UI Designer

Kevala is looking for a UI Designer to join our growing team. This individual will bring their design skills to a company with goals to make important, positive changes in support of renewable energy. If you are seeking an opportunity to apply your skills to various situations, design problems, and participate in defining both the foundations of products and the company's design team then we encourage you to apply.

Design at Kevala works collaboratively with all teams to facilitate ideation and provide user research, UX strategy, and UX/UI design to deliver design solutions appropriate to goals, always with a focus on the user. Design makes use of systems and patterns to deliver efficiently and consistently for both the Solutions Platform and a multi-SaaS product offer

What you will be doing

• • Create UI/UX for our SaaS software products and customer solutions platform
  • Create storyboards and prototypes to conceptualize designs and convey project plans to end users, customers, and stakeholders
  • Provide detailed specs of interactions, layouts, components, and styles to developers
  • Provide solutions based on user needs, customer feedback, business goals within technology constraints
  • Use testing and other data to validate and inform iteration in your work 
  • Create visual styles for data visualizations including map/GIS data
  • Inform your work with knowledge of the competitive landscape and best practices
  • Bring knowledge of and recommendations on UI technologies and techniques to the team 
  • Translate your design skills to other contexts in support of team responsibilities when needed such as web design, marketing materials, and branding

What you need to succeed

• • 5+ years of demonstrated experience in creating and implementing UI design for responsive web tools and services 
  • Proficient with visual design programs such as Sketch, Adobe CS Suite, and at least one interactive prototyping tool
  • Experience creating storyboards and interactive prototypes to support ideation, testing, and decision making
  • Advanced problem-solving skills and the ability to optimize solutions within constraints
  • Ability to prioritize and manage multiple milestones and projects efficiently
  • Ongoing continued education around, and research into UI trends, current design techniques, and technology
  • Appropriate knowledge of front-end coding technology and an ability to, or collaborate with software developers to, translate your designs to HTML, CSS, and other languages

What will make you stand out

• • Experience or strong interest in data visualization and/or UIs for data analytics.
  • Experience in creating modular UIs and design systems
  • Interest or experience in the energy industry
  • Experience designing for SaaS products
  • Ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment 
  • Professional written and interpersonal skills

Location

We are headquartered in San Francisco, but we embrace the virtual office and are continuing to grow our team across the United States. 

Salary Range

$90,000-$155,000 (depending on location and experience)

Benefits

As a Kevalier, you will have access to offer a wide range of benefits including equity, affordable health coverage (medical, dental, vision), unlimited time off, physical wellness allowance, and professional development. 

Who we are 

Our team is passionate about decarbonizing the electric grid. We are focused on solving the challenges facing energy market participants interacting with the evolving electricity grid. America’s aging electric system is facing rapid transformation from changing technology and proliferation of distributed energy resources. Kevala is providing data and analysis to accelerate smart investment in a world served by a more robust, environmentally sustainable, effective, and safe grid. The principle of creating a better future by mapping our mutual energy sources and systems is the foundation for everything we do. 

We are an equal opportunity employer that believes a diverse team will not just lead to a better working environment but will also help us create better products and services.