UX Designer

About Digital Fuel Capital

Digital Fuel Capital exists to acquire sustainable e-commerce businesses at attractive prices (relative to risk) and increases EBITDA through proven value creation strategies, delivering exceptional returns for investors. ​We strive to be the first choice for founders when going through the investment process and aim to add invaluable support to our portfolio companies via our Center of Excellence. Our portfolio includes several mid-market e-commerce brands such as Timex, Stubhub International, Taylor Stitch, Ledge Lounger, & Artifact Uprising.

We value curiosity, a bias for action, resourcefulness, innovation, humility, & empathy and look for these qualities within all candidates we hire. We have generous Medical & Dental benefits as well as unlimited PTO. This role can be remote in the US with the ability to travel to Boston quarterly.

About The Role as UX Designer:

We are looking for a UX Designer to join our growing Product & Technology Team. The team is a fast-paced and results-driven team that values the best idea, regardless of who it comes from. We value eagerness to learn, thoughtfulness, passion, kindness, and an analytical mindset that uses data to solve problems.

Our goal for this role is to mentor this individual into a design leader who will integrate, lead, and manage the design process at our portfolio companies.

• This means having the opportunity to define a product vision for our portfolio companies by becoming a strong and valued voice at the table in creating quarterly and yearly plannings.
• You will also gain a deeper understanding in KPI analysis, ideation / prioritization, and quantification of how updates will contribute to the overall business strategy, allowing you to blend business thinking with your designs.

Responsibilities:

• Design website improvements that will be A/B tested and implemented across our multiple e-commerce brands (our portfolio includes companies like TIMEX, Taylor Stitch, and Stubhub International)
• Translate business objectives into design solutions and measure your success with KPI impact
• Work closely with product leaders across our e-commerce brands and development teams to realize your vision
• Create and evolve the look and feel of DFC’s portfolio websites through investigative efforts, collaboration with business stakeholders, and integrating UX best practices
• Work collaboratively with brand side teams, engineers, and analysts to conceive, design, and deliver brilliant solutions to our customers
• Present and review your design solutions with stakeholders to iterate on designs
• Conduct UX audits on our portfolio websites to identify opportunities to improve
• Test and validate designs through A/B testing and findings from user interviews and sales reps/customer care
• Find a balance between the overall user experience and optimizing conversion rate
• Help establish process improvements to drive efficiency in our design and development process
• Establish key UI design documents such as style guides, creative briefs, and content libraries
• Perform QA on designs after the initial development phase, communicate bugs, and sign-off that design and functionality are as intended

Requirements:

• 1+ years of internship/full-time experience working as a UX/UI designer for a web or mobile property
• Proficient with prototyping tools, including Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch, or other similar tools
• Proficient with design tools, including Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, or other similar tools
• Ability to work quickly and independently, with a strong attention to detail
• Ability to think critically to create hypothesis driven design solutions based on real business problems
• Strong organization and communication skills
• Experience designing in an A/B testing process using tools such as Optimizely, Google Optimize, Monetate or other similar tools is a nice to have
• Strong design aesthetic
• Familiarity with web analytics platforms (Google Analytics)
• Fluency in digital KPIs
• Jira or similar project management system

Additional Information
We regret that Digital Fuel Capital does not provide Visa Sponsorship. Individuals who need sponsorship for work authorization, now or in the future, are not eligible for hire for this role. We require pre-employment references