Well-Funded Startup Seeks UI/UX Designer

Description of the offer

Manifest is building Gen Z’s new AI religion. Manifest is an AI wellness company that is building a personalized, daily toolkit for wellbeing. We are building an app that finds you in your most overwhelming life situations (anger, heartbreak, frustration, loneliness, depression, etc.) and returns you to a more grounded state. The Manifest toolkit includes meditations, affirmations, visualizations, breath work, and journaling prompts.

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Job Summary — Be the Designer of AI Wellness

As our first designer, you will play a pivotal role in building and shaping the technological landscape of our innovative AI-driven wellness platform. Your work will directly impact our mission to enhance mental health and wellness by crafting a seamless, intuitive, and impactful user experience for our community.

Key Responsibilities

• User-Centered Design: Develop intuitive, usable, and engaging interactions and visual designs for mobile. Engage in user research and translate findings into sitemaps, wireframes, and prototypes.
• Collaboration and Communication: Work closely with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and create design solutions. Present designs and key milestone deliverables to peers and stakeholders and gather feedback.
• Gen Z Focused Design: Leverage a deep understanding of Gen Z behaviors, preferences, and trends in the design process. Ensure designs are relatable, engaging, and facilitate a viral user acquisition strategy.
• Design Execution and Iteration: Implement innovative design solutions from conception to final hand-off to engineering. Validate and iterate designs based on user feedback, usability testing, and analytics data.
• Brand Consistency: Ensure visual design consistency and brand continuity in all user interfaces. Develop and maintain a design system, UI kits, and user flows to streamline design and development.
• Adherence to Timelines: Manage and prioritize design workflows to ensure timely delivery without compromising quality.

Required Qualifications

• Educational Background: Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in UX Design, Interaction Design, Graphic Design, or related field. Work Experience:
• Minimum 3 years of experience in UI/UX design, preferably for mobile applications in the wellness/health tech space.
• Portfolio Requirement: A strong portfolio showcasing user-centered design thinking and execution, across multiple projects.
• Technical Proficiency: Proficiency in design software such as Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD, and other visual design tools. Experience with prototyping tools and usability testing platforms.
• Gen Z Insight: Proven experience or knowledge in creating designs that appeal to Gen Z, supported by previous project examples.
• Research and Analytical Skills: Strong abilities in user research, usability testing, and data-driven design decision-making.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication and presentation abilities to convey design concepts to non-design stakeholders. Creative Mindset:
• Exceptional creativity, artistic skill, and a knack for innovative and out-of-the-box thinking.
• Entrepreneurial Mindset: A mentality that embraces ownership, innovative thinking, and a willingness to learn and grow.
• Fluent in English.

Desirable Traits

• Passion for Wellness: A genuine interest in mental health, wellness, and positively impacting the Gen Z demographic. Interest in affirmations, meditation, spirituality is also a bonus.
• Trend Awareness: Stay abreast of the latest in app trends, technology, and wellness to fuel innovative design solutions.

About the Team

Manifest is backed by notable Silicon Valley angels, including the founders and early team members at Flexport, Oculus, Amazon, Hulu, Betr and many others. Manifest is part of a prestigious accelerator program for AI hackers, HF0.

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