Sched is a vibrant and expanding organization seeking an innovative UI/UX Designer to play a crucial role in our continued success. This pivotal position requires a proactive approach, combining your profound understanding of UI/UX principles, product management, and effective communication to guide projects from inception to launch. You will work cross-functionally, collaborate with internal stakeholders, and ensure that our products align seamlessly with the dynamic needs of existing and prospective customers within our target markets.

What You’ll Do

Your role is responsible, but not limited to, the following:

Partner with internal departments to interpret, assess, and prioritize the evolving needs of current and future customers and the events industry as a whole. Translate insights into high-quality visuals and features that captivate, engage, and inspire.
Create comprehensive UI mockups, prototypes, and wireframes that vividly communicate design concepts and user journeys.
Champion the development of new projects, collaborate closely with diverse internal teams to ideate, strategize, and execute initiatives that enhance user interface (UI) and user experience (UX).
Facilitate projects from initiation through development and successful launch, maintaining transparent and impactful communication with staff, stakeholders, and customers throughout the project lifecycle.
Conduct product testing for newly developed projects, guaranteeing that the final product aligns flawlessly with design intent and user expectations.
Conduct user-centered research and comprehensive studies to validate and inform design decisions, soliciting input from internal and external product forum participants.

Are you the right fit?

After reviewing the outlined responsibilities, do you have confidence in your experience within each area? Are you confident in your ability to thrive in a scaling SaaS environment that is globally distributed?

If so, you might just be the perfect fit for our team.

Qualifications

5+ years combined of experience in UI/UX design and product management, backed by a demonstrated ability to define product requirements within user stories, bugs, and enhancements, supported by requirement criteria, design, and mockups.
Excellent proficiency in developing UI mockups, prototypes, and wireframes using industry-standard design tools.
Proficiency in Figma Design and Prototypes.
Strong analytical skills, enabling the translation of user feedback and research findings into design choices.
Strong collaboration skills with both engineering and marketing teams, leading to successful software application development from conception to completion.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with an aptitude for conveying complex ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Self-driven and adaptable, with a successful history of excelling in remote work environments.
Exceptional organizational and time management skills, enabling the effective management of multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
Rapid learner who remains current with industry trends and emerging technologies. Solid understanding of SaaS products, HTML/CSS, Front-End highly preferred.

What We Are Offering

We are a 100% remote, distributed and global team! We regularly get together throughout the year for team meetings in incredible places like Morocco, Japan, Cambodia, and Colombia, all covered by Sched. Part-work, part vacation, we call them #schedcations.

Global Opportunities: Welcoming candidates from both the United States and international locations with qualified work authorization.
Rewarding Growth: Unlock the potential for career advancement, bonuses, and more in this role.
Paid Time Off: Enjoy the benefits of paid time off to recharge and relax.
Collaborative Remote Work: Thrive in a remote work environment that fosters collaboration and offers a supportive atmosphere.
Compensation: Mid-Level or Senior Level range $95,000-$150,000

What We Do

Bringing people together to make the world a better place

Events are where we go to be inspired by those who’ve followed their dreams, learn from successful people, build life-long friendships, and discover new opportunities. We believe that when we come together around shared interests, we help build rapport and understanding through these shared experiences. Our mission is to help encourage more of these experiences each and every day.

Enabling exceptional events

We are an almost 14-year old, bootstrapped, company dedicated to creating environments that enable exceptional and engaging events. We do this through our event management software and event management services so that every individual and community can grow from the opportunities presented through events.

Influencing tens of millions each year

Our products and services touch tens of millions of users each year through conferences, conventions, festivals, meetings and events hosted by organizations like Stanford University, the United Nations, the American Red Cross and YMCA.

Seriously, there is an event for everything!

Our Hiring Process

The Sched hiring process typically takes 30-45 days from the initial job posting to complete. Our process is designed to get to know you as a person and professional. It is also designed to get a feel for how you might perform in the targeted role along with helping you to get a sense of what it might be like to work with our team. Please note that we may also consider you for other current and future positions we may be hiring for or have available. We aim to communicate where you stand in our hiring process upon the completion of each of our steps.

The Sched Hiring process typically includes the following steps

Step 1: Initial Screening interview
Step 2: Career History Interview
Step 3: Role & Competencies Interview
Step 4: Audition Project (e.g. paid project/assignment designed to test your fit for the role)
Step 5: Reference Checks

We may request additional information, such as a personality test or meeting with other team members, as needed.