EA - CEA is Hiring a Product Designer by Ryan Fugate

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: CEA is Hiring a Product Designer, published by Ryan Fugate on August 15, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. TL;DR: Please refer talented individuals with UI, UX, and/or Product Design skills to us! This role will have design ownership of some of the most prominent platforms and interactions in effective altruism, and will also have significant influence over the design practices of core EA orgs - we expect it will have a correspondingly large impact. If that sounds like a good fit for you, apply here! This is a full-time, remote role - learn more here. Why here, why now? We are looking for a Product Designer to join the Online team at the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA). If you haven’t heard of CEA before, we encourage you to learn more about the organization and our strategy. If you haven’t heard of effective altruism before (welcome!), you can learn more here. The Online team helps to introduce people to effective altruism through effectivealtruism.org and the EA Newsletter, and also fosters a strong exchange of information within the community by building and running this very forum. To quote Ben West’s recent call for Product Managers: This forum has undergone huge growth recently: This growth is exciting, but also brings new problems. We are no longer in a world where even the most dedicated EA's can keep up with everything that's written, and the large influx of new people will stretch our ability to create and share common knowledge. EA seems poised to influence the next generation of thinkers and leaders, and this site is a major way we communicate with each other, from top journalists to CEOs of billion-dollar companies. The EA Forum team is considering: Introducing Reddit-style federated sub-forums, to better direct people to the content they find useful. Diving deep into key user journeys, to understand where people bounce and how we can prevent that. For instance, trying to better understand the experience of a newcomer who gets sent a post by their group organizer for the first time. Improving recommendations and personalization such that newcomers don't bounce from confusion but old-timers don't bounce from boredom. To do this well, we need design expertise and we are looking for someone to join the team who is comfortable owning every stage of the product design process. This will be CEA’s first full-time design hire and will pioneer design work for some of EA’s most prominent websites. Doesn’t sound like you, but think you might know someone who would be great for the role? Please refer them to us by sharing this post! We are very happy to talk to strong designers who might not have as much experience within the EA community. Does sound like you? Apply here or read on for more information on the role and application. Your role See more detail in the job description here. As Product Designer, you would: Develop and maintain a distinctive visual style for the core organisations in effective altruism which is in keeping with the movement’s broad goals and values. Implement that visual style across various online products. Lead the team in implementing a user-centred approach to design. Work closely with Product Managers to translate research insights into design concepts for new products and features. Design and deliver wireframes and mockups optimised for a wide range of devices and interfaces, in a form which is easily consumed by our team of engineers. We use Figma for this, but previous experience with the tool is not required. Iterate frequently, rapidly testing designs and hypotheses wherever possible. Build and own CEA’s UI and UX toolset, process, and design system. Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders. Ask questions, take risks and champion new ideas. As the first design hire, you would also have a significant degree of fl...