Product Designer UX/UI

The Company
- Top 15 coolest startups to work for in 2018 by Glassdoor
- Time Magazine’s Best Inventions for 2018 
- Fast Company's 2019 world-changing ideas 

Aira is an audio AR company that provides a remote pair of eyes on demand for people who are blind or have low vision to further their everyday experiences. At Aira, you have the opportunity to work with disruptive technology, meaningfully contribute to company growth, while also positively impacting the lives of others. 

Aira is seeking a Product Designer to join the amazing existing team. This position will fulfill your desire to give back and do something good. You’ll get to hear incredible stories of the lives we are impacting every day.

Description
As a Product Designer at Aira, you will be responsible for designing Aira Access product offerings for the Aira Access Network across the globe. The Aira Access offering enables businesses to provide immediate, complimentary Aira experiences to their blind, low vision and senior customers. 

The Aira Access product already has name brand customers such as Walgreens, Bank of America, Wegmans, the Smithsonian, and more than 50 airports around the country. You will drive our design methodologies and build great products that solve genuinely meaningful problems and create exciting new experiences for businesses. 

You’ll enjoy learning about and implementing the latest design principles. 

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop conceptual diagrams, wireframes, visual mockups, and prototypes.
  • Utilize your deep knowledge of experience design to optimize our UX for our customer success.
  • Design the UI architecture, interface, and interaction flow of application features.
  • Present design work to the product team, engineering team, executives and external partners for review and feedback.
  • Deliver end-to-end user experience solutions with a focus on customer needs and business objectives.
  • Build extraordinary user-centered designs through consideration of market research, business requirements, customer feedback, and usability study findings.
  • Translate business requirements into use cases and high-level customer experiences.
  • Utilize industry design standards and standard methodologies to define and implement design criteria, guidelines, and specs.
  • Collaborate effectively with engineering, product management, marketing, stakeholders, and other team members.

Required Skills / Qualifications
  • 4-5 years of experience in interaction design/UX, visual design/UI. Your work is rooted in user research and your understanding of how people think. 
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field. 
  • The confidence to speak your mind and the eloquence to do so effectively.
  • Knowledge of Web, iOS, and Android design standards.
  • An inclination toward learning and teaching.
  • Ability to work in a high performance, fast-paced team environment.
  • Ability to provide detailed specifications, mockups/prototypes, and style guides.
  • Proficiency in a variety of design tools including Sketch, Axure, and Invision.
  • Previous tech startup experience preferred.

Aira @ Work
  • An opportunity to make an impact on a mission-driven business.
  • A fun, dedicated, and hard-working team who are the magic behind our award-winning company.
  • Unlimited snacks, coffee, and drinks. Impromptu team lunches and happy hours are part of our culture. 
  • An open work environment located in La Jolla UTC. 
  • A super diverse workplace. 

Benefits and Compensation
  • Competitive salary and benefits with enticing equity.
  • Aira offers a great package which includes: competitive salary; top-tier medical plan, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; a 401(K) plan. 
  • We are strong believers of work-life balance. 

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