Junior UX Designer

Job Description

Canonical is seeking a Junior UX Designer to join its Design Team and contribute to the success of Ubuntu and other products. Canonical is a leading provider of open source software. The role involves working with the open source community, collaborating with product managers and engineers, and evolving design systems.

The Junior UX Designer will report to a UX design manager and will be based remotely in the EMEA region.

The role involves:

• Working with the open source community and Canonical customers to research new features and improvements
• Collaborating with product managers and engineers to shape the future of Canonical products
• Engaging with the design team to keep efforts aligned with product strategy and best practices
• Working to evolve and evangelise design systems that drive consistency and efficiency
• Understanding the broader scope of work and its numerous interconnected constraints
• Supporting one of the Canonical design’s working groups to enable horizontal efforts

Requirements:

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Bachelor’s or equivalent in User Experience, Design, or STEM or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path
• Knowledge and passion for user experience, technology and design
• Commitment to continuous learning and improvement - curious, flexible, scientific
• Result-oriented with a drive to finish the work and celebrate success
• Confidence in user research practices
• Engagement with the latest design research and innovation
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long

What Canonical offers:

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• 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 to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long haul company events