Overview

Linux Academy is seeking a creative Product Designer to innovate and build new features and products that support the thousands of students around the world who learn through us and our cloud technology. Our mission is to provide advanced training tools that increase skills and encourage critical thinking for advanced IT professionals. Linux Academy offers a full-featured training library with everything one needs to learn new skills and advance in one’s career path. As we continue to grow at an unprecedented pace, we need to find the best talent around. Come join us and help build our team!

The ideal candidate is highly self-motivated, professional, and capable of managing their work load, prioritizing tasks in a fast-paced corporate environment. A Product Designer is expected to be able to create user-friendly interfaces/features for all of our products, as well as, test with users, new designs and ways to increase usability and conversion. Your day to day will include:

  • Execute design thinking tactics – write user profiles and flows
  • Execute within the entire design life-cycle including research, wireframing, prototyping, visual design and user testing.
  • Create Technical Documentation to help developers understand the vision and flow of a feature/product.
  • Work with the development team to realize designs, conduct design QA, and aid in interaction design

REQUIREMENTS

  • 3+ Years of UI/UX Design Experience
  • Amazing Portfolio showing process
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
  • Experience working with developers in a remote environment
  • Must be available to work in office located in Keller, TX or if remote, be available during normal business hours and have a proven track record of working remotely
  • You must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship

Preferred:

  • BA or BFA on Design/Graphic Arts
  • Experience designing mobile apps
  • Experience designing for a SaaS company
  • Experience using A/B Testing tools for user experience
  • Experience conducting user-testing interviews
  • HTML/SCSS/JS Knowledge

Angular 4-5 Knowledge

BENEFITS

  • High compensation with great bonus opportunities
  • Three weeks vacation, one week sick leave
  • Health, dental, vision, life insurance provided free to employee; discounted to spouse/family
  • Free drinks/snacks for office based employees
  • Flexible schedule
  • Simple IRA with non-elective contribution made by Linux Academy, opportunity to make voluntary contribution by employee
  • Satisfaction of helping others grow and learn
  • Opportunity to work with a really exciting, fun team and roll out new projects
  • Compensation increases proportionate to new knowledge gained