UX-UI Designe

Ethereum Technologies LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ethereum Technologies LLC seeks a product-focused UI designer with a strong portfolio of visually rich interfaces and interaction-heavy product experiences. The role emphasizes designing for complex UI systems and ensuring consistency with brand standards across digital touchpoints.

The candidate should demonstrate the ability to create intuitive interactions, craft navigational patterns, and collaborate with cross-functional teams throughout design and development cycles.

Qualifications

• 5+ years professional UX design experience required.
• 8+ years professional UX design experience preferred.
• BA/BS or equivalent work experience required.

Responsibilities

• Visualize ideas using professional design tools and ideation methods.
• Initiate and respond to ideas for innovation based on research and competitive reviews.
• Identify user needs and business requirements and translate them into design concepts.
• Substantiate design approach with analysis and projections for improvements.

Skills

UX design

Web design principles

User experience

Communication

Project scheduling

Self-motivation

Teamwork

Design specs

Education

BA/BS or equivalent

Job description

Manager needs someone with stronger UI design skills — meaning:

More visually polished interfaces

High-fidelity screens

Complex product/ UI systems

Essentially, he’s looking for a product-focused UI designer, not a general web designer.

He wants a designer who has built visually rich, interaction-heavy product interfaces — not someone whose design experience is mostly traditional web pages.

PLAN & CONCEPT

• • Visualize ideas using professional design tools as well as sticky notes, sketch boards, whiteboard markers or whatever tools are necessary to rapidly work through ideation and move to the next stage
• • Initiate and respond to ideas for innovation/improvements based on research, analysis, and competitive reviews
• • Identify user needs and business requirements
• • Substantiate design approach with analysis & projections for improvements

DESIGN & REFINE

• • Ensure digital customer touch points become and remain consistent with Uniteds user experience and brand standards
• • Develop intuitive, usable, and engaging interactions
• • Drive the design of next generation, navigation schemes, patterns, components and templates across the companys products, insuring a consistent, appealing, and dynamic customer experience.
• • Create low and high fidelity interactive prototypes adhering to a rapid, iterative and collaborative process
• • Work with usability researchers to design test plans and iterate designs throughout user testing. Translate usability research findings into design improvements.

DEFINE & COMMUNICATE

• • Create final design deliverables through appropriately detailed design specifications including: process flows, wireframes, storyboards, high and low fidelity mockups, red-lines and prototypes
• • Present design work to the user experience team, product team, and executives for review and feedback
• • Collaborate with cross-functional teams as well as the larger UX team and business partners throughout the design process
• • Communicate harmoniously with multiple stakeholders to synthesize, review design project progress, and incorporate feedback appropriately with a user-centered focus
• • During implementation phase respond to day-to-day questions from developers, product managers & project managers
• • Work with QA to identify, document, and verify bug fixes
• • Provide guidance and mentor junior designers

Education/Certification

• • BA/BS or equivalent work experience required

Knowledge/Skills

• • Solid grasp of web design principles and a good understanding of front-end web technologies required
• • Excellent understanding of user experience design for the Web, mobile, and touch devices required
• • Ability to coordinate, prioritize, and accomplish multiple tasks in a fast-paced atmosphere with minimal supervision required
• • Experience in writing detailed design specifications (IA, work flow, page functionality and layout, etc.), which technology developers use to build the product required
• • Must be a self-starter that can create schedules and define scope of work even when there are no clear requirements and direction required
• • Strong ability to communicate your design, defend your design decisions, and respond quickly to business needs required
• • Proven ability to set the design direction for your projects and to collaborate with other designers working in the space required
• • A team player who can easily adapt in a rapidly changing environment required

Experience

• 5+ years professional UX design experience required
• 8+ years professional UX design experience preferred

• • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
• • Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualifications
• • Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position

ETHEREUM TECHNOLOGIES LLC is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of female, minority, disability and veterans, (M/F/D/V). Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status or any other protected status. ETHEREUM TECHNOLOGIES LLC will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will ETHEREUM TECHNOLOGIES LLC require in a posting or otherwise U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract