ZenPayroll (YC W12) is on a mission to provide delightful, modern payroll to businesses everywhere. We've built a product we're proud of and which our customers love. We are seeking a UX designer that is passionate about creating beautiful online experiences and taking them from concept to implementation. The UX designer will have both strong visual design and html/css skills.
A little about us:<p>We're building the future of payroll. We launched in 2012 (<a href="http://zenpayroll.com/press" rel="nofollow">http://zenpayroll.com/press</a>) and raised $6.1M in our first round of financing so we could focus on building a long term foundation for the company. Our investors include the CEOs of Dropbox, Yelp, Yammer, Box, among others, as well as Google Ventures and Salesforce (full list at <a href="http://zenpayroll.com/investors" rel="nofollow">http://zenpayroll.com/investors</a>). We currently have a product that our customers love, and we're processing millions of dollars in payroll every month. Our founders are second time entrepreneurs from Stanford who have had two prior exits. We're hungry to build something truly great and we're in this for the long haul.<p>At ZenPayroll, you will:<p>(1) Be an owner of what you build.<p>(2) Conceptualize, design, and build product experiences that make users smile.<p>(3) Design a product that processes millions and millions of dollars in payroll.<p>(4) Understand customer pain points, come up with solutions, and then prototype, iterate, and launch frequently.<p>(5) Design and build landing pages, email campaigns, icons, infographics, and application features.<p>The ideal candidate will:<p>- Be passionate about creating memorable and beautiful web experiences.<p>- Be able to understand and empathize with small business users.<p>- Have strong HTML/CSS(SASS)/Javascript skills.<p>- Be proficient at Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.<p>- Have interaction design, and user experience design skill sets.<p>- Have great attention to details. "Pixel Perfect isn't an ideal, but a requirement.".<p>- Clearly communicate design decisions internally.<p>- Have a strong portfolio that includes visual design and web development.<p>- Bonus: Experience in creating icons, infographics, and other graphical assets.<p>* Most importantly, you’re the type of person who’s not just looking for a “job”, but wants to join a tight-knit, hard-working family united by a common mission. You'll be amply rewarded for the work you do.*<p>Some perks include:<p>- Competitive salary and equity package.<p>- 100% health/vision/dental coverage.<p>- Free breakfast, lunch and dinner – no matter how busy we are, we make sure to sit around the dinner table as a team and enjoy meals together.<p>- Open vacation policy – we don’t count days.<p>- Beautiful office near South Park in San Francisco.<p>- Monthly housing stipend if you live near the office.<p>- Order your ideal workstation.<p>- Fitness stipend.<p>- Endless snacks and beverages.<p>- Copious espressos, lattes, and beers – we have some serious baristas on our team!<p>If solving a real pain point for millions of people gets you excited, we'd love to speak with you.<p>To apply, send a note to jobs [at] zenpayroll [dot] com and include your (1) portfolio, LinkedIn, GitHub, resume, and/or any project/portfolio pages. (2) a note on why you are interested in ZenPayroll, and (3) share with us something you've done which you are most proud of and why.<p>This job is located in San Francisco, CA. You must be local or willing to relocate (we'll cover the cost).