Position: Senior Web Designer
Company: Make it in Ukraine
Category: Design
Experience required: 5y
English level: pre
Published: 2022-05-01T00:00:00+03:00

We are looking for an experienced Web Designer with a passion for building functional and beautiful web user journeys. You will lead on all things design for a corporate website redevelopment project. 

We are launching a web development agency with a specific focus on providing non-tech-company SMEs and corporate businesses an alternative to slow, chunky, insecure, unmaintainable Wordpress monolith websites. The first client has been secured and this project will be used as a proof-of-concept and portfolio work. Your role will be to execute the design of the first project and establish the standards and workflow for design of future projects. The plan is to extend this contract if the first project is successful.

Location: Remote
Duration: 1 month full-time contract + potential to extend
Salary: Negotiable
Start Date: ASAP

What you will do:

-Lead the full project from the design side.
-Gather client requirements, review existing assets, understand website goals etc to define the deliverables for the project. (week 1)
-Collaborate with our tech team to establish best processes for hand-off, review, iteration - focused on developer-designer collaboration  (week 1)
-Create UI mockups, low-fidelity website architecture, brand identity (week 2)
-Execute on full design of the website delivered in Figma (week 3-4)
-If needed, collaborate with other agencies/contractors on branding, logo, advanced graphic design  (week 4)
-Ensure an effective handoff process to our developers. (week 5)

Must haves:
-5+ years of experience with web design specifically. Key skills we are looking for: Responsive page design, great visuals, page structures and hierarchy, graphic elements, understanding of UI/UX best practices.
-Experience working at agencies, understanding of the client-agency relationship and workflow.

Passion for design systems and component-first web design.
Ukrainian national - this project intends to attract and help refugees and any other Ukrainians (all of us) impacted by the war. 

Nice to have:

Good English (We are a Ukrainian-speaking team, but you will need a good level of English as the company will be targeting the UK and USA markets, building digital products in English).

Who you are:

You love designing for the web - slick interfaces, beautiful front-end designs, “aha”-worthy user experiences. You are an expert in the latest design trends, hold your work to the highest standards and are opinionated about what is a “good design”.
You take pride in your work - detail is everything to you and the designs you create reflect that.
You have a strong design vision and want to lead - while the initial project is a simple, small-scale corporate website, we are looking to grow rapidly beyond that and have a number of projects in the pipeline if things work out. We will be looking to you to lead on design, hire other designers, find agencies to work with and generally be our Head of Design.
Application Process
There will not be a long process to apply. Just send us a short message about who you are and a portfolio of your previous work.
If we think there is a fit, we’ll reply within a week, have one or two friendly conversations and get to work.