User Experience (UX) Designer

Do well by doing good.

Do you wake up in the morning excited to go to work? Do you want to engage in a mission that fundamentally betters our world? Do you want to work alongside an amazing team of smart, driven, upbeat colleagues with unique backgrounds and interests? EnergySage might be the place for you.

EnergySage is the leading online marketplace for solar and other clean energy technologies. We strive to make the experience of going solar as easy as booking a flight online. We are looking for passionate, collaborative, authentic individuals to join our team in making renewable energy options more accessible to consumers. We are the most-visited energy website in the U.S.-- last year 10 million people used our tools. What can you help us achieve?

User Experience

In order to make the shopping and selling experience as delightful as possible, we are seeking a UX Designer to join our growing team and company.

The ideal candidate will play a key role in designing the user experience of our marketplace, as we take on new challenges, update existing flows, and expand into new markets. We are a consumer first company, so user-centered design and user empathy are a must. We are looking for a UX evangelist who brings a positive, collaborative, and energetic attitude to work every day.

What you’ll do:

• Design beautiful, delightful, and usable user experiences for our marketplace, where millions of users come to shop and learn about solar and other clean energy products and services
• Collaborate with other members of the design team on design and research
• Work through the end-to-end design thinking lifecycle from ideation and discovery to research and design.
• Create user flows, sketches, wireframes, user personas, journey maps, affinity maps, service blueprints and other UX artifacts as needed
• Conduct and lead qualitative and quantitative research studies, like usability testing, surveys, card sorts, moderated discovery interview sessions with current and prospective customers, and more.
• Be apart of our collaborative, cross-functional organization; work side-by-side with our Product and Engineering teams

What we look for:

• 3+ years of experience in User Experience Design or other relevant experience
• Understanding of the end-to-end design thinking lifecycle, and ability to work through every step of it, from ideation and discovery to research and design.
• Experience in research, usability testing and other methods of design and concept validation and general UX improvement
• Proven track record of successfully executing UX design and research
• Mastery in at least one UX design tool (for example, Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD, InVision, Axure, Balsamiq)
• Learner, doer, and dreamer - You like to learn and grow, you are able to effectively complete work on time and remain focused throughout the work day and week, and you strive for best in class, innovative designs and solutions.

Bonus Points for:

• B2C / eCommerce / Comparative Shopping / Marketplace experience
• Tech startup experience
• Experience with Scrum/Agile product development and product management methodologies
• Experience using Figma and Miro

We are EnergySage.

As the leading online comparison-shopping marketplace for rooftop solar, energy storage, community solar, and financing, EnergySage is accelerating the adoption of clean energy by improving consumer access and affordability. Our user-friendly platform is built on the principle of consumer empowerment through unbiased information, transparency, and choice. As we grow and enter new markets, we seek team members who bring new perspectives, skills, and energy that will propel us to accomplish the challenging work we have ahead.

Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job- but we believe there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. So, however you identify and whatever background you bring, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day and help bring renewable energy to the broader market.

EnergySage is committed to building a workplace that welcomes and encourages diverse perspectives. We believe that the most successful teams actively and authentically engage individuals with varied experiences and skill sets.

EnergySage is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. Applicants from a broad range of backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Our Values

• Consumer First: Our top priority is to serve and empower consumers through transparency, equitable access to information, and personalized interactions.
• Better Together: We recognize that we gain and give more through collaboration, partnership, and diversity of experience and perspective. We respect one another and are inspired by what we learn and achieve together.
• Integrity: We take personal ownership and pride in doing the right thing. Our consistency, competence, and high standards earn the reputation of “trusted advisors” with all of our stakeholders.
• Substantive Impact: We are committed to effecting and sustaining positive environmental, social, and market transformations through creativity, innovation, and persistence.
• Iterative Excellence: Our intellectual curiosity and bias toward action drive us to continuously learn, evaluate, iterate, and improve.