UX Designer (Mobile)

Who are you? / About You

We are seeking an experienced UX Designer (Mobile) to join an established mobile application development team, contributing their expertise and helping to scale our industry leading platform.

As a designer, you will be responsible for driving user-centered design processes. You will execute existing and new design best practices, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver intuitive, innovative, and impactful digital experiences.

What you'll do

Design Execution

• Develop and refine wireframes, prototypes, user flows, and high-fidelity visual designs in accordance with product/user requirements.

• Conduct and analyze user research, usability testing, and data to inform design decisions alongside product management counterpart.

• Partner with product management and contribute to roadmap initiatives from discovery to delivery, ensuring high-quality outcomes.

Design Systems and Practice

• Contribute to the development and execution of the UX vision, strategy, and roadmap in alignment with business goals and user needs.

• Advance existing mobile design patterns and practices for both iOS and Android platforms.

• Execute user-centered design principles and represent the voice of the user throughout the development of mockups, prototypes, and delivered features.

• Work with other design team members to create and maintain visual and experiential consistency across products and features. Contributing to the existing and future design system(s).

Collaboration & Communication:

• Partner with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of design practices and outputs into day-to-day development processes.

• Communicate design rationale and present solutions to various audiences, including internal and external stakeholders.

• Facilitate workshops and design sprints to drive alignment, innovation, all while ensuring projects are delivered on time and to a high quality standard.

You will also have a kick-ass time!

What Performance Looks Like

• Within your first 3 months you will have fully embedded into a product team and you are contributing design requirements into existing projects. You are building low and high fidelity prototypes, leading user research and testing, and helping to ensure the product vision is delivered. Most importantly, you have a deep understanding of our customers and you are proficient at translating their problems into well-defined solutions.

Your Experience

• A minimum of 4-6 years of experience in UX/UI design, ideally with a background in both mobile and web applications.

• Ability to balance user needs with business objectives and technical constraints.

• Strong understanding of user research methods, accessibility standards, and mobile design standards.

• Proficiency with design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, and work management tools like Jira or Azure DevOps.

• Excellent communication, presentation, and storytelling skills.

• Ability to contribute to project requirements with little to no supervision required, ensuring commitments and deadlines are met or exceeded.

• High emotional intelligence (EQ).

Benefits

• Competitive base pay + bonus potential

• Generous medical, dental, and vision plans (we pay 100% of your premium and 50% of your dependents’)

• Fantastic culture with a very strong eNPS- we work hard, celebrate wins, and learn as we go to always be improving to benefit our customers.

• Immediate access to 401(k) with company match

• Flexible PTO (MINIMUM of 10 days required every year)

• 12 weeks paid parental leave for birthing parent, 6 weeks paid leave for supporting partner

• Remote work friendly

• Comprehensive learning and development budget

• A manager dedicated to your development

At Skimmer we are deeply committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace (it’s in our values). We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to identify and onboard people from all walks of life. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, family status, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, neurodiversity, disability, age, or veteran status, or any other non-merit based or legally protected grounds.

We also acknowledge that there is no “perfect” candidate - if you fulfill the majority  of these requirements, believe this is a role you would be excited about on a daily basis, and resonate with our culture, we encourage you to apply.