Designer (Contract)

The Keep • St. Paul, MN

3d • Remote

About The Position

The Keep is building the main street of tabletop gaming and we want your help! The Designer shapes how The Keep looks and feels. The Keep is where tabletop players find games, run their home tables, and get through a convention weekend without losing track of anything, and understanding how people actually move through those moments is key to the work. This engagement covers the product end-to-end, plus the design system that holds it together.

Requirements

• Strong design craft and a good eye.
• A portfolio of shipped work.
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Familiarity with TTRPGs.
• Comfort working directly with the CEO and the CTO.

Nice To Haves

• Convention attendance.

Responsibilities

• Design the product end-to-end, from rough idea to finished screen.
• Design registration, scheduling, ticketing, and day-of tools.
• Design the screens and how they are laid out.
• Build and maintain the design system.
• Keep the product visually consistent as more of it ships.
• Make the mobile version as good as the desktop one.
• Design the unglamorous states: empty, loading, error.
• Turn rough ideas into something we can look at.

Benefits

• Independent contract structure.
• Fixed fee per statement of work, invoiced at milestones.
• Set your own hours.
• Remote work.
• Freedom to work with other clients, including in tabletop, subject to confidentiality.
• Deliverables assign to The Keep on creation.
• Pre-existing tools and libraries remain yours.
• Ability to show released work in your portfolio once it has publicly launched, based on embargo and approval.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed