Craftsy has a UX Designer position available!

[Alison Lawrence]

Looking to join one of the fastest growing technology companies? Craftsy is seeking a UX Designer who is passionate about creating great customer experiences that are simple, fun, and intuitive. You will be working on an innovative team focused on greenfield/labs projects aimed at taking Craftsy to the next level. This vital role will be responsible for working with our product team and developers to create wireframes, visual mockups, and HTML/CSS/LESS for highly engaging website and mobile experiences. This is your chance to be part of an innovative environment and take your design and development skills to the next level.

 

What’s it like to work at Craftsy? We actively seek out UX designers who can bring new ideas about design, technology, process, and business to the company. We have an exceptional team of designers, developers, product managers and marketers. We really enjoy working together on our common goal to make Craftsy the premier global destination for curated education, inspiration and supplies for passionate enthusiast “makers.”

 

Who we are:
 

We’re a team of talented, highly intelligent and intrinsically motivated individuals. We expect the best from our team, and in return we offer a collaborative work environment, stock options, competitive salaries and a generous vacation package. We are one of the Top Places to Work in Denver and have been on Forbes list of America’s Most Promising Companies for 2014 & 2015.

 

What you will do as a User Experience Designer:

 

Design:

• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to create graceful & creative design solutions to complicated product needs
• Development of user flow diagrams and wireframes demonstrating UI for a range of use cases
• Iterate on many different potential design flows to test a business hypothesis.
• Create high fidelity visual design mockups of pages and applications for Craftsy.com
• Assist in user testing flows, test prototypes, and analysis.
• Collaborate with UX team to determine branding and style guidelines

Develop:

• Develop pixel-perfect and fully responsive HTML & CSS
• Work closely with other front and back-end engineers throughout implementation

What will make you a great fit:

• Expert knowledge of Photoshop & Illustrator
• Demonstrated experience working through traditional UX design phases (wireframes/storyboards, mockups)
• Demonstrated experience designing for responsive websites.
• Ability to write HTML & CSS from scratch
• Minimum 3+ years agency/corporate experience in a UI/UX role
• Experience/preference for working in fast-paced work environment

What gives you bonus points:

• User research background/experience
• Experience coding on high traffic (MM+ uniques a month) sites
• Experience designing for apps (iPhone/Android)
• Experience with LESS/SASS
• JavaScript/jQuery experience
• A passion for arts/crafts and the ‘maker movement’

To Apply: Please include a link to your online portfolio in your cover letter or resume. Applications without a portfolio will not be accepted.