At Guild, we believe talent is everywhere and that opportunity should be too. We continue to have our home and headquarters in Denver, but we have embraced a distributed model of working to reach the best talent in the United States. While some roles may require proximity to our Denver office, roles based outside of our Denver office can sit in any of the following 31 states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI and Washington D.C. Please only apply if you are able to live and work full-time in one of the states listed above. State locations and specifics are subject to change as our hiring requirements shift. All salaries ranges are standardized nationwide and will not vary by region.
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At Guild, we uphold our Core Values in everything we do. Our team emphasizes our Core Values in the following ways:
- -using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and development areas
- - building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
- - holding self and others accountable to meet commitments
- - recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to our company
Guild is hiring a Staff Designer to join our small and scrappy Product Expansion team. In this role, you will work alongside a multi-disciplinary team of builders (Engineers, PMs and Operators) that are helping to identify, design, prototype and deliver new products for Guild’s users, with the team goal of accelerating Guild’s mission and expanding Guild’s market. This team is singularly focused on this goal and staffed with all the resources we need to bring new products alive.
You will play a critical role in the exploration, concepting, and prototyping phases of product development. This role emphasizes collaboration, UI/UX excellence, and leveraging competitive and analogous product analysis to drive innovation and usability in our products.
- Partner closely with the Senior Director of Design on the exploration, concepting, and prototyping efforts to create innovative and user-centered products. Ensure these designs are refined through iterations based on feedback and usability testing.
- Collaborate respectfully and inclusively with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and other designers, to ensure cohesive and high-quality design outcomes.
- Develop and maintain user interfaces and experiences that are intuitive, visually appealing, and aligned with our product goals. Apply a strong understanding of UI/UX principles to create exceptional product experiences.
- Conduct thorough competitive and analogous product teardowns and analyzes to inform design decisions and framework development. Use these insights to drive product innovation and improvement.
- Engage in customer discovery activities to gather insights and feedback that inform design decisions. Ensure customer needs and preferences are at the forefront of the design process.
- Plan and execute usability testing sessions to validate design concepts and identify areas for improvement. Utilize findings to iterate and enhance the user experience.
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of our design systems, ensuring consistency and scalability across all products. Support the evolution of design language and standards.
- Ability to think creatively and outside the box to drive product innovation and solve complex design challenges.
- Strong interpersonal skills to work effectively with diverse teams, fostering an inclusive and supportive work environment.
- Deep understanding of user-centered design principles and the ability to advocate for user needs in all design decisions.
- Proficiency in conducting product analyses and utilizing insights to inform design and framework development.
- Openness to feedback and the ability to iterate designs based on usability testing and customer insights.
- Strong focus on detail to ensure design consistency and high-quality outcomes across all products.
At , we unlock the talent and economic potential of America’s workforce for employees and their companies. We partner with the nation’s largest employers—including Walmart, Chipotle, Discover, Hilton, Macy’s, Target, and The Walt Disney Company—to create cultures of opportunity that help them attract and retain top talent, while building the workforce of the future from within. By using our proprietary Career Opportunity Platform to develop education and learning programs that work in the real-world, thousands of employees at those companies have gained the skills, knowledge, and guidance they need to build a brighter future for themselves and their families—all without paying for tuition or career services on their own.
Guild is female-founded and a certified B Corp. The company has been named to the TIME100 Most Influential Companies of 2022 list, CNBC Disruptor50 list three years in a row, Inc. Best Led Companies list, Fast Co. World Changing Ideas list and the B Lab Best for the World list among many others.
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What We Do
Guild’s Career Opportunity Platform™ enables forward-thinking employers to invest in their employees, unlocking life-changing opportunities for personal and professional growth through education and learning programs, career development, and one-on-one coaching. Guild partners with the nation’s largest employers — including Walmart, Chipotle, Discover, Hilton, Macy’s, Target, Providence Health, and The Walt Disney Company — to create cultures of opportunity that will help them attract and retain top talent, and build the workforce of the future. Guild offers a marketplace of curated education and learning programs designed for what working adults need to succeed in their programs. Layered onto that is support, guidance, and resources at every step to help ensure the new skills employees are building translate into career pathways that are in demand at their companies — all without paying for tuition or career services on their own.
Why Work With Us
As a certified B-corp with a double-bottom line business model that does well by doing good, we're looking for people who want to help us expand economic opportunity through education. You’ll join a driven and collaborative team, be challenged every day and go home knowing you’re helping to make a difference in the lives of working adults.
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