UI/UX Designer
Emberex is looking for an experienced and talented UI/UX designer to join our team in downtown Eugene, OR.
Hiring a UI/UX designer, six steps to success.
Sit back, grab a drink, settle in for a few minutes of quality reading. If you just skip to the end for our email address, you’ll miss all the good stuff.
Step 1 - the ad
You’re looking at it! This is our first opportunity to let you know who we are and what we’re looking for, so you can decide if you want to spend your valuable time trying to get the job (and then, hopefully - actually doing the job). We could give you all the standard stuff here - lists of required skills, minimum years of experience, emphasis on strong communication skills, ability to work alone or as part of a team...
So, then... What *are* we looking for? Pretty much just a great ux/ui designer to join our team. We don’t think there’s a specific formula to describe the best candidates. You might be junior, excited, with a great sense of style and a few things to learn. Or maybe you’ve been doing jobs just like ours since dinosaurs, or rocks, or your metaphor of choice - and still you might have a few things to learn. Maybe you can design a highly interactive, responsive web application in your sleep, and then design it again when you’re awake and in control of your eyes and your hands.
Whatever your background, you take great ideas and make them beautiful, responsive, elegant, and intuitive. You’re willing and able to talk to coworkers and clients, and you’ll thoughtfully incorporate feedback but also defend the ideas that you feel strongly about. You’ll work with our design, development, and QA teams to deliver software that keeps our clients coming back for more.
Step 2 - the application
We see a lot of cover letters, resumes, and portfolios. We urge you to send us good ones - a cover letter that lets us know who you are, a resume that tells us what you’ve done, and a portfolio that shows us just how great you really are. Want us to know you’re a good communicator? The cover letter is a great place to start. Want to show off your brilliant organizational skills? Give us a resume that’s easy to read and understand. Want to let us know you’re a great illustrator and you can also build a complex yet intuitive UI? We’re guessing you’ve got some stuff in your portfolio that speaks for itself.
Step 3 - the interview
It may come as no surprise that we like to talk to candidates before we make decisions about hiring. Phone calls and video conferencing are fine, but there’s really no substitute for sitting in the same room and looking each other in the eye. We’ll ask questions about your approach, your experience, and your goals. We like to talk about your portfolio and learn a bit about why you made the decisions you made. We also want to let you know what to expect if you end up working here - cuz don’t forget, you’re interviewing us, too.
Step 4 - references
We won’t ask for these until we’ve met you. But then we call ‘em. Find a few people who worked with you and still really like you - if you don’t, we’ll wonder why.
Step 5 - the offer
Did we mention that we’ll give you money in exchange for your time and effort? We will. Your starting wage will depend on your level of experience, and it’ll probably be between $32 and $50/hr. Then, if all goes well, you’ll get raises and bonuses and lots of free snacks.
Step 6 - the job
We build web and mobile applications for a bunch of really great clients, including some of the nation’s top researchers, educators, and high profile state and federal projects. We love working with people who have devoted their lives to making the world a better place.
Our work frequently involves UI/UX, responsive design, branding, illustration, and animation. We like to use Figma, and sometimes we also use Sketch, inVision or whatever tools make sense for the job at hand. We build wireframes and mockups to convey our ideas and guide conversations about UI, UX, and visual direction.
We have an office in downtown Eugene and, at least for now, a hybrid policy that’s best described as, “many of us work in the office some of the time” - we don’t currently have strict rules about working in the office or working at home, but It would be really useful for you to be able to go in when it makes sense. And when you do, you’ll find a break room full of snacks, a game room full of games, and sometimes even a dog or two.
In addition to your hourly wage, we offer benefits including health, vision and dental insurance, paid time off, a yearly bonus, matching 401k, and more. And someday we’d like to start having in-office massages again - there’s just so much to look forward to!
Still interested? Send us a cover letter, resume, and portfolio: [email protected]