are standardized nationwide and will not vary by region.
----If you are an Internal Candidate, please apply via our Internal Job Board. ----At Guild, we uphold our Core Values in everything we do. Our team emphasizes our Core Values in the following ways:
- Nurture A Learner’s Mindset -using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and development areas
- Build Shared Success - building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
- Be an Owner - holding self and others accountable to meet commitments
- CreateBelonging - recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to our company
Guild is hiring a Staff Designer to join our small and scrappy Product Expansion team. In this role, you will work alongside a multi-disciplinary team of builders (Engineers, PMs and Operators) that are helping to identify, design, prototype and deliver new products for Guild’s users, with the team goal of accelerating Guild’s mission and expanding Guild’s market. This team is singularly focused on this goal and staffed with all the resources we need to bring new products alive.You will play a critical role in the exploration, concepting, and prototyping phases of product development.
This role emphasizes collaboration, UI/UX excellence, and leveraging competitive and analogous product analysis to drive innovation and usability in our products.
Role Responsibilities:
- Early Stage Exploration and Prototyping: Partner closely with the Senior Director of Design on the exploration, concepting, and prototyping efforts to create innovative and user-centered products. Ensure these designs are refined through iterations based on feedback and usability testing.
- Collaborative Design: Collaborate respectfully and inclusively with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and other designers, to ensure cohesive and high-quality design outcomes.
- UI/UX Design: Develop and maintain user interfaces and experiences that are intuitive, visually appealing, and aligned with our product goals. Apply a strong understanding of UI/UX principles to create exceptional product experiences.
- Product Analysis and Frameworking: Conduct thorough competitive and analogous product teardowns and analyzes to inform design decisions and framework development. Use these insights to drive product innovation and improvement.
- Customer Discovery: Engage in customer discovery activities to gather insights and feedback that inform design decisions. Ensure customer needs and preferences are at the forefront of the design process.
- Usability Testing: Plan and execute usability testing sessions to validate design concepts and identify areas for improvement. Utilize findings to iterate and enhance the user experience.
- Design Systems: Contribute to the development and maintenance of our design systems, ensuring consistency and scalability across all products. Support the evolution of design language and standards.
Role Competencies:
- Innovative Thinking: Ability to think creatively and outside the box to drive product innovation and solve complex design challenges.
- Collaboration: Strong interpersonal skills to work effectively with diverse teams, fostering an inclusive and supportive work environment.
- User-Centric Approach: Deep understanding of user-centered design principles and the ability to advocate for user needs in all design decisions.
- Analytical Skills: Proficiency in conducting product analyses and utilizing insights to inform design and framework development.
- Adaptability: Openness to feedback and the ability to iterate designs based on usability testing and customer insights.
- Attention to Detail: Strong focus on detail to ensure design consistency and high-quality outcomes across all products.
We feel passionately about equal pay for equal work, and transparency in compensation is one vehicle to achieve that. Total compensation for this role is market competitive, including a base salary range of $160,000 to $197,500, as well as company stock options. At Guild, we unlock the talent and economic potential of America’s workforce for employees and their companies. We partner with the nation’s largest employers—including Walmart, Chipotle, Discover, Hilton, Macy’s, Target, and The Walt Disney Company—to create cultures of opportunity that help them attract and retain top talent, while building the workforce of the future from within.
By using our proprietary Career Opportunity Platform to develop education and learning programs that work in the real-world, thousands of employees at those companies have gained the skills, knowledge, and guidance they need to build a brighter future for themselves and their families—all without paying for tuition or career services on their own. Guild is female-founded and a certified B Corp. The company has been named to the TIME100 Most Influential Companies of 2022 list, CNBC Disruptor50 list three years in a row, Inc. Best Led Companies list, Fast Co. World Changing Ideas list and the B Lab Best for the World list among many others. Guild is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let your recruiter know. We currently offer the following benefits:
- Access to low-cost, high-quality health care options through Cigna and Kaiser (due to coverage limitations, Kaiser is currently only available in CA & CO)
- Access to a 401k to help save for the future
- Open vacation policy for employees to rest and recharge
- 8 days of fully-paid sick leave, to take the time to heal and or recover
- Family-friendly benefits, including 12 weeks of parental leave for non-birthing parents and 18-20 weeks for birthing parents; 4-week ramp-up period for when employees return from a leave of 6 weeks or more; as well as employer-paid short-term and long-term disability, employer-sponsored life insurance, fertility and caregiving benefits.
- Well-rounded wellness benefits including free and low cost mental health resources and financial wellbeing support services
- Education benefits and tuition assistance to help your future development and growth
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