UX/UI Designer

About Us

Skillable believes validated experiences and challenge-centric learning will transform the way organizations upskill their customers, partners and employees. Industry leaders such as Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, Veritas, Skillsoft and New Horizons trust Skillable to support their learners, resulting in more than 10 million hands-on experiences in 2024 and more than 50 million in our tenure!

The Role

Job Title: UX Designer

Job Responsibilities

• Translate product briefs and requirements into detailed user flows, wireframes, and screens 
• Document current and desired workflows to support alignment across Product Management, Technical Product Management, and Engineering 
• Support usability and functionality improvements across legacy and new product areas 
• Create clear, well-organized design deliverables to support efficient handoff and implementation 
• Collaborate in a remote work setting, with Partner with product & engineering stakeholders to ensure success in an environment with evolving priorities 
• Balance user needs with technical and business constraints to deliver feasible design solutions 
• Create designs and intuitive, functional, user interfaces while placing heavy value on patterns and reusable components 
• Partner with Developers and Product Managers on design system management within Figma 
• Proactively consider accessibility standards in every UX design 
• Work with product marketing to support in-product messaging assets 
• Execute work with minimal supervision, maintaining a focus on quality and timeliness.   
• Follow established best practices to ensure consistency. 
• Support and promote the company values through positive interactions with both internal and external stakeholders on a regular basis. 
• Other strategic business initiatives or special cross-functional project involvement as required.  

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of relevant professional experience in building interactive prototypes and mockups 
• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or equivalent relevant professional experience. 
• Experience designing for complex or legacy systems, with a focus on incremental improvements 
• Experience working with Figma Design, leveraging an existing design system and style guide 
• Experience working with MUI (Google’s Material UI design system) or similar component libraries in close collaboration with engineering teams 
• Experience designing for developer tools, enterprise platforms, or other technical domains is a plus 
• Experience and understanding of Learning Management Systems (LMS), content creation, and/or content delivery systems highly desired. 
• Experience working on a team, within a singular department or cross-departmentally, focused on driving toward common goals. 
• Proven ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, to various audiences/levels including leadership, internally and externally, and through various mediums. 
• Microsoft suite experience, including teams or similar web conferencing and internal communication software experience preferred. 
• Experience working in a fully remote team is preferred but not required. 

Skills

• Strong documentation and organizational skills, including the ability to produce clear annotations and structured files for engineering teams 
• Adaptability and comfort working within constraints (time, feasibility, legacy frameworks, and limited design infrastructure) 
• Ability and willingness to participate in multiple technical projects concurrently. 
• Desire and ability to work at a fast pace. 
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage workload and meet project deadlines. 
• Basic understanding (or willingness to learn expeditiously) of standard business operations and processes. 
• Proactively addresses challenges, seeking opportunities for continuous improvement. 
• Adept at troubleshooting in fast-paced environments and implementing corrective actions swiftly. 

Work Style

Full-Time
Remote

Benefits

• Fully remote with a monthly stipend to pay for office services and supplies 
• Medical (2 plan options), dental (2 plan options), vision, health savings account with generous employer contributions, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, EAP, group paid life insurance, group paid STD and LTD and voluntary life/AD&D insurance, accident and critical illness options. 
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, healthy lifestyle reimbursements. 
• Open PTO, Paid holidays, bereavement leave, parental leave, caregiver leave and paid FMLA leave. 
• Friends and Family Friday to end our standard workweek at 2pm local time; Full company closure during the 4th of July holiday week. 
• Access to pet insurance; Access for employees and dependents to Skillable learning opportunities through our product and more!