Ripl (www.Ripl.com) is passionate about helping small businesses grow by enabling them to leverage the magic of digital media marketing. We are seeking to hire an experienced Mobile UI/UX Designer to help drive our product experience forward in order to help us fulfill this mission. 

As Ripl’s Mobile UI/UX Designer, you will join the Design team as a key contributor to delivering a state-of-the-art mobile and web app experience for the Ripl product. You will seek to constantly evaluate the form and function of the product design across myriad qualitative and quantitative inputs, in an effort to deliver greater value to our customers and greater value to our business. You will participate in elevating Ripl’s customer experience, alongside colleagues representing Content, Brand, and Marketing. This role will report to the Creative Director, who leads the Design organization. 

This role might be for you if...

• You are a committed student of the state of mobile and web app design
• You have a passion for digital content creation and social media, and your portfolio shows it 
• You possess a clean, modern design aesthetic and demonstrate this with a killer portfolio of mobile app UI 
• You can recite the most important heuristics for evaluating UX in digital product design, and you effortlessly wield best practices when asked to design a new feature
• You are comfortable soliciting input on design concepts and prototypes from complete strangers, and translating those interactions into findings and insights 
• You are familiar with and have contributed to a product roadmap 
• You have been told that you possess great user empathy
• You always have a sketchbook handy

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with team members from Product, Development, Marketing, and Customer Research to optimize existing features and define requirements to design new ones
• Use the suite of core UX methods to define, design, build, test, and measure UI/UX for product features as well as end-to-end task flows
• Design and conduct user feedback sessions using low and high fidelity prototypes that you make, then incorporate feedback into your designs
• Design and output pixel-perfect UI components for development across iOS, Android, and web app platforms 
• Collaborate with Brand and Marketing to create a cohesive, branded experience across every product touchpoint
• Maintain mobile and web app UI guidelines for the product

Skills & Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in UI/UX design for mobile and web apps emphasizing content, with a strong portfolio showing a modern design aesthetic
• The majority of portfolio projects have been shipped, with in-market data or learnings available and known 
• Command of design best practices for mobile apps and web, including content-first, mobile first, responsive design, and accessibility standards
• Experience with direct and remote user validation testing, including plan design, prototype development, and test results analysis
• Ability to self-manage work across at least three projects (at various stages) concurrently, meet deadlines, and adapt quickly to changing priorities in a fast-paced agile environment
• Clearly and concisely communicate ideas and design problems, and provide UI/UX solutions in a team environment
• Bachelor’s degree in UX/UI, HCI, or Graphic Design required; a combination of education and experience may substitute
• Proficiency with Adobe XD, Adobe Illustrator, Invision, and at least one remote user testing platform 
• Bonus points for experience working in a lean startup environment 

About Our Team
We are a loving, supportive and resilient team. We value courage, drive, and integrity. We want every team member to achieve their greatest professional potential. We take projects from concept to completion. We support learning, collaboration and feedback. We are eccentric, kind, accepting, and accountable. 

About Ripl 
Ripl is a growing Pacific Northwest-based tech startup pursuing the ambitious goal of providing the best digital marketing tool for small businesses of every kind around the world. Ripl helps its customers create beautiful branded content that stands out where it matters most.