Experience Designer

Autonomy Co-op is seeking a part-time Experience Designer (15-20 hours) to join our team. This position will be responsible for prototyping and designing online and offline experiences in a variety of mediums, from digital to real-world to virtual. Our ideal candidate delivers high-quality consumer-focused experiences that effectively balance strategy, design, and technology.

This is a fully remote position and will remain so after the pandemic.

Autonomy Co-op is a creative agency with offices in Portland, OR, and Washington, DC. Our team of strategists, designers, engineers, and makers build everything from connected events to mobile apps, websites to videos, and extended reality to multimedia content.

Responsibilities Include:

• Understanding the motivations and goals of end-users through research and interaction.
• Framing and distilling problems into clear areas of exploration.
• Participating in and facilitating brainstorming exercises.
• Prototyping and exploring how ideas best work with an interdisciplinary team.
• Creating tests for our ideas and prototypes using online tools to judge efficacy.
• Work with developers and other technologists to help translate the vision of ideas into working systems.
• Improving existing experiences through testing, analysis, and prototyping.

Requirements Include:

• A minimum of two year’s experience creating digital prototypes using tools like Sketch, XD, Principle, or other modern tools.
• A “systems thinking” mindset, including the ability to make sense of complex information, user interaction flows, and system architecture.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Experience with Javascript, HTML, and CSS a plus.
• Experience with Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Premiere a plus.
• Experience with creative coding tools (Max/MSP, Processing/P5.js, Vuo, TouchDesigner, etc.) a plus.

Job Types: Part-time, Contract

Pay: $45.00 – $65.00 per hour

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
This is a fully remote position and will remain so after the pandemic.

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Preferred)

Experience:

• UI: 2 years (Preferred)
• UX: 2 years (Required)

Contract Renewal:

• Likely

Work Location:

• One location

Hours per week:

• 10-19
• 20-29

Typical start time:

• 9AM

Typical end time:

• 5PM

This Job Is Ideal for Someone Who Is:

• Achievement-oriented — enjoys taking on challenges, even if they might fail
• Autonomous/Independent — enjoys working with little direction
• Innovative — prefers working in unconventional ways or on tasks that require creativity

Company’s website:

• https://autonomy.coop/

Work Remotely:

• Yes

COVID-19 Precaution(s):

• Remote interview process
• Virtual meetings