lead ux/ui designer jobs



Create Ape is hiring again!
Work from home? Check! 
Full autonomy. You bet! 
Micro manage? Naaa ...ain't nobody got time for that.
(We were going to post a more sterile job description but then decided... better not ;)


Who we are:
Fun and lean design agency


What we are looking for:
UX/UI designer for full-time remote contract role. Salary is 4-7K a month with lots of room to grow. 


Type of work:
  • Informational sites
  • Parallax sites
  • Mobile Apps
  • Complex web apps
  • Wire framing + Prototypes (Holla @ Invision yo!)
  • Lead design team + mentor jr team members


What you need to bring to the table:
  • Be flexible in a fast paced environment 
  • Be able to work generally during our business hours (9am to 5pm PST).
  • Be available throughout the day via slack/email/etc.
  • 6 or more years of UX/UI design experience and a portfolio to back it up.
  • Ability to create clickable prototypes using InVision.
  • Experience with Basecamp/Freedcamp to post and collaborate on projects.
  • Extensive experience in using UX/UI design best practices to design solutions and a deep understanding of mobile-first and responsive design.
  • Ability to iterate designs and solutions efficiently, quickly, and intelligently. 
  • Be curious and intuitive: we ask our designers to decipher and translate user data, analytics, and environment/tech restrictions into beautiful compelling designs and flows.
  • Experience conducting remote usability tests to validate designs


Basic  Tools You Should Know
  • FIGMA
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • InVision (or similar tool)
  • Google Drive / Dropbox
  • Slack


Big bonus if you can:
  • Have some print design chops working in Illustrator + Indesign 
  • Basic knowledge of front end code (HTML. CSS, etc)
  • Extrapolate and use analytical data (Google Analytics, CrazyEgg, KissMetrics etc) to create data-driven design solutions;
  • Solid understanding for goal-driven design principles;
  • Solid understanding of conversion-based design solutions;


If you like what you see and want to get out of that commute...holla at us with your portfolio, resume, and seriously... a cover page that's interesting or makes us laugh ;)