UI/UX Designer

About CEA

The Centre for Effective Altruism’s mission is to build and nurture a global community of people who are thinking carefully about the world’s biggest problems and taking impactful action to solve them.
To foster this community, we run conferences, support hundreds of local groups, and provide online resources and forums for discussion.

About this role

CEA is looking for a UI/UX designer to lead the visual identity of some of EA's most prominent websites, including effectivealtruism.org and particularly the EA Forum.

Vision

You will design the visual identity of some of EA's most prominent websites, including effectivealtruism.org and particularly the EA Forum. As an example of a project you might take on: our user interviews have revealed that many people are making connections with each other on the EA Forum, and we believe there is huge untapped value in being able to better connect these people, but we need to create designs which do this while still preserving the existing sources of value that people get from reading posts, commenting, etc. As a small example of the kind of work you might do, here are some mockups made for the new community and events pages. You will be the first design hire at CEA, and must be comfortable pioneering design work.

Requirements

We expect that you will:
  • Be capable of creating mockups and understand core principles of web design. We generally use Figma for mockups, but experience with this is not required.
  • Have career plans that are driven, in large part, by a desire to maximize your social impact.
  • There are no formal requirements for previous experience for this position, however we expect that most candidates will have 2-10 years of professional experience.
Please link to your portfolio or past work in the “Additional info” section of the application.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain a distinctive visual style for the core organizations in effective altruism which is in keeping with the movement’s broad goals and values.
  • Implement that visual style across various online products.
  • Design and deliver wireframes and mockups optimized for a wide range of devices and interfaces.
  • Take a user-centered design approach and rapidly test and iterate.
  • Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders.
  • Ask questions, take risks and champion new ideas.

Your coworkers

You will report to Ben West, and work on the Online team. You may also work with the Lightcone/LessWrong team, as the EA Forum shares a codebase with LessWrong. Online team fancy The Online team

Salary, benefits, and location

This is a full-time remote role. We prefer applicants who are able to work in time zones between US Pacific Time and GMT. We require that applicants be available 5-7 PM GMT, Monday through Friday. Salary for candidates in Oxford is £50,700-£81,400 depending on experience, with some flexibility above this range for an exceptional candidate. Salaries for candidates who prefer to work remotely will be decided based on location and skills. (As a rough calibration point, the salary range for San Francisco is $96,400-$157,600, with flexibility for exceptional candidates.) UK benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance, flexible work hours, a £1,000 annual training budget, extended parental leave, ergonomic equipment, a 3% pension contribution, and 25 days of paid vacation. We have similar benefits in the US. CEA serves a global community, and our team works with people and organizations all over the world. We are committed to fostering a culture of inclusion, and we encourage individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply. We are an equal opportunity employer. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, or have any other questions about applying, please contact caitlin@centreforeffectivealtruism.org.
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