Visual & UX Designer

Full-time Role in NYC at a New Nonprofit Media Startup

We are a new nonprofit journalism startup seeking to explore how technology moves through the world, with a particular focus on the impact of tech outside the Western bubble. Through compelling storytelling and innovative user design, our digital publication will focus on the space where tech, culture, and human experience collide. To build out our vision, we are seeking a curious and creative visual and user-experience designer.

As a designer, you will have the opportunity to work on the earliest iteration of our digital presence, from newsletters and editorial interfaces to the website and off-platform avenues that will reach our readers around the world.

We’re building a rich journalism experience online, with a strong foundation based on exceptional performance, elevating functionality over form, and accessibility for a diverse global audience. You will help elevate our storytelling and establish a visual creative direction that inspires and engages our readers. As we grow, there will be an opportunity to grow with us and shape products within our core journalism offerings and beyond.

This role is based in New York.

Responsibilities

In this role you will:

• Establish the look and feel for all key interfaces; including websites, mobile devices, and across established and emerging platforms
• Generate clear ideas, concepts and designs of creative assets from beginning to end
• Bring the perspective and practical approaches of interaction design and information architecture
• Join a small collaborative team that spans engineering, design, product, and editorial
• Work at the earliest stages of a new journalism initiative and be one of our earliest hires

Qualifications

To succeed you will have:

• A demonstrated understanding of design, usability, user testing, and research
• Familiarity with template and page layouts as well as interaction methodology
• An affinity for layout, color, typography, and a keen eye for subtle details
• Ability to work across our growing organization to define user needs and develop high-level requirements
• Experience in design iteration - from sketches and mocks to partnering with developers directly in browser
• Attention to detail in vetting out designs in-browser, across devices, and for cross-platform functionality
• The ability to refine ideas and come up with new ones to create a highly designed visual experience
• Ability to communicate ideas and reasoning to non-technical and non-creative audiences
• Excellent communication, documentation, and commenting skills
• Curiosity about international affairs and/or the use of technology abroad a plus
• A strong work ethic, comfort with and an ability to be effective in fast-changing startup conditions, a motivated self-starter

We highly recommend you include links to a portfolio of graphic and digital design work.

Not sure you have the exact experience or background? You should apply if working in web development and journalism appeals to you. We value technical aptitude, design sensibility, and multiple points of view, and especially encourage members of underrepresented communities to apply.

To apply you can:

Read over the description one more time and ask if this is a role and organization that appeals to you and your career path, and then by email provide:

1. Your name and the text "Visual & UX Designer" as the Subject
2. A few lines of an informal introduction (not a cover letter)
3. Send it to Michael Donohoe (donohoe@gmail.com)

If you have concerns that your resume may not adequately reflect your experience and background, or there is additional context that can't be captured in a resume format; we welcome longer explanations in the email.

NYC AREA CANDIDATES ONLY

NO RECRUITERS PLEASE