Job Description

Elevate your career working with leading global brands alongside inspiring colleagues in a flexible, remote-first environment. At SketchDeck, we aim to bring great people together to deliver exceptional impact. Through a combination of purpose-driven partnership, technology, and global talent, we help brands realize their limitless potential with quality creative and digital solutions provided on demand. We work with clients ranging from startups to well-known enterprise brands such as Dropbox, Rémy Cointreau, and Asana. 

At SketchDeck, our values are more than just guiding principles—they’re the foundation of how we work and grow together globally. We commit to:

• Win as a Team.
• Find Solutions.
• Take Ownership.
• Do the Right Thing.
• Be Human.

Guided by our vision to be the best full-service creative partner, we empower our team to collaborate and innovate from anywhere with a flexible, remote-first culture. Our camera-on, Slack-heavy environment cultivates genuine relationships and collaboration, where we actively seek culture add, not just culture fit.

At SketchDeck, we’re looking for a UI/UX Designer to create user-friendly, accessible, and visually appealing digital experiences for our web applications. A key part of your role will involve designing and enhancing the user experience of the SketchDeck platform, which empowers our clients and team members to collaborate seamlessly on creative projects. You’ll work closely with our software development team to ensure that our products' functionality and design meet user needs and expectations. You will report to the Senior Product Designer.

This is a 6-month contract position at 40 hours/week with the possibility of becoming fulltime. Please include your portfolio link with your resume or cover letter.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct user research to understand needs and gather insights.
• Create wireframes, prototypes, and final designs using Figma.
• Collaborate with developers to translate designs into functional web applications.
• Iterate designs based on user feedback and data insights.
• Ensure accessibility and usability in all designs.

What Success Looks Like:

• You have a strong understanding of user needs and translate them into practical design solutions.
• Your designs are clear, functional, and visually engaging.
• You proactively contribute to team discussions and adapt quickly to feedback.
• You balance aesthetics with functionality to create products that are enjoyable to use.

To excel in this role, you will enable the platform team to work more efficiently by eliminating design-related delays and create thoughtful, research-driven design solutions that address user needs and elevate platform functionality.

1. Provide on-time, high-quality design deliverables that empower the platform team to meet quarterly goals.
2. Conduct thorough user research to inform and propose innovative design improvements for platform projects.

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead projects from discovery through polished UI and prototypes in Figma, collaborating with design, product management, and engineering to ensure alignment.

• Provide our development team with regular feedback and design guidance.

• Develop a deep understanding of our user, business, and technology goals and become an advocate for improving the platform.

• Follow established processes, guidelines, and usage of our design system to ensure consistency across the platform.

• Identify inefficiencies in our operations and suggest improvements.

Requirements

• 2-4 years in Product Design roles, with experience designing web dashboards.
• Understand and practice the fundamentals of both UX and visual design.
• Have practical knowledge of current design patterns, trends, and methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct user research, including interviews, surveys, and usability testing to inform UX design.
• Be able to present your work, collect feedback, and make adjustments.
• Be on your way to becoming a Figma expert and have familiarity creating designs using Figma library components.
• Have an understanding of design systems, and ability to influence and support an existing design system.
• Be able to work independently with problem-solving, self-direction, and time management skills.
• Have a portfolio that clearly demonstrates your experience (please include your portfolio link with your resume or cover letter) .

We value diverse perspectives and are committed to an environment where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work daily.  If you’re excited about a role but don’t meet every qualification, we still encourage you to apply—studies show that women and people of color are less likely to apply unless they meet all the requirements. We’re interested in what you can bring to our team, whether for this role or another opportunity in the future. 

SketchDeck is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil status, pregnancy (or pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression, transgender status or gender reassignment, race, color, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other grounds or characteristic that is protected under the law.

If you require a reasonable accommodation during the interview process or employment, please contact us at [email protected]. We’re here to support you in every step of the process.

Benefits

Hourly salary range: $38.46-$43.27/hr

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