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Photon

Builds custom software and AI for big companies

UX/UI Designer

Product DesignConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeUnited States

About the Job

Requirements

  • Strong understanding of user-centered design principles.
  • Experience with user research methods, including surveys, interviews, and usability testing.
  • Ability to create wireframes, flowcharts, user journeys, and low-fidelity prototypes.
  • Familiarity with accessibility and inclusive design standards such as WCAG.
  • Proficiency with design tools such as Figma, Sketch, or Adobe XD.
  • Strong visual design skills, including layout, typography, color theory, and branding.
  • Experience building and maintaining design systems.
  • Familiarity with visual and motion design tools such as Illustrator, Photoshop, or After Effects.
  • Experience with prototyping tools such as Figma, Framer, InVision, or ProtoPie.
  • Ability to create clear, organized design documentation for developer handoff.
  • Understanding of responsive and adaptive design for multiple screen sizes.
  • Basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is helpful but not mandatory.
  • Familiarity with front-end development workflows and collaboration with development teams.
  • Awareness of platform guidelines such as the iOS Human Interface Guidelines and Material Design.
  • Three to five or more years of experience in UX/UI or product design.
  • A strong portfolio showcasing both the UX process and UI execution.
  • Experience designing for web, mobile (iOS and Android), and cross-platform interfaces.
  • The position is available for independent contractors.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct user research, competitive analysis, usability testing, and data-driven design iteration.
  • Translate product requirements and user needs into wireframes, prototypes, and final visual designs.
  • Design user flows, journey maps, and information architecture for web and mobile experiences.
  • Create and maintain UI components, design systems, and style guides.
  • Work with developers to ensure designs are implemented with pixel-perfect accuracy.
  • Iterate designs based on user feedback, analytics, and team input.
  • Advocate for the user throughout the product development process.
  • Collaborate with product managers, developers, marketers, and other stakeholders to design user-centric solutions to business and user problems.

Desired Qualifications

  • Basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is helpful but not mandatory.

About the Company

Photon

Builds custom software and AI for big companies

Photon designs, builds, and runs custom software for large companies, combining an in-house creative agency with its own engineering teams. Its flagship client work includes rebuilding Samsung's US online store as a set of smaller linked services and creating Olive Garden's mobile app, which lets diners join the waitlist from their phones instead of waiting at the door. Clients hire Photon's teams to plan and code their apps, websites, and AI tools and to keep them running afterward, paying for the engineers and designers assigned to each project. Photon is privately held and based in London, with its US arm in Dallas and engineering centers in Chennai and Bengaluru.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
Not listed

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