We are looking for a UX/UI Designer to join the team on a part-time, temporary basis while our lead designer is out on maternity leave. This person will support the successful launch of ready-made design features across the YI ecosystem, including our native apps and web experiences, in addition to supporting our team in new designs and UX/UI improvements as needed. We are looking for someone who is passionate about beautiful design and intuitive user experience, understands designing for target demographics, and can keep the user journey top of mind. Our UX/UI Design tools include low fidelity UX, high fidelity UI, visual design, and prototyping. In addition, UX/UI Designers contribute to research, testing, and QA.
Our platform is a streaming video platform focused on yoga. Our library of over 3,000 videos includes yoga practices, meditations, courses, challenges, and docuseries. The UX/UI designer will continuously advocate for our members and will strive to create simple, intuitive, engaging, and enjoyable experiences.
At Yoga International, soft skills are key to success. We seek candidates with strong interpersonal abilities – effective communication, teamwork, prioritization, and problem-solving – who can adapt to change, manage conflicts with empathy, and collaborate well with diverse teams. While technical skills matter, we highly value those who build positive relationships, contribute to a supportive culture, and approach challenges with a solution-oriented mindset. If this sounds like you, you’ll thrive in our dynamic environment.
Responsibilities
- Support engineers with ready-made designs with any layout, color, and formatting fixes to match existing acceptance criteria for successful launch of new features/designs.
- Create visual designs for the YI product interfaces including the website, iOS, Android, and TV apps.
- When applicable, generate UX and design documentation including comps, user flows, prototypes, annotations, and specs.
- Design beautiful brand and GUI components including icons, buttons, forms, and layouts.
- Participate in feature testing through quantitative and qualitative analysis.
- Provide feedback and collaborate with engineers and stakeholders.
- Work with developers and QA to ensure flawless execution of the visual design.
- Create new features and iterate on existing features to create a better experience for members.
- Manage your time and stories in an efficient and organized manner.
Qualifications
- 3+ years of UX/UI or interaction design experience.
- Expert in Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, and/or any other industry-standard design tools.
- Design expertise including photo editing, typography, vector manipulation, icon creation, layout, etc.
- Familiarity with web languages including HTML, CSS, SASS, and JS.
- Thorough understanding of responsive and grid-based design.
- Experience in mobile design and an understanding of iOS and Android guidelines.
- Experience with prototyping tools and motion design tools including After Effects, Framer, Axure, or similar.
- Experience with user-centered design research and testing methodologies including usability testing, A/B testing, surveys, quantitative analysis, and qualitative analysis.
- Understanding of the Agile/Kanban development process.
- Some yoga experience/interest is a prerequisite to applying.
- Bonus if learning experience design is also a skill.
- US citizenship or US residency with an existing work permit is required.
- Must be available to work on our campus in Louisville, CO. This is not a remote role.
Requirements:
- Part-time work about 20 hours/week.
- Come to some daily stand-ups and be integrated into our Slack channel.
Compensation
- Type: Hourly
- Range: $35 - $45 (USD)