We are looking for an experienced UX Designer who can help us shake up the cybersecurity industry with a disruptively strong and simple product. We believe Barkly will win because of our simplicity and ease of use.

Reporting to the Director of Design, you will work with a team of product and design professionals passionate about creating a brand and product that stands out and gets noticed.

Barkly is an open, collaborative workplace where everyone is focused on serving our customers' needs. Our leadership and team members have successful startup experience, so this isn’t our first rodeo. We each joined Barkly because we believe in the power of the product, the team, and the opportunity to build something incredible. Now we need your passion and design expertise to help us nail the user experience.

What you will be doing

• Design beautiful, clear interfaces for our product, working closely with the product team.
• Stay close to the customer. Attend and participate in regular user studies to validate product concept and designs, then iterate on designs based on customer feedback.
• Create architecture and interaction flow diagrams to document the structure of complex systems made simple.
• Create mockups and functional prototypes to regularly test during usability tests.
• Use both qualitative and quantitative research to inform design decisions.
• Create design guidelines for our products to ensure interface consistency across devices.
• Work with our Design team to ensure consistent design language across all of the company’s properties, including product, website, marketing material.

What you bring to the table

• Minimum 3+ years of professional (post-college) work in User Experience Design, ideally working on SaaS business applications and working with Agile scrum methodology.
• Expert level skills with design software for creating mock-ups, wireframes, prototypes and production assets, such as Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite and Invision.
• HTML, CSS, and responsive design experience.
• Strong focus on Interaction Design and User Experience, with equally strong visual design skills to create a polished product users enjoys.
• Ability to design beautiful yet realistic designs for the developers to implement.
• Ability to work loosely and iteratively to explore options, and hone ideas. Willingness to design, test, validate, and try again!
• Proven experience interpreting both quantitative data and qualitative feedback to drive design concepts and iterations.
• Understanding that design is a collaborative, facilitation role.

About You

• You have strong problem-solving skills and independent self-direction, coupled with an aptitude for team collaboration and open communication.
• You have a passion for making complex concepts simple and using design to communicate value and drive adoption
• You have a high attention to small details while having the ability to think big picture about product strategy and vision.
• You are comfortable creating V1 designs in a quick turn-around time.
• You thrive in a fast-paced development environments with ambitious goals and tight deadlines.
• You have a passionate about cybersecurity and helping companies protect themselves from hackers and cybercrime.
• You are excited to help build and define a design culture at Barkly.