UX Product Designer

Very’s design team is growing, and we want you to be a part of it. We are looking for a self-motivated mid-level UX Designer who is excited to work on a wide variety of design problems and has an appreciation for human-centered design. For more information about Very, go here.

Our design team believes the best way to bring immediate value to products and users is via a strong relationship between design & technology. We are looking for a designer has some experience under their belt, but is looking to gain so much more

In particular, we're looking for someone who's interested in deepening the breadth and depth of their design skills, and looking to work on increasingly difficult projects. You'll be a part of the entire UX process, from research and planning, to user flows and wireframes, hi-fi mockups, prototypes and iterations. You'll work on a variety of projects that will improve your UX chops. Sometimes the focus is design systems and visual designs. Other times, it's about refining the UX via extensive user research and prototype testing. On our team, you'll be exposed to it all as we encourage you to grow as a designer.

Very has been a remote company since before it became normal — 2011, to be exact. We’ve built a collaborative, tight-knit team that thrives, whether we’re hanging out in person at our annual retreat or coordinating work across time zones. The results show that we’re doing something right. In 2020, we were named one of Inc’s Best Workplaces,Parity.org's Best Companies for Women to Advance List, and Fatherly’s Best Places to Work for Dads.

Clients like Vizio, Clear, iHeart Radio, Hayward, Peloton and more come to us for answers to their thorniest questions. We bring them a world-class product team that delivers end-to-end IoT solutions.

Upon joining the Very design team you will find yourself doing the following on any given day:
Product Strategy & Concept creation
User Research & User-flow mapping
Wireframing
Hi-Fi Design Systems
Interaction & motion design
Interactive Prototyping & user testing/validation
Working closely with clients to build trust
- ️ Collaborating with designer teammates to nerd out on design stuff

If you have experience designing across the web, and mobile platforms, you may be who we are looking for We believe designers should be close to the project’s codebase, so bonus points if you have a passion for writing HTML, CSS or React (and it's ok if you don't). We believe in leveling up every day, and that the best designers are the ones who see the big picture and seize the opportunity for improvement.

What You’ll Be Working On

As a UX Designer at Very, you will:
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Champion the role of human-centered design on your projects
- Work closely with senior design team members
- Design user-flows, wireframes, Hi-Fi comps, and prototypes
- Help research and validate solutions that are best for a client’s users
- Develop cohesive and consistent user experiences for a variety of products
- Collaborate with software engineers, hardware engineers and data scientists to implement design
- Contribute to pattern libraries, style guides, and other guideline documentation
- Be involved in peer-to-peer skill-sharing and team-building activities

**Requirements**:
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We look at passion and skill more than years of experience, but we require someone with at least 1+ years of experience in the UX design space.
- An online portfolio or work samples that showcase your user-centered design solutions
- Proficiency in wireframing, design, and prototyping tools (we currently use Figma, Sketch, FramerX, etc.)
- Skills in prioritization, communication, and presentation to the client
- At least an intermediate level in English. A B1 or better in the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).*

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Note: Don’t get discouraged if you don’t have this level of English officially. What we really care about is that you feel comfortable communicating complex ideas and building rapport with English-speaking clients.

Contract

Your contract with Very will be as an independent contractor for an indefinite period.
This type of contract carries some additional responsibilities for you - you'll have to save some money to take care of taxes and you'll have to pay for public social security (Health and Pension) out of pocket.

That being said, we're confident that our competitive compensation and benefits package (see below) will still mean that you are happy with your take-home amount at the end of each month. For more information about Very and the contract type, see here.

Compensation & Benefits

Base Compensation
We believe in a transparent, fair compensation structure and have developed our own open salary formula for Latin America-based employees.

Depending on your skill and experience, you can expect to make somewhere between $32,250 and $48,000 USD annually ($2587 and $4000 per month) upon joining the company, depending on your experience. Latam salaries converge