UI/UX Product Designer Contract

About Us

Jupiter is the global market leader in analytics for resilience planning and enterprise climate risk management. We are led by pioneers in data, climate, and earth and ocean sciences, as well as technology, risk management, company building, and public policy. Our climate risk modeling solutions save lives and mitigate potentially catastrophic impacts inflicted by hurricanes, floods, heat waves, wildfires, drought, and other extreme weather events on homes, businesses, infrastructure, food and water supplies, and entire economies.

Jupiter is also committed to the world community. Through our Jupiter Promise initiative we provide services to under-resourced countries and communities to promote sound decision making while including the potential impacts of climate change. Employees are encouraged to provide their expertise to various programs under the Jupiter Promise initiative.

Jupiter is bringing diversity to prepare a diverse planet for our changing climate. Jupiter was founded on the principle that with the right approaches and the right team, we can prepare Earth’s economies to meet the challenges associated with climate change. The world is a diverse place; a diverse workforce in an inclusive environment is essential to meet our goals. We go forward together.

As UI/UX Product Designer at Jupiter you will design, prototype and create SaaS products, modules and features with intuitive simplicity. Our goal is to successfully deliver data-driven, user-friendly designs from concept to delivery in a fast-paced, collaborative, and fun environment. You will work closely within the Product team and collaborate extensively with Engineering, Science and Solution groups, as well as Sales and Marketing to give life to new product concepts and manage User Experience throughout the product life cycle.

What You Will Do:

• Conduct UX Research, creating designs (inclusive of A/B testing), supporting customer interviews, generating prototypes and develop recommendations for products and modules on the Jupiter roadmap
• Create high-fidelity product designs and requirement documentation that can be passed along to developers to build
• Participate in all development ceremonies and groups (as needed) to ensure that designs are built and tested as smoothly as seamlessly as possible
• Own and maintain a design system of reusable design components (including style guides, color palettes, iconography and design patterns) that ensure developers have guidance to create consistent user experiences. 
• Establish and communicate effective design processes through a strong understanding of User Interaction Design principles.
• Establish a deep understanding of customer pain points and business challenges with a cross-functional team of scientists, product managers and engineers.
• Create user-centered designs by considering feedback from constituents including interviewing and iterating with users
• Develop conceptual diagrams, wireframes, visual mockups and clickable prototypes.
• Design the visual style and simple interaction flows of applications and elegant experiences.
• Deliver storyboards, flowcharts, prototypes, and design specifications.
• Assist in prioritization of tasks and planning iterations.

Who You Are:

• A product visionary: You have the ability to think at a high level about product strategy and vision
• Fast paced: You thrive in an environment of fast feedback loops and a mindset of rapid prototyping and iteration.
• A storyteller: You have excellent communication and presentation skills
• An advocate for user insights and excellent copy: You understand and champion the roles of user research and copywriting.
• A process wonk: You have a knack for creating effective design processes.
• A maker / builder: You understand the technical limitations behind design and can effectively partner with your engineering and data counterparts.
• An innovator: You can think outside the box and bring fresh, creative and innovative solutions to the table.
• A leader: You inspire others to want to work with you and know how to harness the abilities of a great team.

What You Bring:

• 5+ years of relevant work experience in developing consumer-like experiences for business/enterprise users, especially in the financial services/data space.
• A stellar portfolio of relevant design work that clearly demonstrates expertise in data-heavy, business-to-business software offerings.
• BS/BA in Design, UI, UX, Visual Design, HCI or related degree.
• Strong proficiency with interactive design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Framer, etc. 
• Understanding of the capabilities and best practices relating to the use of front-end Web technologies including HTML, CSS, React and Material UI. 
• Experience with scripting languages such as JavaScript, CoffeeScript, etc. is a major plus. 
• Familiarity with agile development methods, particularly Scrum.

$65 - $75 an hour

Please submit your Cover Letter and Resume to us to see if there might be a great fit.

Jupiter Intelligence is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.

Please also note: Successful candidates must be authorized to work in the US