Location: Santa Monica, California

Start Date: Immediately

It’s a contract hourly position

We invite you to join Distillery’s exceptionally talented team of designers, developers, strategists, QA engineers, and project managers. We are a fast-growing, award-winning, privately held Inc. 5000 company with an international footprint and client base. We are a strong, collaborative, friendly team that has deliberately built a truly remarkable people culture. When our professionals are asked what they like best about working here, the most frequent response is “the people.” We take our work seriously, however, and strive to work with professionals who rank in the top tier of their fields.

In your application, please include your resume, portfolio, and a brief statement explaining why you’d be a perfect addition to the Distillery family.

Key responsibilities:

●      Design digital products that are thoughtful, beautiful, and usable and that adhere to client brand guidelines and specifications. Focus primarily on iOS or Android native application design.

●      Evolve rough ideas into pixel-perfect interfaces.

●      Apply strong design knowledge (layout, color theory, typography, iconography) to all designs.

●      Communicate clearly and effectively with your team. Have the humility to admit when you don’t have an answer, and work with your team to figure out the right answer.

●      Facilitate design critiques, and inspire and empower colleagues.

●      Interface with clients as needed to share design concepts and explain design decisions and recommendations.

●      Collaborate with developer and UX team to ensure that:

○      All functionality and design meet client expectations.

○      The product incorporates the best UI solutions possible.

○      The design vision is carried through to product launch.

●      Make meaningful contributions to a shared set of best practices, standards, and living application design guidelines.

The ideal candidate will have:

●      4+ years of experience in a design-related role where you led or participated in multiple simultaneous projects.

●      4+ years of experience working with mobile and app products.

●      4+ year working in a creative agency environment.

●      A BA, BFA, or equivalent degree in a related field.

●      An exceptional product portfolio that showcases usable, beautiful software that solves problems you can articulate.

●      Proficiency using modern design and prototyping tools (e.g., Sketch, After Effects, Principle, Invision, Creative Cloud) and standard collaboration products (e.g., Slack, JIRA, G Suite).

●      Deep knowledge of modern iOS, Android, and web conventions.

●      An impeccable understanding of typography, layout, color, and best practices in design.

●      Exceptional attention to detail, creating pixel-perfect icons and UI elements.

●      Appropriate knowledge of Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines and Google’s Material Guidelines.

●      Professionalism and grace in client-facing situations, demonstrating excellent oral and visual communication skills and the ability to explain your work effectively.

●      A passion for ongoing learning, and for evolving along with changing design trends.