UI/UX Designer

About Us

Blackthorn develops Salesforce™ native products for event management, payments, text messaging, and data compliance. We cater to fields like higher education, healthcare, nonprofits, government, and enterprise and aim to foster workplace pride and work-life quality.

The Role

Job Title: UI/UX Designer

Job Responsibilities:

• Establish and own a centralized design system to unify UX/UI across products and align with our brand guidelines
• Audit and align existing applications (web, mobile, and Salesforce-native) to that system
• Serve as a design advocate and educator within the company—establishing best practices, design standards, and a culture of design thinking
• Design and deliver UX flows, wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes
• Collaborate daily with product managers, engineers, and QA through the entire development cycle including discovery and usability testing
• Lead the design experience for our Salesforce-native apps, using and extending Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS)
• Ensure a responsive, accessible, and user-friendly design across all devices
• Maintain high standards of usability, clarity, and visual consistency
• Work with engineers to ensure your designs are implemented faithfully (and feasibly)

Qualifications:

• 5 years of UI/UX design experience with web and mobile apps, preferably in a SaaS or B2B setting
• Proficiency in Figma or a similar tool for design and prototyping
• Familiarity with Angular and Ionic frameworks preferred
• Experience designing for (or interest in learning) Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS)
• Strong grasp of usability, hierarchy, and responsive UI patterns
• Proven experience designing for accessibility (WCAG compliance, keyboard navigation, color contrast, screen reader support, etc.)
• Experience building or managing a design system, ideally in a collaborative environment
• Comfortable working within platform or technical constraints and adapting your designs accordingly

Skills:

• Strong communicator and cross-functional collaborator in remote-first environment
• Previous work modernizing or maintaining a company website
• Interest in user research, journey mapping, or analytics-informed design

Work Style:

• Full-Time
• Remote

Benefits & Perks

• An incredible team of smart and supportive people
• A deep feeling of satisfaction and completion
• Fully remote global team working from home
• Stock options for every employee
• Flexible work week
• $400 office stipend
• Maternity/Paternity leave
• Student loan debt assistance
• Pledge 1% - time off during the year for helping nonprofits
• Health insurance contribution (if in the US)
• Children's 529 college fund assistance (if in the US)