UI/UX Designer

This is a remote position.

About the Team

Downstream is disrupting the waste industry by connecting waste companies with customers through our waste marketplace with a reliable logistics engine for routing haulers. It's "first mile delivery", not recycling. We are seeing hyper-growth and expanding our Engineering roles! We are looking for self-motivated engineers to join our Denver office (or remote) to build the infrastructure system which powers Downstream marketplace of waste producers, sellers and haulers.

About the Role

• Translate concepts into user flows, wireframes, mockups and prototypes that lead to intuitive user experiences.
  

• Facilitate the client’s product vision by researching, conceiving, sketching, prototyping and user-testing experiences for digital products.
  

• Design and deliver wireframes, user stories, user journeys, and mockups optimized for a wide range of devices and interfaces.
  

• Identify design problems and devise elegant solutions.
  

• Make strategic design and user-experience decisions related to core, and new, functions and features.
  

• Take a user-centered design approach and rapidly test and iterate your designs.
  

• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders.
  

• Ask smart questions, take risks and champion new ideas.
  

You're excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Join a fast growing company
  

• Work on challenging and interesting tech problems in a rapidly growing sector.
  

• Get the chance to develop cutting edge technologies which will change the world.
  

• Make a large impact across the company through continuous innovation.
  

• Get support and resources.
  

What We're Looking For

• A proven track record of UX design experience. Preference will be given to candidates who have experience designing complex solutions for complete digital environments.
  

• Expertise in standard UX software such as Sketch, OmniGraffle, Axure, InVision, UXPin, Balsamiq, Framer, and the like is a must. Basic HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript skills are a plus.
  

• Ability to work with clients to understand detailed requirements and design complete user experiences that meet client needs and vision.
  

• Extensive experience in using UX design best practices to design solutions, and a deep understanding of mobile-first and responsive design.
  

• A solid grasp of user-centered design (UCD), planning and conducting user research, user testing, A/B testing, rapid prototyping, heuristic analysis, usability and accessibility concerns.
  

• Ability to iterate designs and solutions efficiently and intelligently.
  

• Ability to clearly and effectively communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions to teams and clients.
  

• A clear understanding of the importance of user-centered design and design thinking.
  

• Ability to work effectively in a team setting including synthesizing abstract ideas into concrete design implications.
  

• Be excited about collaborating and communicating closely with teams and other stakeholders via a distributed model, to regularly deliver design solutions for approval.
  

• Be passionate about resolving user pain points through great design.
  

• Be open to receiving feedback and constructive criticism.
  

• Be passionate about all things UX and other areas of design and innovation. Research and showcase knowledge in the industry’s latest trends and technologies.
  

Benefits

Why You'll Love Working at Downstream 

• Competitive salary
  

• Stock options
  

• 401K plan
  

• Medical, vision, dental insurance
  

• The secret sauce at Downstream is our people, together we are creating something much bigger than ourselves.