Who is Risk Labs?
Risk Labs is the foundation and core team whose mandate is to build and grow the UMA and Across protocol ecosystems.
What is UMA?
UMA's optimistic oracle (OO) can record any verifiable truth or data onto a blockchain. UMA Purpose: UMA is the canonical source of truth that blockchains use to verify real world data. UMA Vision: UMA enables any verifiable truth to be recorded on-chain, trustlessly.
What is Across?
Across is a cross-chain bridge for L2s and rollups secured by UMA’s OO. Across' purpose: Across is to fulfill crypto’s potential by making blockchains more usable, more accessible and more efficient. Across’ Vision: Intents are the standard in x-chain interoperability, and are settled by Across. We’re looking for a Senior Graphic Designer who thrives in the sweet spot between product and marketing design. In this role, you’ll drive creative efforts that span across Risk Labs' products—designing interfaces that are not only intuitive but engaging.
Working closely with both Product and Marketing, you’ll bring a cohesive and dynamic visual experience to our audience. You’ll work with our Design Lead and have a unique opportunity to define and refine our visual identity.
Responsibilities
- Design user interfaces that are intuitive, visually compelling, and aligned with our mission to make Web3 accessible.
- Collaborate across Product, Engineering, and Marketing to create designs that connect seamlessly with users.
- Build and manage design component libraries to keep branding consistent across our products.
- Lead design initiatives in Figma, creating high-fidelity wireframes, mockups, and prototypes.
- Approach challenges with a user-focused mindset, considering the unique needs and behaviors of our audience(s).
- Help establish and evolve the visual identity for Risk Labs’ products and initiatives, with an emphasis on aligning product and marketing visuals.
Requirements
- 5+ years in Product Design, with a portfolio that showcases your work across UI/UX and branding.
- Design Skills: Expert in Figma, with sharp attention to detail, usability, and creative problem-solving.
- Mindset: A low-ego collaborator who’s enthusiastic about receiving and providing feedback to strengthen ideas.
- Crypto Passion: A deep interest in crypto, blockchain, and DeFi, with a willingness to dive into new concepts and user behaviors.
- Brand Alignment: An understanding of how to turn brand guidelines into something visually unique and engaging.
Nice to haves
- Experience with motion graphics.
- Experience with website design in Framer.
- Hands-on experience in the crypto ecosystem, especially with wallets and decentralized applications.
- A knack for user research and an eye for turning insights into design.
- Familiarity with additional design and prototyping tools.
Compensation and Benefits
- Pay packages include competitive salaries & meaningful token options.
- Salaries for this role range from $90-140k (USD), and your token allocation can grow with your voting rewards while you participate in the growing ecosystem.
- You’re hired as an EOR, and will get treated as a local employee, including local benefits.
- Philosophies for a culture that show we care: Take vacation when you need it, family care, training and development (just to name a few)
- 100% remote, which means we encourage you to create the work environment that you thrive in.
- At least two team wide offsites a year.
Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Risk Labs, the employing entity, is an equal opportunity employer and is dedicated to diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplaces. So, if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t perfectly align- we encourage you to apply anyways. We value you taking the chance. Risk labs will not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Our values:
1) We value each individual’s right to economic freedom.2) We value openness, honesty, and directness.3) We value integrity.4) We value iterative learning.5) We value taking smart risks.6) We value creating an environment where everyone “does their best work”.
Why do we love working at Risk Labs?
We are a group that's aligned with the ethos of the crypto industry and doing our best to make an impact for the industry and world at large. You’ll succeed with Risk Labs if you’re a self-starter, kind, adaptable, and passionate about making an impact. Risk Labs is a values driven team that strives to create an environment where we can do our best work, and succeed. We're building products that we believe in, and continuing to strive for innovation and growth. Both personally and professionally we support each other to create a happy, healthy, and inspired team vibe, so we can remain motivated to build things the world needs and loves.
We take pride in the fact that we are at once family-friendly as well as nomad-friendly.UMA's optimistic oracle is a decentralized truth machine for Web3- yes, that’s a bold and very exciting statement. We’ve built a solid foundation, in terms of the team, the technology, and the products, and the road map ahead is one full of exciting technical challenges, growth, and telling our story to the world. Across is forging the path for intents-based solutions and settlements, creating an interoperable world where DeFi is seamless. We’ve grown from an early bridge, to a market leader, and won’t stop innovating and building. We have big dreams, and a team excited to bring them to life.
Still want to know more?
- Our team blends a mix of highly-sought engineers, and a diverse business team to showcase their high quality tech. Our international and fast-growing team includes a diverse background of experiences and has drawn world class talent. We have a great network of supportive investors from groups like: Placeholder, Blockchain Capital, Bain Capital, Coinbase, Dragonfly... to name a few. - Teammates take the time off that they need and support each other to be their best selves- we care about your wellness. - You will not get bored with Risk Labs.
We are constantly developing, building, experimenting and evolving. Yes we try to allow people to focus on their specific product areas, but things are always shifting and evolving. There’s no right answer and we’re all just doing our best!Apply for this job
