Senior web designer job description

RapidAPI is a team of creators building for developers. We are the world's largest API Hub where over 4 million developers find, test, and connect to 40,000 APIs (and growing!) - all with a single account, single API key, and single SDK.

Our users range from independent developers to the largest companies in the world. We work hard to ensure it's easy for developers to build, discover, and connect to APIs faster while providing enterprise-wide visibility and governance. As a result, entrepreneurs and enterprises can concentrate on creating value and business outcomes.

We operate at a significant scale, but the opportunity is even bigger. You have an unprecedented opportunity to make a massive difference and empower developers to build modern software through API innovation while doing the most critical work of your career.
Your Role

We are seeking a Web Designer to partner with our Growth team and design experiences for developer discovery, education, and acquisition, with a deep understanding of how to create high value and engaging experiences, from copy to media, short and long form. You'll be a foundational member of a team that we expect to grow as we ramp up, and will look to you to take on a role leading the overall design of RapidAPI.com, the face of our company.

The primary focus of this role will be designing, developing, and iterating experiences for our public website that enable easy developer discovery and encourage signup and acquisition. You will work with Product, Marketing, Sales, and Developer Relations as you design product learning pages, discovery experiences, developer education material, marketing campaigns, referral programs, visuals, and tools & templates that accelerate developer adoption. Join us, and drive the design that will take API development to the next level for developers!

You Will

Design experiences for discovery and acquisition of API developers, and support those experiences from initial problem evaluation to design and testing through development to iterating on learnings. Develop tools and systems to maintain new and existing site content, components, and static or dynamic web pages that are inclusive, user-centered, accessible, performant, secure, and maintainable. Create and iterate designs used in A/B testing, experimentation, SEO, campaign management, developer relations, and community support. Discover problems and opportunities with research and analysis, and validate solutions with interactive prototyping and usability testing. Define, design, review, test and specify interfaces for developer experiences using participatory and iterative design techniques. Work closely with Product, Marketing, and Engineering teams, in an agile environment, to build efficient developer experiences within technical & time constraints.



You Have


Proficiency with a full range of design methods and techniques including user research, data analysis, journey mapping, task flows, scenarios, agile design iteration, rapid prototyping, and usability testing. Expertise with design, animation, CMS, and prototyping tools including Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Lottie, Strapi, and more. A great eye for visual design and an understanding of unity, hierarchy, contrast, spacing, scale, consistency, color, fonts, and the principles of good design. Expertise in web standards (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript), web template engines, and solid knowledge of responsive layouts, accessibility, and web performance. Solid understanding of user-centered design methodologies and usability principles. Experience working in a fast-paced organization with multiple designers as a part of a cross-functional agile delivery team. Capability to work within technical constraints, business requirements and tight deadlines. Solid ability to present work, explain your point of view, and incorporate feedback gracefully. Good communication and organization skills, and advocacy for design methodologies and processes.


When applying, please provide a resume and portfolio or document that showcases your work that is relevant to the position.

This is an opportunity to play a key role in a fast-growing and high-scale startup company distributed across the US, Europe, and Israel. You'll be taking our product to the next level within a high talent density team and out-of-the-box thinking. Having raised $150 million in a Series D investment round in 2022; you'll be working with a team that is scaling globally, fast.


If this sounds like you, click apply below! We'd love to hear from you.

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It's why we have a newsroom that's 1,700 strong and sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It's why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it's why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it's worth paying for.

Note for US based roles: Any offer of employment is contingent on providing proof of Covid-19 vaccination prior to your start date, subject to approved medical and/or religious exemptions, in accordance with applicable law.
Job Description


The New York Times is looking for a senior web designer to create game-changing digital display advertising formats that differentiate our advertising business, and set a new high mark across our industry.

This role, will join a special task force within the Advertising department dedicated to reimagining and redesigning our core digital display ad formats.

You will lead the design development for a new suite of ad units, starting with research, UI/UX explorations, collaborating with technical partners to invent the underlying architecture, and finally designing an executable style guide for these products.

Someone who is curious, insightful, and inspired to create a totally new design system that is flexible, innovative, and above all else exactingly crafted will succeed in this role.


