User Experience Designer

User Experience Designer

Job Description

Responsibilities

Prototyping & Experience Design
Deliver end-to-end interactive prototypes for web and mobile (primarily iOS) including screens, flows, transitions and high-fidelity micro-interactions
Create prototypes that communicate strong visual polish, motion principles, and interaction depth for both future-vision storytelling and UX research sessions
Contribute to the development of future-state journeys and conceptual interaction models through prototyping and visual storytelling

Collaboration & Delivery
Work closely with UX designers, product managers, and engineers to test ideas, identify opportunities, and align on direction
Participate in design sprints, critiques and co-creation workshops
Maintain quick, iterative turnaround cycles, frequently delivering updates for feedback and iterative refinement
Actively join team rituals: daily stand-ups, syncs, design reviews and working sessions

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Basic Qualifications/Must Have:
6+ years of experience as a UX Engineer, Creative Technologist, Prototyper, or Front-End Technologist in design-focused environments
Strong portfolio demonstrating mobile app prototypes, high-fidelity interactions, motion design and conceptual explorations
Coding samples illustrating ability to build functional prototypes
Proficiency with high-fidelty prototyping tools such as Figma, Principle, Framer, ProtoPie or similar
Ability to build data-driven prototypes using JavaScript/TypeScript, React/React Native, and lightweight Node.js scripts
Comfort using Git or other basic version control tools as needed for prototype workflow
Experience working closely with UX, Product, and Engineering partners in fast-paced, iterative environments

Preferred Qualifications/Nice To Have:
Experience building prototypes that advance early-stage design thinking, storytelling, and vision work
Figma technical capabilities (Figma API, plugin development, MCP, or similar)
Experience designing complex motion systems or micro-interaction patterns for mobile interfaces

Experience:
5 - 20 years

Notes:
Remote

VIVA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants have an equal opportunity for placement, and all employees have an equal opportunity to develop on the job. This means that VIVA will not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.