Senior UI Designer

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Do you love creating digital product designs including web apps, websites, and all things interface? Then we need you at iStack Conferences!

About us

iStack Holdings is a pioneering and rapidly-growing company positioned in the digital marketing industry. Being one of the leaders in this ever-evolving space, we have expanded our presence globally including the Philippines, Europe, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Our events include Affiliate World Conferences, Ad World Conference, Ecommerce World Conference, and Creator Conference.

We thrive by working together with innovative and passionate people across the globe and bring ideas together from different views and cultures, to create competitive products and events that are industry game-changers.

Our operations involve running large- and small-scale conference events in Asia and Europe, creation of educational products and training programmes, development of software products that empower marketers, and consulting/venture activities with others in the wider industry.

We are looking for individuals who have a unique perspective, the ability to think outside of the box, and are passionate about making significant contributions to the industry that have a direct impact on the success and growth of our clients.

About the team

You’ll be a part of the Design Team which is responsible for the overall art direction and brand management of the company and our products and events. At the core of the team is creating beautiful, clear and engaging advertising across all mediums both physical and digital.

As part of this team, you will work collaboratively with our marketing, technology and live events teams to strive towards the successful design outcomes for the business.

What you’ll achieve at iStack:

You’ll create the website and app design for iStack Conferences brands together with the Head of Design
You’ll create, develop and improve UI mockups and prototypes that clearly illustrate how our sites function and look like
You’ll use wireframes, prototypes, style guides, user flows, and effectively communicate your interaction ideas using any of these methods
You’ll create overall concepts for the user experience ensuring all interactions are intuitive and easy for our users
You’ll help design the aesthetics to be implemented within our web pages, from the layout menus and drop-down options to colors and fonts
You’ll help gather and evaluate user requirements, in collaboration with product managers and engineers
You’ll work closely with the Marketing team and Tech team to brainstorm innovative ideas that you’ll turn into striking and engaging content for our websites
You’ll create landing pages and web pages for the events ensuring that they are optimized for conversion
You’ll design any relevant assets needed for our websites including but not limited to: color palettes(codes), styles, icons, fonts, images etc.
You’ll also provide any relevant artifacts that may be required by the Tech team including but not limited to: design mockups, style guides, user flows, prototyping etc.
You’ll support the wider iStack Team to create a variety of ad hoc graphic design or website design as required
You’ll help identify and troubleshoot UX problems (e.g. responsiveness) and conduct layout adjustments based on user feedback
You adhere to style standards on fonts, colors and images

Who you are:

Three or more years of professional UI Design experience
You are proficient in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite apps
Good time-management skills
Understanding of basic front-end languages
You are passionate about design and visual arts. You think at a high-level about creative strategy and are driven to make your work better and develop your abilities. You seek out creative, design-led solutions to challenging problems
You continually keep yourself and your team updated with the latest changes in your industry’s standards
You are open-minded, curious, and want to learn! You research for inspiration and research other events, new trends in web design, and independently train and practice in skills to constantly be improving.
You are open to hearing feedback and taking creative direction from others. You are okay with letting the “strongest idea win” and not taking it personally
You thrive as a team player both as a collaborator and a supporter of your teammates. You listen to and offer feedback and offer help when their workload is heavy and they need support.
You enjoy working in a fast-paced environment with varied and rapidly changing goals
You have lots of initiative and use it to solve problems and make corrections and improvements to processes to stop problems arising
You are extremely detail-focused. You are able to organize your time to manage multiple concurrent projects while effectively prioritizing to meet tight deadlines in order of priority
You are capable of working independently with minimal supervision. You are invested in developing your abilities and finding opportunities to learn and grow

Awesome Perks You’ll Enjoy

We believe in paying our team fairly and you will be well-compensated for the work you put in.
Enjoy a flexible holiday allowance. You’ll get 20 paid days leave in your contract.
Fit work around your life. We use a mix of our Manila offices and virtual work so you are able to be flexible when needed.
No corporate rules like dress codes or the 8 to 5 grind. As long as you submit your deliverables on time, you're free to work on a schedule that works best for you as long as you're reachable during the team core hours.
No micromanagement and we have a well-oiled design operations system in place so our designers are supported and not overloaded with work. Be a part of a team of 10+ talented designers globally, and we're not an agency so you'll only be working on our in-house brands.
Master new skills and develop your role. Dream big and we’ll give you the opportunity to take on more responsibility and develop yourself.
Travel the world! There may be opportunities to travel to some of our international conferences if you work hard.
Make work “mates”. We believe the key to success is happy and fulfilled people. We have a friendly and supportive work environment which attracts and rewards talent and hard work.

Role is remote and a full time position.

Previous experience (3 years minimum)

We are looking for the right person so we will schedule interviews ahead of the cut-off date if your application stands out. We receive a high volume of emails which we do not consider as they do not show evidence of the candidate reading through the job description and applying care to their application. If you wish to be considered, we highly recommend not to make this basic mistake.

Do you put the “extra” in extraordinary?

Send your CV and cover letter outlining why you would be a great fit and why you want to work for us to kim@istackconf.com.