We are looking for an ambitious and driven UX designer who is passionate about creating engaging, consistent and memorable experiences. Hotjar is a rapidly growing startup that is giving thousands of website owners the tools needed to discover how their visitors are really using their website. In this role you will be iteratively improving the Hotjar user experience and helping us shape the product and company whilst growing with us.
This is an excellent remote career opportunity to join a fast growing startup in a key position and make a difference in the UX community and industry.
As a UX designer you will be responsible for:
- Creating thoughtful and appropriate solutions to design challenges of all sizes while collaborating with a team which includes both developers and product people.
- Assessing and developing new ideas and concepts by performing user research as well as testing prototypes directly with Hotjar users.
- Independently setting up user testing sessions with Hotjar users to evaluate existing design solutions and propose ideas and improvements.
- Create wireframes, storyboards, user flows and process flows to support the design process.
- Producing visual mockups of researched solutions that the team can build within the Hotjar interface
Requirements
- A minimum of 3 years experience designing usable interfaces for both desktop and mobile applications.
- Demonstrated ability and comfort creating deliverables in all phases of the design process.
- Ability to prototype mockups quickly and iterate as many times as needed.
- Practical experience in front-end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
- Strong communication skills – both written and spoken.
- A portfolio featuring relevant work examples.
- Confident in your work without becoming too attached to your designs when constructive team and user feedback is put forward.
- Be able to work in a small, startup-style, agile and fast-paced team.
- Assets: Experience using Sketch, Advanced HTML / CSS / JS development, experience working embedded in a team of developers, experience working remotely.
Extra tags: design, ux, user experience, interface design
