We are seeking a talented and experienced UI/UX Designer to join our team on a contract basis, with the possibility of contract-to-hire.
In this role, you will focus on designing visually engaging and intuitive interactive elements for upcoming consumer-facing web applications, both desktop and mobile. You will work closely with our product managers, developers, and other stakeholders to create interfaces that end users will find intuitive and enjoyable.What you’ll be doing:
- Design visually compelling and intuitive interactive user interfaces for desktop and mobile web applications.
- Create high-fidelity mockups, prototypes, and detailed UI designs to effectively communicate design concepts.
- Develop and maintain design systems and style guides to ensure visual consistency across all application areas.
- Collaborate with product managers and developers to ensure design feasibility and alignment with business goals.
- Conduct design reviews and provide constructive feedback to improve design quality.
- Avidly follow industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously enhance our visual design practices.
The skills and experience you bring to the job:
- Ability to do great work at a fast pace
- Proven experience as a UI/UX Designer working on large-scale consumer applications. We’ll ask you to show how you made a meaningful difference in applications that delight many millions of users.
- Strong portfolio showcasing expertise in visual design, interaction design, and high-fidelity mockups.
- Track record of leveraging UX/UI to improve visitor engagement metrics
- Proficiency in design tools such as Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD, or similar.
- Experience with responsive design and mobile-first approaches.
- Excellent understanding of visual design principles, typography, color theory, and layout techniques.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills. Able to synthesize input and feedback from diverse stakeholders, actively seeks common ground, and constructively works to design a great product.
- Ability to work independently and manage time effectively in a remote work environment.
- Aware of accessibility considerations
- US-based with the ability to work during standard business hours.
- Experience in a startup that successfully scaled, or in a similarly fast-moving, iterative environment, is a plus.
- Familiarity with front-end development technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is a plus.
- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development environment with remote colleagues
About Raptive Raptive’s mission is to power creator independence. We’re a creator company that provides revenue, audience, business solutions, and much more for creators and enterprise publishers. Since the very beginning of digital content creation, we’ve been allies and advocates for every kind of creator and charted the uncharted to help creators grow their businesses through it all. Today we are the catalyst for 5,000+ of the world’s most premium creators on the open web and rank as the tenth-largest digital property in the U.S.
Creators who choose Raptive are premium content creators, trendsetters, iconic brands, and charismatic personalities, captivating more than 78% of U.S. audiences on their sites alone with the power to move and disrupt culture. They collectively rank #1 in Food, Family, Home, and Lifestyle--with a reach of more than 182M monthly unique visitors and more than half a billion followers across social platforms.Creators are the future of media. And together, the future is ours to create. The base pay range for this position is $75.00-$90.00 per hour.
The range provided is Raptive’s reasonable estimate of the annualized base compensation for this role. The actual amount may be higher or lower, based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, geographic location, knowledge, skills and abilities. This role is eligible for additional incentive compensation that isn’t included in the posted range.For more information, visit www.Raptive.com or follow us on LinkedIn or Instagram.Raptive is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We believe we are most impactful when people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and identities come together with a common purpose.
We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Raptive is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please reach out to a member of our recruiting team.
