About the company
CoinGecko is a global leader in tracking cryptocurrency data. Operating since 2014, CoinGecko has built the world's largest cryptocurrency data platform, tracking over 10,000 tokens across more than 400 exchanges, serving over 300 million page views in more than 100 countries. We are proud to have played a major part in mainstream awareness, adoption, and education of cryptocurrency globally. We at CoinGecko believe that cryptocurrency and blockchain will define the future of finance, bringing greater financial and economic freedom around the world. In anticipation of that future, CoinGecko is building the foundation to scale cryptocurrency market data to serve billions.
Job Summary
What we look for in you:
📍 At least 3 years of relevant experience in UI/UX design. 📍 Online portfolio of UI/UX design work which showcases your process and solutions and not just the finished product. 📍 Bachelor’s degree in UI/UX design, computer science, human computer interaction, or related fields. 📍Product Knowledge: Strong desire and passion to learn about the blockchain/cryptocurrency industry and the problems faced by users. 📍 Design Principles Knowledge: Demonstrated good understanding of design principles (typography, composition, hierarchy, proportion, patterning, color theory, etc.), knowledge of UX research methods, usability testing, prototyping, knowledge of visual design, user-centered experience design, interaction design and creative process. 📍 Familiar with designing for cross-platform experiences (iOS, Android, Web interface) 📍Design Tools: Proficient with modern interface design tools (Figma, Sketch, or Adobe XD). 📍 User-focused: Analytical and can articulate design decisions very well. 📍 Worked with qualitative and quantitative usability measurement methodologies. 📍 People Skills: Sound communicator who is able to build working relationships within the team and externally with customers. 📍 You love talking to users and stakeholders in order to understand their needs and gather requirements. 📍 Leadership: Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision. Has a strong sense of self-leadership, curious & creative on finding ways to improve existing projects & workflows. 📍Problem Solving: Passionate about solving problems faced by stakeholders together with strong user empathy. 📍 Growth mindset: You love delving into new technologies and new ways of doing things. 📍Software Development Knowledge: Familiarity and ability to write front-end development languages such as HTML, CSS, Javascript, as well as frameworks such as Tailwind or Bootstrap is a plus. 📍You have keen interest in cryptocurrency, NFT, web3, and metaverse topics.
What you'll be doing:
📍 Product Design: Drive product design through collaboration with other product designers, engineers, and product managers to implement innovative product solutions, visuals, and experience that are usable and valuable. 📍 Develop and execute UI/UX design solutions that solve user and business problems and take them to market. 📍 Execute all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off to engineering. 📍 Create wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas. 📍 Collaboration: Communicate design proposals and key milestones peers and stakeholders. 📍 Research: Conduct user research, user interviews, and usability tests in order to contribute to the product team knowledge of our users. 📍 Design System: Maintain and build upon our design system, ensuring the work that you and the wider team are delivering aligns to the platform and development practices. 📍 Contribute towards establishing and promoting design guidelines, best practices and standards. 📍Analytics: Support data-driven decision making through experimentation, measurement, and analysis. 📍 Reporting: Monitor users reactions and measure metrics after launching new features. 📍 Documentation: Maintain design guidelines, standards, and templates. 📍 Plugged-in: Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging design practices. 📍 Coaching: Able to mentor interns. Provide material feedback on the work of interns. Participate in knowledge sharing activities. 📍 You are required to support any ad hoc tasks as required by the company. Some of the perks while at CoinGecko: 📍Remote Work Flexibility: Work wherever you feel most productive. 📍 Flexible Working Hours: No 9-5 structure, work the hours you need to get your tasks done. 📍Comprehensive Insurance Coverage: We provide life, medical, and critical illness insurance. 📍 Equity: You'll be entitled to virtual options, with terms and conditions. 📍 Transport Allowance: You will be given a monthly fixed allowance to ease the cost of travelling. 📍Flexible Claim Allowance: You will be allocated a quarterly budget of RM1,800 / SGD1,200 to subsidise your meals and setup your work-from-home station. 📍Learning Allowance: You will be allocated an annual budget of USD500 to help you continuously learn in the pursuit of your professional and personal development. 📍 Social Activity Allowance: Want to set a date to watch a movie or play futsal with your colleagues? Get it organised and we subsidize a portion of the cost.