Sr. UX Designer

In-office locations: Santa Monica, CA, USA and Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Remote location(s): United States.

As a certified B Corp, our mission is truly woven into the fabric of what we do. As you grow professionally, you are doing good for the planet by helping us to transform the way consumers access clean energy and accelerate the world’s transition to a net-zero carbon future. 

The Inspire Design Team is dedicated to making access to affordable clean energy available to everyone. We are finding solutions to large-scale challenges that will forever change the way people think about their home, their energy and their carbon footprint. We solve complex problems in a challenging space while remaining focused on our mission at hand and helping empower our users through education and access. 

As Senior UX Designer, you will be focused on understanding our business needs and building unique and scalable experiences for the internal tools that fuel our business. You will work with other product designers, product managers and other stakeholders along the way and deliver a consistent experience across multiple features and systems.

How you’ll help: 

• Leadership: Lead and grow better experiences for our business in partnership with product managers, provide design direction, and push the quality of the design work. 
• Communication: Build relationships with cross functional team members and executives and effectively speak to process, design goals and team goals.
• Execution: Influence product strategy and lead the team in executing design work with a high level of polish, and understand how to solve a range of product challenges across multiple applications.
• Cross-functional: You bring consistency and best practices in all facets of your role through design principles, process, team norms and communication.

Some Year 1 Deliverables:

• Define and execute UX strategy  for developing efficient and effective tools that our team will leverage to acquire and  support our customers.  
• Align UX Research and Marketing Research findings for shared user understanding & strategy.
• Audit of current tools for usability enhancement opportunities and development of a roadmap of improvements in partnership with Product
• Establish UX design system elements for more efficient standards

Here’s what you’ll bring to the table:

Non-negotiables:

• 5-8 years of experience as a product/UX designer building business or SaaS products.
• You are a user experience specialist who can drive the process end-to-end and deliver a polished, engineering-ready experience
• You have experience working with—and maintaining/evolving—design systems
• Strong case studies showcasing your end-to-end process from problem definition to final solution and impact on users and the business

 Nice-to-have:

• Experience With UX research
• Comfort conducting alignment workshops
• Previous experience in the climate or energy sector.

Our Work Model:

Being bi-coastal, we have mastered the art of working collaboratively across different time zones and regions. Working from the comforts of our own homes, we don't mind the surprise cameos from children and pets. With our Open Workplace model, we encourage our teams to come together and take advantage of our collaborative work spaces in both Santa Monica, CA and Philadelphia, PA. We often host office events and celebrations that you won't want to miss!

Here’s what we offer:

Health & Wellness:

• Medical/Dental/Vision coverage starts from day one
• Summer Fridays and Wellness days
• Mental Health Benefits (Headspace, Ginger)
• Company Paid Parental Leave

Life at Inspire:

• Flexible Time Off
• 401(K) up to 4% Matching 
• Employee Resource Groups
• Treks through GivePower and the opportunity to participate in service trip
• Training, development, and growth opportunities for all employees

Perks:

• Work from Home
• Semi Annual Performance Bonuses
• B Corporation Discounts
• Open Office Floor Plan 
• Dog-friendly workplace
• Fun Company Events

More About Who We Are:

Inspire is a clean energy technology company on a mission to transform the way consumers access clean energy and to accelerate the world’s transition to a net-zero carbon future.

We provide our customers with access to renewable energy from wind, solar, and hydro powered sources without service interruptions or costly installations at a flat, predictable monthly rate. On average, one year of being an Inspire member can help avoid 9,639 pounds of carbon emissions - that is 7x more impactful than one year of recycling!

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