Principal Visual Designer
Gloo provides a personal growth platform that enables service providers, our “Champions,” to exchange better insights, resources, and technology to serve their people. Our company name reflects the trusted bond between people that serves as the foundation for growth, and everything we build strengthens that bond. We’re leveraging the same exponential tech that’s driving success in other industries and making it available through personal growth resources such as custom assessments, growth plans, and more. As one of Boulder’s most innovative and growing tech companies, Gloo needs more talented professionals who are driven to make a positive impact.
As the newest member of the UX team, you will collaborate with Visual Designers, UX Designers, Engineers, and Marketers to solidify the overall “look and feel” of our entire product suite, while honoring Gloo’s established brand identity. You can expertly weave together iconography, typography, color, space and texture into beautiful designs that support our users as they navigate our products. Your designs will inspire, engage and excite. You will be responsible for establishing and evolving our entire product Design System. Finally, you will mentor your fellow designers in creating innovative, great-looking products that people love to use.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Providing creative thought leadership, executional precision, mentorship and visual design governance to Gloo’s growing UX team.
- Managing, maintaining and improving our Design Systems, pattern libraries, UI Kits, implementation guides, and management utilities.
- Honoring Gloo’s brand identity throughout our products, in every feature that is designed, no matter how big or small.
- Defining patterns and establish UI design style guides to help maintain quality and consistency across all digital properties, while adhering to UX best practices.
- Contributing to a strong design culture by collaborating with members of multidisciplinary teams, advocating for users, sharing tools and best practices, and proposing ideas to fine tune our process.
- Designing beautiful product interfaces (iOS, Android, Web), including all the subtle details such as animations, that will create a strong, positive and emotional connection between customers and our brand.
What We're Looking For:
- BA/BS or MA/MS degree in Design, Fine Arts, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science or a related field
- Probably about 10 years of visual design experience where you have made a significant contribution to a suite of web and/or mobile products
- A passion for typography and layout, with a keen eye for color application.
- A portfolio that showcases both strong visual and interaction design work - direct experience in data visualization.
- Advanced expertise creating and evolving Design Systems, component libraries, design workflows
- Technical command of modern design and workflow software like Sketch, Proto.io, Principle, and Abstract
- A natural leader who enjoys mentoring others and inspiring the best in them
- Solid communication and presentation skills and ability to transfer ideas to a diverse audience and gracefully integrate feedback in an iterative manner – you don’t take feedback personally
- Confident humility; you know your stuff but enjoy brainstorming with others for the best outcome
The Perk/Benefits:
- Compensation and bonus commensurate with experience
- Plenty of time off to keep you balanced
- Medical with HSA contribution
- A dynamic, talented team, dedicated to changing the world and building an incredible business
- Beautiful office space in downtown Boulder on Pearl Street, steps from coffee shops and blocks from hiking trails
- Company Happy Hour Fridays
- Fresh fruit, snacks, coffee and sodas
Applications welcomed from those who are US Citizens or hold a Green Card.