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UX Designer (NYC or DC) job at Slate

We are looking for a UX designer who wants to make beautiful and functional work that solves meaningful problems. You’ll be working hands-on creating, testing, and iterating on designs, as well as assisting our development team in bringing those experiences to life. We have a small and diverse team that loves to teach, learn, and collaborate.

Key Responsibilities

Collaborate and communicate across our development, product, and editorial teams
Create and iterate on design comps, prototypes, and documentation
Contribute to frontend code for our site and platforms
QA and help debug coded designs
Conduct user research and testing on your work and existing UX
Participate in sprint planning and retrospectives
Strive and advocate for excellent design and UX that serves Slate’s audience
Directly report to our Senior Product Manager overseeing Site UX and Apps

Requirements

Candidates for this position should be located in either NY or DC, and have 3+ years of professional experience in design/UX.

Candidates should have experience in:

Visual design practices like layout, typography, and color
Design for accessibility and usability
Conducting research and usability studies
Responsive web design concepts
Design applications like Sketch or Figma
Frontend coding languages like HTML and CSS

Bonus if you have experience in:

Writing, journalism, and publishing
Information architecture
Working with a CMS and templates
Working with and creating design systems
Working in Illustrator and/or Photoshop
Javascript, Node

Slate is committed to excellence through diversity, which involves attracting talented people from diverse backgrounds and traditions. We encourage everyone to apply. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please let us know. We will do what we can to meet your needs.

Slate is a multimedia digital publishing company focused on covering culture, technology, politics, current events, and business. Over the past 20 years, our smart, witty takes have been recognized with numerous accolades and have won us industry recognition, including the National Magazine Award for General Excellence Online. Our readers are aggressively curious about the world—and so are our employees.

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