UI/UX Designer

Job Description

Criteria is a technology company that’s changing the way organizations find and hire great talent. Headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in New York, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney, Criteria is a global company and we’re growing quickly. We’ve been featured on the Inc. 5000’s list of fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. for the last seven years and have been recognized as a Best Place to Work by Inc. and Built in LA.

Most importantly, people are at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is to help companies and job candidates connect to do fulfilling, meaningful work together. We hire with the same intention to provide a collaborative, inclusive, and balanced environment where every individual can bring their best selves to work.

About the Role:

As an integral member of the Product Platform team, the UI/UX Designer’s (NA) primary purpose is to collaborate with the wider Product team to create the best user experience for our candidates and customers across our portfolio of products. The UI/UX Designer will regularly work with developers, designers, product managers, and product leadership to design sophisticated software that is easy to use and aligns with Criteria’s business objectives and company vision.

What You’ll Do:

• Gather and evaluate user requirements in collaboration with product managers and engineers
• Illustrate design ideas using wireframes, user flows, and prototypes
• Design graphic user interface elements, like menus, navigation, and widgets
• Develop UI mock-ups and prototypes that clearly illustrate the UX and UI of our products
• Create original graphic designs in collaboration with the marketing team (e.g. illustrations, icons)
• Prepare and present work in progress to internal teams and key stakeholders to gather feedback and iterate on design
• Identify and troubleshoot UX problems (e.g. responsiveness, accessibility)
• Adhere to company style standards on fonts, colors and images used in design
• Create and manage asset libraries for reusable, systematic design systems across our assessment portfolio
• Design and execute user testing on design with internal and external stakeholders
• Conduct layout adjustments based on user feedback from user testing sessions and internal stakeholders
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and other designers to build designs that adhere to technical constraints, business objectives and company vision

What You Should Know/Have:    

• Proven work experience as a UI/UX Designer or similar role
• A portfolio of professional design projects that includes work with web/mobile applications
• Experience with design software, prototyping tools, and wireframe tools.
• Up-to-date knowledge of graphic design software like Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
• Experience with creating and maintaining visual design systems with Sketch Libraries, Zeplin, Abstract, Figma, or similar tools.
• Team spirit & strong communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders
• Good time-management skills
• Basic level understanding of front-end technologies (HTML & CSS) and how designs will be implemented by engineers

Our Mission Around Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Criteria provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, parental or pregnancy status, marriage and civil partnership, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.