Job Description

Please apply by emailing your portfolio / resume to vicky@bandana.com. Note that this is an IN-PERSON job in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Bandana exists to improve the livelihoods of hourly and entry-level workers through transparency and trust, starting with finding better jobs ❤️

The broader vision? Re-ignite the belief in the “American Dream” for workers. Specifically, the American promise that hard work can lead to success — and that this applies to all, not just the privileged few.

We seek people who:

• Lead with Head AND Heart : We want people who care deeply about the everyday Americans that we serve.
• Have Informed Opinions (Loosely Held) : We have the conviction that building for workers first is the key to our success.
• Grow Through Action : We learn by doing. This takes time, energy, and in-person investment.
• Want to Work On What Matters : At Bandana, we work on challenging problems that make a real difference for real people.

Bandana has raised $12.3M in total funding from top-tier VCs, led by General Catalyst and Craft Ventures. Check out our current product at bandana.com/search.

• Create intuitive and polished UX & UI and interactions with craft and care
• Develop concepts, prototypes and pixel-perfect deliverables to bring ideas into life!
• Design at various levels of fidelity such as wireframes, visual mockups, and high-fi prototypes
• Bring with you a strong sensibility of grid, type, iconography, and color theory
• Develop a deep understanding of Bandana’s brand, mission, and users to design products that serve people well; collaborate with product to ensure our brand and quality extends across everything we build
• Construct UI components and layouts that tie together our brand and key funcionatlities
• Refine and maintain our core design system, knowing when to leverage or build upon existing components for visual excellence and scalability
• Plan projects for effective delivery with iterations on designs based on feedback and user testing
• Have deep care and investment in people who use Bandana – make people feel cared for as they embark on finding better opportunities ❤️

• 6+ years of experience as UI/UX designer for digital consumer products
• Proven record of bringing conceptions to production with craft and care in quick timeframes.
• Strong experience with UI and interaction design, with a deep understanding of what makes a user interface intuitive, engaging, and delightful.
• Eye for detail and a pursuit of perfection in every pixel and interaction.
• Comfortable working with ambiguous requirements and ability to quickly adapt and flex on direction of projects.
• Love working closely with product, analytics, user research and engineers to develop and iterate on interactive software experiences.
• Experience working with and contributing to design systems and style guides
• Proficient with Figma.

Lil extras:

• Knowledge of typographic and brand design principles
• Expertise in typographic principles, motion design, and illustration.
• Familiarity with the design systems, interaction patterns, and limitations of cross functional platforms - specifically Android, iOS, and web apps.
• A BA/BS degree in a Design – HCI, graphic design, interaction design
• Excited by the opportunity to upend how job search works and how workers are treated!!

• Report to:
• Vicky Xu - Head of Product / Founding Product Designer
• Work closely with:
• Larry Zhang - CTO / Co-Founder
• Timothy (Tim) Makalinao - CEO / Co-Founder

The sales interview process typically involves a phone screen, portfolio review, and on-site interviews at our company HQ in New York.

Bandana is based in the Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY. We believe in the power of face-to-face, personal connection. As a result, we are only considering in-person candidates.

The annual base salary for this role is $180,000. Additional benefits for this role include: equity; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and a gym membership to VITAL, next to our office in Williamsburg. We also provide a relocation package if you are not currently located in the NYC metro area.

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