UX Designer

Valero Energy; San Diego (CA); Remote; USD 80,000 - 114,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Flexible remote options

Job summary

Valero Energy is seeking a UX Designer for a part-time role in California. You will shape user-centered design, mentor teammates, and collaborate with copywriters and vendors to deliver polished experiences. The position emphasizes Cinema 4D work and strong attention to detail in a San Diego context.

Minimum 3 years of UX hands-on practice, with proven Cinema 4D results. Flexible remote options accompany a local CA base, supporting a dynamic, mentorship-driven team culture.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of real-world UX design experience.
• Proven Cinema 4D results.
• San Diego grounding or willingness to relocate quickly.
• Ability to mentor junior designers.
• Strong collaboration with copywriters and freelancers.

Responsibilities

• Champion a detail-loving approach to user-centered design in every project.
• Shape the unboxing moment for San Diego buyers and share screenshots.
• Prototype interface ideas quickly to discard weak options cheaply.
• Support mid-level designers through critique, mentorship, and best practices.
• Run critiques that elevate junior creatives and push the vision forward.
• Reverse-engineer a competitor's hit to understand the mechanic, not copy the look.
• Partner with copywriters to align visuals with messaging and tone.
• Direct freelancers and Lottie vendors without losing the vision.

Skills

Cinema 4D

Attention to detail

Curiosity

Communication

Mentorship

Tools

Lottie

Figma

Job description

You see a banner ad; we see a chance for Cinema 4D to flex, and we want an UX Designer who reacts to Valero Energy's canvas the same way. This UX Designer role hands mid-level talent $80,000 - $114,000, a part-time arrangement in CA, and the latitude to call the shots.

Key Responsibilities

• Champion a detail-loving approach to user-centered design in every project
• Shape the unboxing moment San Diego buyers screenshot and share unprompted
• Prototype interface ideas fast enough to kill the weak ones cheaply
• Support mid-level designers through critique, mentorship, and shared best practices
• Run the critique that makes junior creative work braver, not safer
• Reverse-engineer a competitor's hit to understand the mechanic, not copy the look
• Partner with copywriters to align visuals with messaging and tone
• Direct freelancers and Lottie vendors without losing the thread of the vision

What You'll Bring

• The kind of attention to detail that catches what spell-check misses
• Curiosity and a continuous drive to sharpen your creative craft
• Judgment seasoned by at least 3 years of real consequences
• The communication discipline to over-share early and trim later
• 5 years of learning when to trust the process and when to break it
• A San Diego grounding, or the adaptability to plant roots quickly
• Proven Cinema 4D results, ideally seasoned in San Diego, CA

Valero Energy blends Growth Mindset and Iconography into creative products that feel, in the generously-mentoring words of its San Diego, CA founders, inevitable. Mentorship goes both ways at Valero Energy, and seniority never means having all the answers.

In return for your Iconography expertise, you'll earn $80,000 - $114,000 along with 401(k) matching and flexible remote options.

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