Senior User Interface Designer

The Company

A lot of companies say they’re “mission-driven”. Our unique corporate structure guarantees that every decision we make upholds our mission: to make sure the internet stays available, safe, and welcoming to everyone. Beholden to neither shareholders nor investors, Mozilla Corporation is wholly owned by the not-for-profit Mozilla Foundation.

Along with 20,000+ volunteer contributors and collaborators all over the world, Mozilla Corporation’s staff designs, builds, and distributes software that allows people to enjoy the internet on their own terms. Our flagship product — the Firefox browser — has expanded into a family of products that protects users and alerts them of risks.

The Opportunity

At Mozilla, we believe that the “metaverse” – like the internet itself – should be open and accessible to all. That’s why we’re building Hubs!

Hubs empowers communities to gather in safe, private, decentralized virtual spaces where they are in control. Hubs cultivates creativity and connection at a time when online interactions often lack the spontaneity and opportunity to delight, encourage, and build trust between people.

The Hubs team is looking for a Senior User Interface Designer to deeply understand Hubs brand and have the ability to bridge brand, business, and technology goals. Translating brand and UX strategies, functions, and information into emotionally compelling, desirable, and polished final designs that optimize the overall experience and drive user behaviors.

What you'll get to do

Apply user-centered design principles and standard methodologies to produce high-quality visuals such as user interfaces for multiple platforms, illustration, typography, photography, icons, data visualization, style guides, personas, journey-maps, storyboards, and scenarios.

Think big - express a brand’s personality and values experientially, stretching into new territory that goes beyond messaging and style.

Balance business needs and works selflessly to ensure that decisions are always made in the interest of optimizing the user experience.

The successful candidate will

Thrive where sophisticated business goals, product design and development, interaction design, current and new technologies, marketing, and brand strategy converge.

• Own responsibility for day-to-day activities for UI workstreams
• Clearly deliver ideas to cross-functional teams
• Encourage and mentor fellow Visual Designers, UX Designers and, 3D Artists
• Use storytelling and design to present to key collaborators

Minimum qualifications

• Have a visual design portfolio demonstrating a clear proficiency in interface design.
• Demonstrate a firm grasp of visual design principles like composition, hierarchy, balance, color.
• Have in-depth experience using Figma to build components, mockups and sketches.
• Understand and follow accessibility guidelines for interface and website design and be able to discuss what factors contribute towards an accessible and inclusive product.

Bonus points for

• Experience with managing Figma component libraries or design systems.
• Experience in producing empathy tools including user journeys, heuristic evaluations and personas.

About Mozilla 

Mozilla exists to build the Internet as a public resource accessible to all because we believe that open and free is better than closed and controlled. When you work at Mozilla, you give yourself a chance to make a difference in the lives of Web users everywhere. And you give us a chance to make a difference in your life every single day. Join us to work on the Web as the platform and help create more opportunity and innovation for everyone online.

Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging

Mozilla understands that valuing diverse creative practices and forms of knowledge are crucial to and enrich the company’s core mission.  We encourage applications from everyone, including members of all equity-seeking communities, such as (but certainly not limited to) women, racialized and Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and expressions.

We will ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, as appropriate. Please contact us at [email protected] to request accommodation.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race (including hairstyle and texture), religion (including religious grooming and dress practices), gender, gender identity, gender expression, color, national origin, pregnancy, ancestry, domestic partner status, disability, sexual orientation, age, genetic predisposition, medical condition, marital status, citizenship status, military or veteran status, or any other basis covered by applicable laws.  Mozilla will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics or any other unlawful behavior, conduct, or purpose.

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