Lead UX Designer, DIY Design Creation - Spain Remote

Date:  Oct 4, 2024
Location: 

ES

Company:  Vista

Our Team:

Vista is the go-to partner for millions of small businesses who need to promote themselves effectively in the modern age.

 

With tools that empower brands to create their unique identity and expert design support when they need inspiration, we provide a range of digital and print services at every stage of their journey.

 

To help customers bring their visions to life, we need UX professionals skilled at crafting the right features and experiences - that’s where you come in.

 

What You Will Do: 

Vista is seeking a versatile Lead UX Designer to join our "DIY Creation" product experience team. This team focuses on creating platforms that enable Vista to scale content (aka templates and assets in our world) for customers, with an emphasis on innovative tools like algorithmic design builders and content management systems. The ideal candidate will own the content management efforts, playing a critical role in ensuring the availability of templates and assets across Vista.

 

  • Design Leadership: Take ownership of the end-to-end design process for in-house design creators, ensuring the delivery of high-quality user flows, wireframes, and prototypes.
  • Strategic Thinking: Develop deep domain knowledge to identify gaps and opportunities, helping to shape and drive impactful product decisions.
  • Collaboration: Partner closely with engineers, product teams, and in-house content strategists to gather requirements, validate solutions, and co-create product innovations.
  • Cross-Functional Partnership: Work alongside key stakeholders to brainstorm solutions, prioritize design work, and play an active role in strategic decision-making.
  • Vista Design System: Build a deep understanding of Vista's design system and brand guidelines, pushing boundaries when necessary to improve the overall user experience.
  • User-Centered Design Advocacy: Act as a champion for user-centered design practices, promoting their value across Vista.

 

In this role, you'll be involved in every stage of the design and development lifecycle, from discovery to detailed design, execution, and iteration. 

 

Your Qualifications: 

At Vista, we are striving to hire individuals that add new ideas and perspectives to our teams and enhance our culture. No matter your background or work experience, we strongly encourage you to apply—even if you feel that you don’t meet the exact requirements or have the same qualifications. You might be a great candidate for this or other opportunities. 

 

  • 6-8+ years of experience designing workflow tools, as well as within large-scale digital ecosystems.
  • 4+ years of experience working collaboratively with product, engineering, design, content, and user research teams. 
  • Strong portfolio with showcasing UX and design skills through multiple case studies demonstrating user-centered, creative, highly conceptual, and innovative design solutions that had measurable positive impacts on users and the business. 
  • Experience bringing to bear quantitative and qualitative data to inspire design decisions and solutions. 
  • Ability to move between high-level design and detailed design and between future concepting and near-term implementation. 
  • Ability to build strong cross-functional relationships with cross-functional peers, including designers, product managers, and engineers. 
  • Ability to present design concepts and solutions to a variety of audiences. 
  • Passionate about design trends, tools, processes, and methodologies and willing to learn and share new insights with the team. 
  • Highly skilled with design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and/or Sketch to create high-fidelity mock-ups and prototypes. 
  • Experience working with globally distributed teams and/or in highly matrixed organizations.

 

All applicants must submit a portfolio showcasing relevant work to be considered for this position. Applications submitted without a portfolio will not be reviewed. Additionally, please include any necessary passwords or access details to view your portfolio.

 

Nice to Have: 

  • Relevant degree in field of Design or HCI. 
  • A graphic design background or demonstrated understanding of graphic design 
  • Experience working on enterprise tools or internal applications
  • Ability to plan, moderate, and complete a variety of goal-oriented workshops across collaborators, leading to exciting new ideas, new-found consensus, and critical alignment. 
  • Experience identifying and prioritizing features, as well as participating in complex roadmap planning.

 

Why You'll Love Working Here: 

There is a lot to love about working at Vista. We are an award winning Remote-First company. We’re an inclusive community. We’re growing (which means you can too). And to help orient us all in the same direction, we have our Vista Behaviors which exemplify the behavioral attributes that make us a culturally strong and high-performing team. 

 

About Us: 

Vista is the design and marketing partner to millions of small businesses around the world. For over 20 years we’ve been inspired by small businesses, and we work incessantly to deliver solutions to their evolving needs. VistaCreate, 99designs by Vista and VistaPrint, all under the parent brand Vista, represent a full-service design, digital and print solution, elevating small businesses’ presence in physical and digital spaces and powering them to achieve success. Vista is focused on making great marketing and design accessible to every small business owner, allowing them to create a cohesive brand image for use in-store, online and on-the-go.

 

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion:

Vista exists to help our customers live their dreams. Each dream is unique – and the Vista team needs to be as well. We believe in the unique contributions of everyone within a diverse global organization. We are collaborative, inclusive, and innovative. We strive to role model and live an inclusive culture of fairness, respect and belonging for all. And we work together to empower each other, creating a space in which each of us can spark our next great idea. 

 

Equal Opportunity Employer: 

Vista, a Cimpress company, is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national or ethnic origin, nationality, age, religion, citizenship, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender presentation, legal or preferred name, marital status, pregnancy, family structure, veteran status or any other basis protected by human rights laws or regulations. This list is not exhaustive and, in fact, in many cases, we strive to do more than the law requires. 

 

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