Experience Designer

  • Full-time

Company Description

Do you want to work in a cross-disciplined, connected and rewarding work environment? At MentorMate we blend a high degree of autonomy with the support and collaboration needed to succeed in your job. We value unique thought, creativity, and exceptional problem-solving skills in all of our team members. 

We are a global digital solutions firm that’s pioneered mobile since 2001. We’re experienced planners, designers, developer and marketers. From startups to Fortune 500 companies, healthcare to retail and everything in between, MentorMate offers tailored solutions to meet our clients digital needs. In every engagement, we take a disciplined approach that expedites progress and improves results.

MentorMate is a three-time consecutive winner on the Inc. 500 | 5000 and Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s Fast 50 lists. Today, we have over 300 talented, full-time employees in the U.S. and Europe and have delivered over 800 projects worldwide.

See what we're all about at http://mentormate.com.

Job Description

MentorMate is seeking a full-time Experience Designer to join our Minneapolis team. If you are curious and enthusiastic individual with excellent visual design skills we want to hear from you! You’ll work with us to create innovative, user-centered solutions for a range of platforms spanning desktop, mobile and more. Ideally, you will have 3+ years of UX and UI experience and will be able to work both independently and collaboratively to create intuitive and elegant solutions to complex problems. 

Qualifications

Job Requirements:

  • Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
  • Expert knowledge of user-centered design principles
  • An online portfolio that demonstrates excellent UX decision making, visual and typographic design skill
  • Ability to create both wireframes and detailed visual designs
  • Excellent organizational and documentation skills
  • Ability to work independently or with a group across multiple projects
  • A desire to continuously learn about design, technology and people

Nice to haves:

  • Ability to bring your designs to life via rapid prototype using your choice of tools such as Photoshop, Flinto, Moqups, UxPin HTML/CSS, etc.
  • Experience designing for both native iOS and Android devices

Additional Information

Job Responsibilities:

  • You will act as a subject matter expert to advise clients and prospects about UX and UI appropriate for various mobile platforms
  • You will work with clients to ideate and present solutions to their unique business challenges
  • You will be asked to Identify design opportunities and risks associated with projects
  • You will work directly with clients
  • You will translate high-level strategies into user flows, user experiences and visual designs
  • You will create beautiful, modern visual designs with pixel perfect mockups that developers can use to produce quality products
  • You will work closely with developers and be able to communicate your designs and ideas clearly on a technical level

Benefits & Perks:

  • Full-time employment
  • Competitive salary based on experience 
  • Benefits including health, dental, vision, STD, LTD, Life and 401K
  • An open, collaborative, fun environment 
  • A fully stocked kitchen with free beverages
  • Free company lunch every Wednesday
  • Prime location in the heart of Uptown Minneapolis
  • Subsidized parking 
  • Ping pong, Foosball, and grand piano

The successful candidate should be highly self-motivated and driven to perform at the peak of his or her abilities. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Availability: Immediate

Experience: 3+ years of related experience

Compensation: DOE

Location: Minneapolis

Travel: 0-20%

Hours: 8am to 5pm, M-F