Location: San Francisco, CA
About Us:
We’re Impulse. We’re a team of engineers, designers, and innovators based in San Francisco who believe making good decisions for your home and the environment should not come at a cost to your lifestyle. We’re dedicated to building delightful, high-performance products for everyday needs that enable rewarding, long-term, scalable solutions for whole-home electrification.
We’re looking for individuals excited to join an early-stage, VC-backed, growing company with powerful aspirations to make positive change in a major industry — come build with us!
About the role:
Asa 2D UX/UI Designer at Impulse, you’ll be working on both high-level strategy and granular tactics, and making a huge impact on launching our products across channels and markets. This full-time role is based out of our San Francisco or New York City offices.
This position will play a leading role in designing intuitive, engaging, and delightful interfaces for our innovative hardware products. You’ll be collaborating with our product and engineering teams to craft a unique, best-in-class cooking experience for our customers starting with testing iterative prototypes through high-fidelity designs.
Requirements:
2-4 years of professional experience in UI/UX design of 2D experiences, ideally for hardware-software-integrated products.
A keen eye for design.
Strong understanding of user-centered design principles and practices, and high attention to detail.
Ability to communicate design ideas effectively and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Proficiency in design tools such as Sketch, Figma, InVision, Framer, and Adobe Creative Suite.
Familiarity with hardware design processes and tools is a plus.
Interest in cooking and food.
Experience with iterative design, prototyping, and some user testing in focus groups.
What you will be doing:
As a 2D UX/UI Designer, you will collaborate with our product and engineering teams to design and iterate on digital experiences across our hardware products as well as web and mobile platforms. You will help ensure our interfaces are user-friendly, visually appealing, and consistent with our brand identity.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and deliver high-quality user interfaces for Impulse’s hardware, accessory mobile apps, and website products.
Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs that effectively communicate design concepts and user interactions.
Conduct user research and testing in focus groups to validate design decisions and iterate on designs based on feedback.
Ensure our interfaces are visually consistent with our brand identity and design guidelines.
Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices in UI design, and apply these insights to improve our products and design processes.
What’s in it for you:
Meaningful equity in a fast-moving company with top investors.
Generous benefits include health, vision, dental, and fitness.
Help define culture for what will be a diverse, inclusive, and global team.
We are growing quickly so if you’re interested in joining us but don’t see a job that fits what you’re looking for or if your experience doesn’t quite check all the boxes, please feel free to reach out — we’re happy to connect.
Impulse is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and prohibit discrimination and harassment. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees where everyone feels safe and welcome.
