Sr. Visual / UI Designer

Equinox • NY

287d • $135,000 - $155,000

About The Position

Equinox is adding a Sr. UI / Visual Designer who is an exceptionally skilled visual designer with advanced expertise in crafting high-end, polished digital experiences. This role is specifically for those with advanced visual design abilities who understand UX principles but have a primary focus on creating visually impactful, luxury-level digital products. Only candidates with proven mastery in visual design for sophisticated digital environments (web, app) should apply. Candidate Criteria: Please only apply if you have an impeccable eye for typography, layout, and visual hierarchy. We’re seeking a designer with a sharp aesthetic, sensibility, bringing sophisticated, creative, user-centered visual designs to life. Be part of a team of designers passionate about creating amazing digital products for Equinox’s members. As a Sr. Visual / UI Designer, you will be involved in every aspect of the product development process, from brainstorming the next great product innovation to tweaking pixels right before launch. You will be expected to utilize your full range of product design, interaction design and visual design skills, and you will have opportunity to design for a wide area of Equinox’s Tech Products.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Design, Experience Design, UI/UX design, or related field.
• 6 years of relevant work experience in UI design, visual design, or product design preferably in tech, fitness, luxury fashion, lifestyle, or service-driven brands (this does not include internships).
• Exceptional visual design skills. Someone who is passionate about design.
• Portfolio highlighting digital product design and interaction design.
• Articulate in communicating design thinking and rationale from a user-centric perspective.
• Adept at using quantitative and qualitative research to transform insights into beautiful UI designs.
• Self-motivated and self-managed with a high degree of analytical ability and intellectual curiosity.
• Design award winner, is a plus.
• Technical Mastery of Figma. You could teach it as a class.
• Lover of Design Systems. Know how to work off a Master Design System and grow the library with appropriate variants. Keep organized components linked to all files.
• Superior typography skills. You notice and care when something is a pixel off.
• Interaction, motion design, and micro animation savvy. Adept at bringing design flows to life with animation.
• Knowledge in After Effects, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
• For fun you read up on best practices and how they evolve with new technology.
• A team player excited by nurturing design team culture.
• Excellent time management. Able to hit deadlines and work in a fast-paced and agile environment.
• Self-motivated and accountable.

Nice To Haves

• Design award winner.

Responsibilities

• Work together with Product Strategy, Research, and Engineers to ideate, inform, validate, QA, and ship designs.
• Ability to design cross-platform on App, Website, Wearables, and Connected Hardware.
• Own and easily see a project from ideation to development including concepting, information architecture, wireframes, final visual design, and handoff of detailed dev-ready functional and design annotations.
• Work to elevate Equinox’s digital design language, design system, and custom UI elements.
• Solve complex design challenges across full product lifecycles.
• Present concepts, communicate design thinking and processes frameworks.
• Understand, challenge, and solution product design thinking always staying true to the voice of the consumer.
• Anticipate user needs through creative and passionate thinking with clear vision for both short and long-term business goals.
• Prototype designs to showcase interactivity and for user testing. Use micro animations and apply micro interactions to appropriate Figma components.
• Evolve existing design system, implement best practices, and communicate system updates across design team.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Benefits and industry leading commission opportunities for club employees.
• Complimentary Club membership.
• Perks and incentives with our products and services including Personal Training, Pilates, Spa and Shop.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree