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UX/UI Designer

Urbio

Urbio

Design
Switzerland
Posted on Oct 17, 2024

At Urbio, we are accelerating the decarbonization of cities globally with AI. Our mission is to empower the key actors of the energy transition with next-generation software for designing future-proof systems that heat, cool and electrify buildings. We’re looking for impact-driven people to build together a globally leading software company that counteracts climate change.

UX/UI Designer

You thrive on creating intuitive designs and find yourself equally drawn to both UX and UI.

As a UX/UI Designer at Urbio, you will transform complex, technical use cases and workflows related to energy planning into elegant, user-friendly solutions. Your designs will not only make our software intuitive but also visually compelling, enabling users to seamlessly merge data from various sources, produce delightful maps and generate, compare, and optimize scenarios for future energy systems.

As part of the product team, you’ll engage with our users who have engineering and commercial backgrounds, while collaborating closely with Urbio’s product owners, software engineers, and commercial team.

Responsibilities

Your tasks are to...

  • create and embed intuitive product workflows for new use cases and functionalities
  • review and assess existing workflows for effectiveness and usability, exploiting synergies and improving workflows where necessary
  • use your skills in user-centered design and user experience to generate, gather, and analyze user insights for informing product and feature requirements
  • explore potential solutions via whiteboard, sketching, and wireframes together with stakeholders to specify the design direction
  • create beautiful designs building upon and enhancing Urbio's design system

Qualifications

For this position you need to...

  • have 4+ years experience as UX/UI Designer with technical B2B software products
  • have a track record of transforming complex workflows into high-level concepts, wireframes, prototypes and detailed mockups
  • provide an extensive portfolio showcasing UX/UI visual design work and storytelling
  • be proficient in prototyping and design tools, ideally Figma
  • be proficient in English
  • be proficient in German and/or French
  • take initiative to improve our software every day
  • have a Swiss working permit or be eligible to work in Switzerland

You’re a great fit if you...

  • have some experience in energy and/or the real estate industry
  • have experience with building Generative Design tools and/or web maps
  • use your strong visual, written and oral communication skills to participate vividly in individual and group discussions
  • are a creative problem-solver who approaches tasks and discussions with a constructive, solution-focused mindset

Offer

Working at Urbio provides you with many learning opportunities in a highly motivated and qualified team, as well as ample career development opportunities. Furthermore, the creative problem-solver in you is constantly solicited. This is also your chance to gain experience and earn equity in a fast-growing startup that targets an emerging international market.

Our core motivation at Urbio is to reduce the adverse impacts of cities. Your work has thus the potential to considerably improve many aspects of cities worldwide and will in particular allow cities to adopt more sustainable pathways.

Location & time

  • We meet 2+ days per week in our office in Sion and/or co-working spaces in Zurich or Lausanne.
  • We’re seeking someone to join our team at the soonest availability.
  • This is an unlimited full-time position.

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