UI/UX Designer
Description & Goals
RecruitMilitary delivers military talent solutions and empowers veterans through meaningful career opportunities. We have connected military veteran talent with employers across the nation since 1998. Throughout our history, the company has been innovative and led the way in the military veteran recruiting niche. Our job board is the largest single source of veteran talent, and our physical and virtual career fairs produce meaningful employment for veterans and add incredible talent to companies.
As we’re launching new services, we are entering our next evolution, and we are seeking an experienced, creative UI/UX Designer to join our team. You will be an integral member of the technology team that is reinventing our job board and events platform, and you will be pivotal in bringing the next generation of our platforms to life.
If you are a person who is motivated to be part of something larger than themselves and wants to wake up each day knowing that what you do impacts lives in a positive way, then our company may be right for you. Our values that drive our purpose and mission are simple: team first, passion for purpose and mission, tenacious focus on customer results, embrace innovation and change, and do the right thing.
It is not required that you be a military veteran. You may also apply by sending an email to mike@recruitmilitary.com.
About the Role
· Design software to support the needs of customers, military veteran job seekers and internal stakeholders.
· Collaborate with managers, software engineers, product owners and other stakeholders to understand user needs and create innovative solutions.
· Translate written requirements and concepts into user flows, mockups and prototypes that lead to intuitive user experiences for web applications.
· Create rapid prototypes to iterate quickly.
· Create designs fully ready to handoff to the development team.
· Recommend design solutions and UI improvements across all digital products and services.
· Communicate design processes, ideas, solutions and concepts clearly and effectively to teams that are not skilled in UX discipline.
· Resolve user pain points through great design.
Required Qualifications
· Four or more years of professional UI/UX design experience
· Experience building fully accessible web experiences
· Experience building, documenting, and maintaining a design system
· Experience with HTML and CSS
· Fluency in Sketch or Figma
· Used frameworks such as Tailwind or Bootstrap (we use Tailwind)
· Practical knowledge of color theory, grid layout, typography, and graphic design
· Great verbal and written communication skills in English
Bonus skills
· Knowledge of Javascript
· Knowledge of Ruby on Rails
· Copywriting
Benefits
· Unlimited PTO Plan and robust Company Holiday Schedule
· Remote work options
· Company contributed Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
· Company sponsored Group Life – $50,000 Coverage
· Retirement plans
· Voluntary Life, Disability, and Critical Coverage Available
About RecruitMilitary
RecruitMilitary is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bradley-Morris, Inc. (BMI), the largest military-focused recruiting company in the U.S. We offer employers access to 1.5 million+ military job seekers through a combined service model; after discussing which jobs are a priority for our clients, our team coordinates a strategy to affect those areas of focus while employer hiring teams prepare to meet, interview, and assess applicants. Our approach includes recruiting services, live and virtual career fairs, a military-focused job board, employer insights, and more.
Our organization is comprised of 72% military families. All aspects of our business are built upon providing optimal results for the two customers we serve - organizations seeking to hire veterans and the veteran job seekers. Many of us have relied on RecruitMilitary or BMI as candidates in the past or have close friends and family who have. This gives us a strong sense of personal and professional investment in the success of military job seekers at RecruitMilitary.
