UI/UX Design and Graphic Designer
We are seeking a proactive individual to join Spokin as a Designer including UI/UX for our mobile app and overall Graphic design. As part of our team, the ideal candidate is an organized, process-driven self-starter who is eager to roll up their sleeves and learn while doing so with the goal of supporting multiple facets of Spokin’s team.
We are looking for someone resourceful, organized, and detail-oriented who is excited to work at a fast-paced startup and brings creative ideas, as well as strong communication, relationship management, writing, and image selection skills, to the role. This role includes overall visual design including designing new features for our mobile app, working with our technology team to document and communicate how the new features work as well as checking the development, to ensure it matches the designs as well as any consumer facing designs including social media, content and our website.
As an integral member of a small fast-paced start-up team, we look forward to your contributions and can’t wait for you to jump in. This role reports to the CEO.
WHO WE ARE
Our mission is to make life easier for people who manage food allergies, celiac, and other specialized diets by connecting this large consumer group to safe resources including food, restaurants, bakeries, travel, recipes, and more.
Managing a specialized diet requires daily attention and a tremendous amount of time—with Spokin, we help the community find more and search less with our free iOS app, our content, and our community.
Since launching in May 2016, we have become the largest and fastest-growing food allergy platform with over 65k user reviews across 80 countries.
We have a partner program called Spokin Verified that helps companies including some of the fastest-growing food brands such as Oatly, JUST Egg, Sweet Loren’s and Partake market directly to this distinctively loyal consumer. We have also recently partnered with several Health + Wellness partners including Stanford University and are in the process of launching Verified Partner programs in the restaurant and meal delivery industries.
Spokin was founded by Susie Hultquist, a food allergy mom with over two decades of experience as an investor in consumer platforms and a dream to create a tool that her now teenage daughter could use on her own to find safe donuts and to ultimately travel safely around the world. Susie was named one of Crain’s 2020 Notable Entrepreneurs and both appeared on and secured a deal on Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch. To learn more visit spokin.com.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Collaborate with the Founder and CEO on her vision to represent Spokin using visual design in a positive, optimistic, and aspirational manner.
- Own design across all platforms including our mobile app, website, email, social media, and general design needs.
- Research and design new Spokin App features and enhancements with a focus on user interface and user experience.
- Create and oversee wireframing, customer journey mapping, product management, UX writing, and documentation.
- Assist the technology team on new app features and overall product ownership and management from design to launch.
- Create and assist on other design needs including email or social media campaigns to market new app features and functionality, partnership campaigns, marketing proposals, and presentation decks.
- Create assets for social media platforms including image selection, graphic designs, animated GIFs/videos, and photo retouching.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE/REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or a related field
- Great eye for image selection including food, travel, and overall design trends. We aim to share aspirational and high-styled imagery and food photos that are “insta-worthy”
- Efficiency in design programs: Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, Lightroom, and Illustrator, SquareSpace, or other website platforms.
- Bonus programs: knowledge of and experience with Sketch, After Effects/Motion Graphics skills, HTML, MyEmma (email campaign software), Zeplin, and GitHub
- Willingness to take initiative + ability to prioritize workload.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Ability to learn quickly and adapt to a fast-paced, cross-functional, and continuously changing environment.
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
- Positive attitude under pressure with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Problem solver, willing to work independently and cross-functionally as needed to reach strategic objectives of the company.
YOU ARE A:
Kind, curious, driven, and humble go-getter who possesses the highest level of work ethic and is a fast learner with a passion for social media, community building, and spreading the word about exciting new allergy-friendly products and brands. You are team-oriented and collaborative with an all-hands-on-deck mentality. The ability to prioritize and multitask to the max in a scrappy, entrepreneurial environment is a must. You love and appreciate food and travel and be aware of tastemakers, influencers, and trends. Having or relating to food allergies, celiac, or a specialized diet is a bonus but not required.
Spokin is deeply committed to diversity among our staff. Spokin is an equal opportunity employer and it is our policy to recruit, hire, train, promote and administer any and all personnel actions without regard to sex, race, age, color, creed, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, ethnic identity or physical disability, or any other legally protected basis.
TO APPLY:
Please send resume to Susie@spokin.com and write Spokin Designer Job in the subject line.