Founded in 2019 and based in New York, Locals is a platform that empowers independent content creators to publish their content, engage with their supporters, and make money from subscriptions (and not ads), on their own terms.On Locals.com, Creators significantly outperform other platforms in conversion rate to paid, subscription earnings, and positive sentiment.
About the role:
Locals is seeking aUX Designer who will be responsible for improving the user and creator experience.
What you’ll be doing:
Translate product requirements, concepts, and research into meaningful, engaging user experiences for Web, Mobile App and OTT formats
Design intuitive, elegant flows and experiences as well as low to high fidelity prototypes for executive reviews
Proactively create and update design documentation
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design the user experience, and ensure a smooth development process
Participate in user testing and research
Champion and mature our brand guidelines throughout our product portfolio; actively participate in the development of a Design System for our existing digital products including visual styles, components, pattern libraries, and documentation
Other duties as assigned
What you bring to the table:
Submit a portfolio link with your application
5+ years of experience designing native mobile apps, responsive web, and OTT apps with a strong portfolio of design work
Strong expertise in Figma, and other design tools
Strong organizational skills and performs with a high degree of diligence
Comfort with ambiguity and changing priorities
Proactive and motivated by challenges
Experience with creating/maintaining components, pattern libraries, and guidelines documentation
Ability to translate constructive criticism to enhanced results
Excellent written and verbal communication, project management, and people skills
Preferred Qualifications:
Strong understanding of branding
Experience in a marketing design agency / designing marketing assets
Remote: Eastern Time Zone only, also willing and able to travel 10-25% of the time (mostly domestic)
EEO Statement:
Locals is an equal opportunity employer. We promote an equal playing field where everyone has the same opportunities regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.
Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for extended periods of time. Required to extensively talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop and kneel. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.