UI/UX Designer

About Us

Albert accelerates learning outcomes through interactive practice for over 200 academic subjects. We believe that the best way to master anything is to "learn by doing"​ and offer high school and college students the most effective and accessible learning tool ever made. As education becomes ever more digitized, Albert is positioned to be the global leader in technology-enhanced practice materials for academic subjects.

The Role

Job Title: UI/UX Designer

Job Responsibilities:

• Producing high-fidelity desktop interfaces for our core application and marketing pages.
• Leveraging design patterns and styles defined in Albert’s design system.
• Expanding and continuously improving the styles and components in our design system.
• QA-ing implemented designs to ensure they match the intended user experience.

Qualifications:

• Experience designing desktop-first interfaces with mobile considerations.
• 3+ years of full-time professional experience as a designer.
• A strong understanding of design principles including layout, typography, color theory, psychology, etc.
• A portfolio of relevant product desktop-class user interface work that you're proud to share with us. 
• Proficiency with Figma.
• Experience with researching and analyzing design patterns, best practices, user behaviors, user data, and feedback in order to create the best possible solution.
• A proficient understanding of HTML and CSS such that you can reliably predict how your designs will translate into code and can QA coded implementations to evaluate design fidelity.  
• Knowledge of accessibility as it relates to code and design.

Skills:

• Excitement about working on our product specifically.
• An open-minded experimenter, able to see design challenges from various perspectives and consider them objectively.

Work Style:

• Full-Time
• Remote

Benefits & Perks

•  Competitive compensation. We observe the same pay bands, regardless of where you live. For this role, our starting salary is $90,000-125,000.
•  Health, dental, and vision insurance. We contribute 90% of the cost for our various medical insurance options and 90% for vision and dental. We contribute 50% for dependents.
• Paid parental leave. Parents are eligible for up to twelve (12) weeks of fully paid parental leave after a year of service.
• A 401k plan. Save for retirement with a fully managed plan and a 1% match.
• Commuter benefit. Use pre-tax earnings on your commute through our managed platform.
• One Medical. We cover enrollment in One Medical to provide all employees with convenient access to primary care.
• Multiple FSA plans. We offer both normal and dependent care FSA plans that allow up to $650 per year in rollover of unused funds.
• Flexible, guilt-free vacation. Take guilt-free vacations with no hard limit. Most people take 3-4 weeks per year and are encouraged to take time off. This is not a vague policy where "unlimited" ends up meaning "hardly ever, it's too stressful to ask for time off". We actively encourage everyone to take off.
• Half-day Fridays. We value work-life balance and observe half-day Fridays every week.