Responsibilities


Initiate and conduct internal user research with our team to identify pain points and opportunities for improvement to understand the core needs of this new system. Develop intuitive UX schema which encompasses a workflow starting with our advertisers and ending with our audience's impression of world-class premium display ads. Immagine new ways for users to interact with our display ads. Design a comprehensive UI style guide in coordination with our technical team which is adaptive and responsive, and elevates the end user experience. Oversee the execution from a visual perspective to ensure that what we build is what we've designed with a critical eye for specifics. Work with internal partners to test and optimize the units for better end performance after launch.



Basic Qualifications


4+ years of relevant product, web, and UI/UX design experience A portfolio of work that showcases your problem-solving process along with exceptional finished design work. Applications without portfolios will not be considered. Experience building Atomic or equivalent design systems for responsive and/or adaptive web. Proficiency in design tools like Figma, and collaboration software including Google Workspace, Slack, & Jira.



Preferred Qualifications


Able to create production-ready design deliverables, and prepare necessary documentation to help capture the details of our design choices. Work with engineers to ensure the visual quality of what we release. Able to present design decisions to a variety of audiences both creative and not. Demonstrated typographic sensibility, with an understanding of the nuances of type on the screen. Some understanding of the interaction between underlying technologies used to build modern digital experiences (no coding experience is required). Capable multitaskers who deftly prioritize their work in a fast-paced environment, and who manage their time well under tight deadlines. Driven self starters with a positive and collaborative attitude. Enthusiastic about the mission of The New York Times.


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The New York Times is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce, one that reflects the varied global community we serve. Our journalism and the products we build in the service of that journalism greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which can only come from diversity of all types, across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing for our business. So we strongly encourage women, veterans, people with disabilities, people of color and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.



The New York Times Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. The New York Times Company will provide reasonable accommodations as required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws, and will consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable "Fair Chance" laws.

Are you looking to be in a workplace where colleagues inspire one another? Are you interested in competitive and impactful benefits? Do you prefer flexible work arrangements?

The web designer on Relativity's brand team is responsible for creating sophisticated brand experiences on our digital properties through compelling graphic and interactive design. Their work makes the brand attractive to prospective customers and employees, informs current customers, and encourages all users to engage further with us. This designer plays a central role in turning business strategies into rich web experiences, and is responsible for graphic design, front-end coding, and some vendor management.
Role Responsibilities

* Vendor and project management as needed to complete the milestones of assigned projects.
* Act as a brand ambassador to the company, educating colleagues on the use of our digital asset management system.
* Partner closely with our London office to clearly scope and prioritize projects for EMEA and DACH work, including maintenance of our DACH website. Advise our Melbourne/APAC office as needed.
* Effectively communicate in a professional, responsive manner. Clearly articulate approaches and design decisions and can comfortably receive and apply feedback on work.
* Ability to communicate status of work to management, peers, and vendors as needed. Effective at holding these same groups accountable to meet project deadlines.
* Researches and shares cultural trends and web best practices with brand team to maintain a contemporary voice and look for Relativity.

Minimum qualifications

* B.A. or equivalent in design, communications, computer science, media, web design
* min. 5 years' experience in web design project management, graphic design with an emphasis on digital web , and/or digital marketing experience
* Demonstrate a strong command of visual design and expertise with relevant tools in the Adobe CC suite.
* Experience transforming creative briefs into on-brand, device-agnostic layouts from information architecture and wireframes to mockups to live code.
* Experience building and publishing webpages via CMS like Wordpress, Drupal, and other WYSIWYG editors.
* Fluent in lightweight front-end languages and frameworks (HTML, CSS, JS, Bootstrap, etc.) to deploy interactive features with minimal burden on page load.
* Basic knowledge of SEO processes and tactics; ability to form relationships with SEO teams to optimize site performance on search engines.
* Experience working on international teams. Comfortable working autonomously.

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Relativity is a diverse workplace with different skills and life experiences-and we love and celebrate those differences. We believe that employees are happiest when they're empowered to be their full, authentic selves, regardless how you identify.

Benefit Highlights:

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans

Parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers

Flexible work arrangements

Two, week-long company breaks per year

Unlimited time off

Long-term incentive program

Training investment program

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.