UI Designer

Energy Innovation Corp; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 49,000 - 71,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Flexible hours

Job summary

Starbucks in Kansas City, MO is seeking a purpose-led UI Designer to shape seasonal launches from moodboard to handoff.

You will partner with copywriters, coordinate with external agencies and freelancers, and drill into analytics to learn which creative moves the needle.

This role offers creative ownership, mentorship, flexible hours, and a benefits stack, with a salary range of $49,000–$71,000. Hiring is active now and growth opportunities are emphasized.

Qualifications

• Reliability to keep a manager from constant check-ins.
• Ability to meet a mid-level bar.
• Experience collaborating with freelance teams.
• Confident communicator via email, calls, and in-person meetings.
• Strong attention to detail on every deliverable.

Responsibilities

• Elicit usable feedback with targeted questions.
• Partner with copywriters to align visuals with messaging and tone.
• Coordinate with external agencies, freelancers, and print vendors.
• Analyze analytics to measure which creative moves the needle.
• Own the look of seasonal launches from moodboard to handoff.
• Trade pixel polish for speed to meet freelance deadlines.
• Contribute to Starbucks's design system and component library.
• Carry layouts from napkin sketch to press-ready file.

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Freelance collaboration

Presentation skills

Visual design

Job description

Polish is the floor, not the ceiling, for the purpose‑led UI Designer Starbucks intends to hire this quarter in Kansas City, MO. What you're really weighing is $49,000 - $71,000 against 5 years, with creative ownership and Starbucks growth tipping the scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Coax usable feedback out of a divided review with a sharper set of questions
• Partner with copywriters to align visuals with messaging and tone
• Coordinate with external agencies, freelancers, and print vendors
• Drill into analytics to learn which creative actually moved the creative needle
• Own the look of seasonal launches from moodboard through final handoff
• Trade pixel polish for speed when a freelance deadline says you must
• Contribute to and help evolve Starbucks's design system and component library
• Carry layouts from napkin scribble to press‑ready file without losing the spark

What You'll Bring

• The reliability that lets a manager stop checking in
• Comfort being measured against a clear mid‑level bar
• Familiarity with the rhythms of a solutions‑focused freelance team
• Confident communicator across email, calls, and in‑person meetings
• Meticulous attention to detail across every deliverable

Half the creative platforms in MO quietly depend on something Starbucks built in Kansas City with question‑everything care. The door to every manager at Starbucks is genuinely open, calendar permitting and politics aside.

Land here and your reward starts at $49,000 - $71,000, then climbs alongside the mentorship, flexible hours, and benefits we keep stacking on top.

Hiring is happening now, not last quarter, for this UI Designer seat.