Junior UX Designer - Remote

Overview

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder led, profitable and growing.

In Short

• Hiring a Junior UX Designer for the Design Team.
• Vital role in the success of Ubuntu and Canonical products.
• Expectation of growth to deliver outstanding UX experiences.
• Work with the open source community and Canonical customers.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers.
• Engage with the design team to align with product strategy.
• Support working groups for Canonical design’s efforts.
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year.

Requirements

• Exceptional academic track record.
• Bachelor’s or equivalent in User Experience, Design, or STEM.
• Knowledge and passion for user experience and design.
• Commitment to continuous learning and improvement.
• Result-oriented with a drive to finish work.
• Confidence in user research practices.
• Engagement with the latest design research.

Benefits

• Distributed work environment with team sprints.
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
• Annual compensation review.
• Recognition rewards.
• Annual holiday leave.
• Maternity and paternity leave.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Opportunity to travel to new locations.