UX/UI Designer

Reports To

Director, User Experience and Industrial Design

What You Will Be Doing

We are looking for an energetic and detail oriented UX / UI designer who loves human centered design and excels at Visual Design to help us refine our design systems while creating intuitive and engaging interfaces for our users.  

You will be part of the product design team that is responsible for the charging station management software solutions and mobile applications used by both enterprise and consumer type users. In this role you will work together with product managers, user researchers, UX designers, developers, and customers to shape the direction and product requirements for the systems and solutions that the product team will be working on.

You will work with colleagues in our offices across the globe, from Campbell, CA., to Radstadt, Austria, extending to our development teams in Gurgaon, India. These colleagues will help you craft product solutions that touch multiple platforms like our driver mobile apps, automotive in-dash experiences, and physical interactions with EV charging stations.

What You Will Bring to ChargePoint

• Utilize user research to develop and iterate on informational structures (mental models, user stories, flows, sitemaps, etc.) for existing and future products.
• Create UI Visual Designs building on our Design System and review, discuss, and update the components with the team of designer and developers as new use cases arise. Contribute to the expansion, maintenance, and implementation of our design systems. Work with designers and developers to socialize and document changes.
• Present design solutions to team members with diverse backgrounds in an effective and persuasive manner,  present and persuasively convey design solutions to team members with diverse backgrounds.
• Collaborate with developers (front end, back end, data science) to ensure implementations match design documentation
• Initiate, plan for, and assist with user research (both qualitative and quantitative) and analyze the outcomes with team members and relevant stakeholders.
• Contribute, along with other designers, to the longer-term strategy of UX within the organization.

Requirements

• 4+ years of work experience in UX / UI Design and or Visual Design, (in-house, agency, or contract).
• Bachelor’s degree in Design is preferred, but not required (e.g, Interaction, Graphic, Product, User Experience, Architecture, Industrial)
• A creative mindset and excellent problem-solving skills; inclusive and collaborative work style.
• Up to date knowledge of web-based interfaces and both iOS and Android mobile App technologies.
• Experience working in agile environments using task tracking tools like Jira and Confluence.
• Well versed using design tools such as Adobe Create Suite and Figma to communicate design intent through clickable prototypes and high-fidelity mockups.
• Basic understanding of the design considerations for Accessibility and familiarity with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)  
• A web or digital portfolio that reflects your role, responsibilities, and capabilities from previous work experiences.
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills.
• Proactive and detail oriented. You don’t think in problems but in solutions.

Location

Radstadt, Austria
Munich, Germany
Reading, UK