UI/UX Director

UI/UX Director 

We are looking for an experienced and creative UI/UX Director to join our team remotely. The UI/UX Director will work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure consumer requirements and needs are incorporated into the product from conceptualization to realization of the product. 

The UI/UX Director, will be responsible for leading the UI/UX team in delivering the best online user experience possible,  promoting collaboration in the department, creating a positive environment, embodying the business/product values and assisting in the achievement of product goals.

The UI/UX Director will also be responsible for conducting research and documents findings, creating consumer scenarios, and creating strategy documents for the team.

Responsibilities: 

• Communicate with clients to understand their business goals and objectives
• Develop technical and business requirements and always strive to deliver intuitive and user-centered solutions
• Work with the team to plan and implement new designs 
• Optimize existing user interface designs
• Test for intuitivity and experience
• Combine creativity with an awareness of the design elements
• Create prototypes for new product ideas
• Test new ideas before implementing 
• Conduct an ongoing user research
• Design, conduct, and evaluate studies to understand and improve user experience, documenting requirements.
• Work directly with clients to identify requirements and ensure a positive experience.
• Train, mentor, and supervise the UI/UX team
• Create mock-ups and track metrics related to identifiable factors that change user experience.
• Create and implement strategies that improve user experience through design.

Requirements and Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience as an UI-UX Designer or similar role
• UX/UI design portfolio
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience planning and facilitating client discoveries
• Ability to present  and explain design options to clients
• Ability to write clear and concise documentation and communications
• Detail oriented
• Critical thinker
• Problem solver and customer-centered
• Knowledge of Adobe range of products including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat 
• Knowledge of Sketch and Invision or similar
• Familiarity with CMS (WordPress and Drupal), HTML, and CSS
• Knowledge of Human Centered Design, Usability, and Design Thinking

Our Advantage

Promet Source combines a unique combination of stellar designers, savvy project managers, and talented developers. Promet Source applications look great, are fun to use, and deliver outstanding value to our clients and their constituents. At Promet Source we not only use open source tools, but are engaged open source community members. We contribute to open source projects, build our own open source tools, and engage with the community through conferences and meetups -- because we know that is the best way to deliver compelling experiences for our clients.

Promet Offers

• Competitive base salary with bonus structure
• Great benefits
• Ability for upward promotion
• Exciting and challenging work environment
• Fun, dynamic, growing team
• 401k
• Paid Time Off
• Support for for relevant training, exams and courses

Promet is an equal opportunity (EEO) employer.  We hire without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.