UX/UI Designer

Energy Innovation Corp; Chula Vista (CA); On-site; USD 76,000 - 110,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Benefits

Job summary

Energy Innovation Corp in Chula Vista, CA is seeking a freelance UX/UI Designer to shape product experiences and guide brand storytelling. You will work within a fast-paced, design-forward environment that values bold ideas and practical execution.

The role offers a $76,000–$110,000 annual-equivalent range and mentorship to help you ship meaningful design sprints from week one. This is a remote-friendly, collaborative team that values hands-on impact.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Hands-on experience with modern Service Design workflows and tooling.
• Demonstrated Principle expertise in a fast-moving creative environment.
• 3 years that taught you which corners can be cut.
• A solid foundation in Adobe Premiere Pro, refined over 5+ years.
• The humility to revise strong opinions when the data argues back.

Responsibilities

• Reframe constraints from the freelance budget as the brief's most useful lever.
• Ensure all deliverables meet brand, accessibility, and platform standards.
• Champion an entrepreneurial approach to user-centered design in every project.
• Anchor a chaotic creative launch around one image that means something.
• Pitch fresh concepts in cross-functional reviews and stakeholder presentations.
• Read the room mid-presentation and reorder the deck on the fly.
• Set guardrails loose enough for mid-level creatives to surprise you inside them.
• Build and maintain a cohesive brand identity across every customer touchpoint.

Skills

Written and verbal communication

Service Design workflows

Principle expertise

Adobe Premiere Pro

Tools

Adobe Premiere Pro

Job description

We measure our UX/UI Designer hires by the work that haunts us in the best way, and we're ready for someone in Chula Vista to keep us up at night. Boiled down: freelance, $76,000 - $110,000, 4 years of Storyboarding, and a seat at the table where Mercedes-Benz decisions get made.

Key Responsibilities

• Reframe constraints from the freelance budget as the brief's most useful lever
• Ensure all deliverables meet brand, accessibility, and platform standards
• Champion an entrepreneurial approach to user-centered design in every project
• Anchor a chaotic creative launch around one image that means something
• Pitch fresh concepts in cross-functional reviews and stakeholder presentations
• Read the room mid-presentation and reorder the deck on the fly
• Set guardrails loose enough for mid-level creatives to surprise you inside them
• Build and maintain a cohesive brand identity across every customer touchpoint

What You'll Bring

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Hands-on experience with modern Service Design workflows and tooling
• Demonstrated Principle expertise in a fast-moving creative environment
• 3 years that taught you which corners can be cut
• A solid foundation in Adobe Premiere Pro, refined over 5+ years
• The humility to revise strong opinions when the data argues back

Mercedes-Benz is a playfully-serious engineering shop in Chula Vista, CA where Critical Thinking and Prototyping are treated as the same discipline. New hires ship something real in week one, because we'd rather you learn by doing.

The headline reads $76,000 - $110,000; the fine print is all upside, mentorship, benefits, and freedom to grow your Design Sprints.

We updated this posting recently and are still actively accepting candidates.