UX Designer II

We want to support an economy that removes more CO2 from the atmosphere than it emits.
Carbon Direct is fighting climate change by scaling carbon management into a global industry through technology, investment and client solutions. We are unique in our science-first approach to carbon management, and in our scale. We employ over 50 of the world’s leading carbon scientists, manage hundreds of millions of tonnes of CO2 emissions annually, and are trusted by leading companies like Microsoft, Shopify, and Alaska Airlines
Carbon Direct is a mission-driven company and we measure our success in tonnes of carbon managed. Our firm is making a difference today. We help our clients—many of the world’s largest companies—make rapid transitions towards carbon-free operations with top scientists, unequaled datasets, and proprietary insights. Through Carbon Direct Capital Management, we are also making growth equity investments in leading climate solutions technologies. Both the climate and carbon markets are at a critical inflection point. This is a career defining opportunity and we are looking for motivated individuals to join us.  We operate in a fast-paced environment, rapidly innovating to meet rising demand for carbon management solutions in the race to net zero. Our team is open-minded, supportive, diverse, and inclusive. We value sustainability, wellbeing, and a healthy work-life balance.
Role
We are looking for a passionate, entrepreneurial and creative professional to be a founding member of our UX Design team. If you are looking for an opportunity to apply your design expertise and lead innovation in the fight against climate change, then this is the job for you.
As one of the first designers on our team, you will leverage your extensive experience to ideate, design, and implement our UX from the ground up. You will help us build new products and bring innovative carbon management solutions to market. As a leading architect of Carbon Direct’s design expression, you will play a key role in shaping strategy, developing our brand, and driving business outcomes. You should be capable of working independently and thrive as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
Your mastery of applying user-centric design practices to software platforms is critical, as well as your ability to lead design initiatives start to finish. You should have experience conducting user research to enhance solutions and be able to articulate advanced design concepts in interdisciplinary environments. You should also be passionate about establishing strong design culture.

Responsibilities

• Design great products and user experiences
• You have a design portfolio that demonstrates experience applying design theory, best practices, and various techniques to deliver software platforms and/or products.
• You have experience independently conducting user research and gathering useful data to improve user-centric design outcomes.
• You take holistic ownership of the design process from strategy to screen. You are able to ideate, design, and implement high-quality solutions.
• You are familiar with modern design tools and efficiently use them to create assets, user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and mockups.
• You regularly make and deploy superficial changes to frontend applications (e.g., copy, styling, layout adjustments).


• Support product development
• You have a user-first mindset, and constantly advocate for design-thinking that ensures the products we build solve real problems for real users.
• You take pragmatic decisions balancing between business outcomes, product wins, technical constraints, and design excellence.
• You primarily contribute to the team by owning the design process. But, you are not shy about working outside of your discipline to help the team succeed.


• Help us shape our design processes, guidelines and culture
• You have experience shaping design strategy and integrating design processes into a multidisciplinary team.
• You have led initiatives to maximize design output and productivity. You are able to help the business select design tools to improve efficiency.
• You invest in others, proactively sharing knowledge to help colleagues grow and participating in recruitment efforts to shape the team.
• You identify big-picture design challenges and coordinate solutions, empowering others to contribute and improve outcomes.


• Be a team player
• You are capable of effectively collaborating with colleagues from diverse professional backgrounds (e.g., science, tech, product, marketing, ...).
• You have a point of view but remain open-minded. You welcome diverse perspectives, and encourage others to generate and explore new ideas.
• You learn forever and nurture those around you. You role-model by inviting and freely giving well-intentioned, constructive feedback.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in UX design.
• You have mastery of design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma).
• You have extensive experience with web development languages (e.g., HTML, CSS).
• You can articulate advanced product design concepts and principles to non-experts.
• You can autonomously conduct user research and produce high-quality, relevant data.
• You are an excellent communicator and cross-functional team builder.
• You build strong relationships while working with a global team.
• You thrive in a fast-paced, outcome-oriented professional environment.
• Passion for addressing climate change is critical.
• Experience building new products and platforms is a strong plus.
• Experience working in the climate technology space is a strong plus.
• Ability to flexibly commute to our Seattle office.

Equal Opportunity EmployerWe adhere rigorously to our equal employment opportunity policies in connection with all employment decisions, including hiring, compensation and promotion.
Carbon Direct is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. Diverse perspectives and experience enhance the way Carbon Direct selects and approaches the climate crisis, as well as the creativity and applicability of Carbon Direct's advisory and investment work.