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Yes Energy is hiring: Lead UI/UX Product Designer in Glendora

Yes Energy, Glendora, CA, US, 91741

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Job Description

Job Description

Join the Market Leader in Electric Power Trading Solutions

The electrical grid is the largest and most complicated machine ever built. Yes Energy’s industry-leading electric power trading analytics software provides real-time visibility into the massive amount of data generated by the North American electrical grid every day. Our unique and innovative view of the data informs real-time trading decisions and mid-to long-term investment decisions that keep utility prices low, support the energy transition, and keep the grid up and running. It’s both challenging work and work with a purpose.


Be a part of our successful, growing business during international transformation.


Position Summary

As the first Product UX/UI Designer, you will be crucial in shaping our products' user experience and visual design. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and stakeholders, to design intuitive, user-centered solutions that align with business goals and create cohesive products. This is a unique opportunity to establish design best practices, create a scalable design system, and influence the overall design culture within the company.


Position Details:

  • Salary Range: $110,000 - $140,000 Annually

  • Location: Boulder, CO (preferred); Boston, MA; Chicago, IL or Richmond, VA

  • Full-time

  • Hybrid

  • Reporting to: Director of Product Operations

Primary Responsibilities

  • Lead the end-to-end UX/UI design process for new and existing products, from research and wireframing to final UI design and usability testing.

  • Conduct user research, including interviews, surveys, and usability testing, to understand user needs and pain points.

  • Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs using tools like Figma.

  • Collaborate with product managers and engineers to ensure a seamless and efficient implementation of design solutions.

  • To ensure consistency, develop and maintain a design system that is easily reusable across all products.

  • Advocate for user-centered design principles and establish best practices for UX/UI within the company.

  • Stay up-to-date with design trends and best practices to continuously improve the user experience.

  • Analyze product metrics and user feedback to iterate and improve the design based on data-driven insights.


Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in design or related field

  • A minimum of four years of experience in UX/UI design, focusing on B2B SaaS products with high data visualization.

  • Proficiency in Figma or similar design tools.

  • Strong ability to conduct and apply user research findings to design decisions.

  • Experience creating wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI designs.

  • Ability to work closely with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders.

  • Experience creating and managing a design system.

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a user-first mindset.

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills to articulate design decisions.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Coding experience (e.g., HTML, CSS) to enhance designs or translate designs into functional prototypes

  • Energy Market knowledge

  • Positive and self-driven attitude with the ability to participate in a collaborative environment.

  • The ability to work autonomously and help drive a design from concept to delivery



About Yes Energy

Overview

Yes Energy delivers real-time market data and electric power trading decision solutions. Over 1,000 market participants use Yes Energy solutions daily. The business is a leader in all aspects of information content collection and management and in developing and delivering data and market analytics solutions. Since its inception in 2008, Yes Energy has become a trusted and respected supplier of innovative and reliable solutions focused on the needs of power market analysts, traders, and trade managers. Yes Energy has amazing professionals in Boulder, CO (HQ); Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Richmond, VA; Auckland, New Zealand, London, United Kingdom; and Bucharest, Romania.


Culture

At Yes Energy, we care about saying “Yes” to customers. We like to listen, learn, and develop our solutions according to their needs. We think of customers as business partners, and when we help them become more successful … we become more successful.


Around the office, our culture is driven by some fundamental values that we’re proud of:

  • We love innovation and solving tough challenges.

  • We are “high standards people” who combine passion and pride with hard work and rewards of all kinds-- in a consistent ethic across the company.

  • We’re team-focused with a flat hierarchy. We work in small teams on well-defined projects directly impacting the business's success.

  • We play to each person's strengths and experience while each of us also works along a continuum of roles adjacent to our focus area. This presents the challenge of maintaining a broad set of skills and an opportunity to learn and contribute in many ways.

  • We are constantly growing. Professional development happens every day and every year.


Compensation and Benefits

We offer strongly competitive salaries and real bonuses that are achievable and that you can impact. Our benefits package is also very competitive and it includes medical insurance, 401K Plan with matching, flexible vacation and flexible work schedules. Investment in both formal and informal professional development is encouraged and funded by Yes Energy.

In accordance with Colorado law, the range provided is Yes Energy’s reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may be higher or lower, based on non-discriminatory factors such as location, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities.


At Yes Energy we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.


Yes Energy provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Yes Energy complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.