What We Do Matters.
iMentor is seeking a passionate and innovative Lead UI/UX Designer to spearhead the design of our student mentorship web and mobile platform.
As an organization committed to empowering young people through mentorship, we believe in the transformative power of design to create an engaging user experience for the students, mentors and program administrators we serve. The usability of our platform has a direct impact on student engagement and college graduation rates.
The ideal candidate is an artist at heart who thrives when leveraging technology to express their creativity. They should possess a strong passion for design and aesthetics, with a focus on creating visually stunning and user-friendly products. They have likely designed beautiful and engaging web or mobile platforms before, ideally for Gen Z and/or education administrators.
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This role reports to the Senior Director of Product and Technology and will (for now) be the solo designer for two product-engineering squads.
This is an exciting opportunity for anyone looking to positively impact the lives of young people while developing their own design skills in a collaborative and supportive environment.
About the Team:
iMentor’s Technology Solutions team is a growing group of product, design, and engineering practitioners dedicated to building a polished, powerful, and user friendly web & mobile platform that connects first generation college students with professional mentors. We collaborate with experts in education, analytics, support, and compliance from across the iMentor organization to improve our skills and our work.
While we use agile frameworks, continuous discovery loops, and outcome-focused metrics to guide our work, we put the people on our team first. Our processes and policies - from scrum ceremonies to hybrid work arrangements - will always be shaped to fit the needs of the team.
All teammates contribute their voices to decisions that impact the team; this is a chance to leverage your insight to have a real impact on students instead of receiving requests later down the waterfall.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design efforts for iMentor’s web and mobile platform, leveling up the look and feel of the product to delight and engender trust from students, mentors, and administrators.
- Collaborate to define solutions to the challenges our users face, then wireframe and mock up features that can be incrementally launched in iterative sprints.
- Formalize and improve iMentor design system with guidelines and new components to facilitate fast development, without sacrificing usability and quality.
- Participate alongside product and engineering teammates in ongoing user research to gather feedback that informs design decisions.
- Contribute to the ongoing development of effective practices and processes to ensure smooth product, engineering and design collaboration.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to share design strategies and learn the details of their work.
- Understand similar platforms to identify opportunities to exceed the expectations of students, mentors, and administrators.
- Stay updated on industry trends and best practices in UI/UX design, accessibility, and usability, particularly in low speed environments.
Qualifications and Skills
- Strong design chops, especially for mobile platforms, with a portfolio showcasing creative and impactful designs.
- Understanding of design principles and aesthetics, with a keen eye for detail and color theory.
- Experience in UX research and product discovery, with the ability to gather insights and translate them into actionable design solutions.
- Proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Sketch, or Adobe Creative Suite.
- Experience working in collaborative environments, preferably in an agile development setting.
- Familiarity with Higher Ed environments and the expectations of administrators and educators.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate design decisions and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Nice to have an understanding of basic front-end languages, eg HTML, CSS, React, React Native
Personal Attributes
- Curiosity, a passion for learning, and investment in supporting students through their college and career journey.
- High-quality bar and a commitment to delivering exceptional user experiences.
- Ability to work on the details of specific functionality while also maintaining a focus on big picture outcomes and systems.
- Comfortable in an iterative, exploratory environment bringing new products to market.
Compensation and Benefits
- $120,000 annual salary
- Up to 100% employer funded comprehensive medical and dental coverage
- 18 days paid annual vacation (increasing annually to 21, 23, 25), 13 paid holidays + your birthday + one floating holiday, iMentor closed between Christmas and New Year’s Day, plus 6-7 sick days annually
- 401K match up to 4%
- Flexible Home/Office/School working arrangement
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Dependent care and health care flexible spending plans
- 1 hour of wellness time off per week for wellness activities of your choosing
- Flexible personnel wellness budget for reimbursements or marketplace purchases
- Every staff member is eligible for organization-sponsored professional development annually
- 9 weeks of paid parental leave
About iMentor
iMentor believes that all students deserve an equitable chance to pursue their ambitions. Our program builds authentic mentoring relationships in order to bring greater equity to our students’ educational journeys. Through these long-term relationships, first-generation, students of color from underserved communities increase their access to the knowledge, experiences, and resources required to succeed in college or their post-secondary pathway of choice, and to pursue their career ambitions.
By partnering with public schools serving primarily first-generation college students and providing every student in the school with a mentor, iMentor supports students’ post-secondary journeys with a level of depth and personalization that cannot be matched by traditional advising models. iMentor’s students are 37% more likely to enroll in college and are graduating college at double the rates of their peers.
iMentor’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
We believe that people of all backgrounds deserve equal access to educational opportunities. Recognizing that our country’s history of racism and systemic oppression continues to drive educational disparities for students of color, we give special focus to addressing the economic and racial divides that impact the communities we serve. We are committed to the collective work and intentional investment necessary to consistently move in the direction of educational equity and inclusion. Learn more at www.iMentor.org.
How to Apply
Visit www.imentor.org/jobs to submit a resume describing your interest in and qualifications for this position, as well as a sample of something you’ve built (please submit a public Github URI or portfolio link with snippets on your contribution to the project). Applications will be considered on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
iMentor is an Equal Opportunity Employer