Product Designer

Position: Product Designer

Working Hours: We are asynchronous, work when you want

Location: Fully Remote

Salary Range: $2,800 - $7,800 USD/month

Eligible Locations: Anywhere

About Colonist

We're building the biggest digital board game platform on the internet. Last year, our players spent 2,466 years playing 45 million games on our Settlers of Catan alternative. We're a fully remote, asynchronous team spread across multiple continents, focused on crafting extremely polished digital board games that people truly love.

About The Role

As a Product Designer at Colonist, you will take ownership of the app's visual and interactive experience, ensuring every design is of exceptional quality and elevates usability to the next level. Your mission will be to proactively enhance the interface, solve complex design challenges, and deliver solutions that resonate with players. You'll play a crucial role in defining and iterating on the app's design to meet the highest standards of excellence and usability, driving significant improvements.

What You'll Do

• Collaborate with a dynamic, cross-functional team to shape impactful design decisions that elevate the user experience
• Independently deliver UI/UX designs that set a high standard of quality and creativity
• Drive innovation by continuously improving the app's user interface and overall visual design, ensuring a seamless experience for players
• Anticipate user interactions and solve design challenges effectively, leveraging your expertise without relying on extensive testing or interviews
• Use tools like Figma and other cutting-edge design platforms to ideate, create, and refine designs
• Take a hands-on approach with the codebase when needed, making direct improvements to align design and functionality

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a Product Designer, preferably on game platforms.
• Proficiency in Figma and additional design tools, such as Sketch and Adobe XD
• In-depth understanding of UI/UX principles and best practices
• Extensive experience conducting market research
• Ability to leverage data insights to drive design
• Strong problem-solving skills for creating intuitive and engaging user experiences
• Familiarity with testing methodologies to evaluate and validate design changes
• Comfortable with remote and asynchronous working environments
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

Nice to Have

• Expertise in animations and micro-interactions
• Experience leading design sprints
• Familiarity with Discord and GitHub for project collaboration.
• Knowledge of CSS frameworks and libraries

Our Values at Colonist

We strongly adhere to these values in our team - if these resonate, then you’ll love working here!

Dependability

We're self-driven players who deliver without needing supervision. When we commit to something, we make it happen.

Ownership

We take full responsibility and go beyond our roles to improve Colonist. Each of us acts like we own the company, because through our stock options, we do.

Clear Communication

In our remote environment, written communication is key. We're direct, structured, and always keep our team in the loop.

Efficient Execution

We move fast and focus on impact. Instead of getting stuck on perfect solutions, we find practical ways forward and get things done.

Continuous Learning

We're curious problem solvers who love a challenge. We constantly seek new ideas, embrace feedback, and aren't afraid to change our minds when we're wrong.

Compensation

Benefits and Compensation

• Competitive salary paid in USD
• Stock options (own a piece of Colonist)

Benefits

• Fully remote work
• Flexible hours - Work on your own time, we’re async
• Unlimited vacation
• Work equipment provided

Growth

• Work directly impacts 5M+ yearly active players
• Rapid learning opportunities
• Work with exceptional colleagues on challenging projects
• Freedom to identify and solve problems
• Access to all company metrics and discussions