UI/UX Designer, Web Designer & Developer

UI/UX Designer, Web Designer & Developer - NextLeft

Location: Remote-First (with optional quarterly team gatherings) Preferably living in California or North Carolina, but open to other locations. Employment Type: Full-time

The Opportunity

NextLeft is at an inflection point. We're moving beyond startup scrappiness into strategic growth, and we need someone who can be both the architect and the builder of our digital experiences—both for nextleft.com and for our clients. This isn't just a design role—it's a chance to define how an innovative company crafts user experiences that scale from promising to unstoppable, while delivering exceptional design work for the clients we serve.

What You'll OwnUser Experience Architecture

• Design and implement comprehensive user experiences for nextleft.com and client projects
• Develop sophisticated design systems that ensure consistency across NextLeft's brand and client deliverables
• Create user flows and information architecture for nextleft.com that seamlessly guide visitors from discovery to conversion
• Establish research-driven processes that turn user insights into exceptional experiences for both NextLeft and our clients

Design & Development Leadership

• Craft NextLeft's visual design language and create compelling designs for client projects
• Lead design strategy for nextleft.com and guide design direction for client deliverables
• Produce pixel-perfect interfaces that position NextLeft as a category leader and showcase our design capabilities
• Build responsive, performant web experiences for nextleft.com and client websites that delight users and drive business results

Cross-Functional Product Partnership

• Partner directly with leadership to align design strategy with business objectives for nextleft.com and client work
• Collaborate with engineering to ensure designs for nextleft.com and client projects are technically feasible and efficiently implemented
• Work with the team to translate user research into actionable design decisions for both NextLeft and client projects
• Build design systems and component libraries that scale with our growth trajectory and can be leveraged for client work

Strategic Implementation

• Launch new features for nextleft.com and deliver client projects with comprehensive design documentation and prototypes
• Manage design tools and development workflows for maximum efficiency across both internal and client work
• Lead performance optimization, responsive design, and cross-browser compatibility efforts for nextleft.com and client websites

Who Thrives HereThe Hybrid Designer-Developer

• 4+ years crafting digital experiences that drive measurable user engagement
• Equally comfortable with visual design and front-end development
• Experience scaling design systems from startup to growth stage
• Track record of building interfaces that work beautifully without constant maintenance

The Systems Thinker

• You see design as an interconnected ecosystem, not a collection of screens
• You're obsessed with understanding user behavior and designing for real-world outcomes
• You can toggle between high-level user journeys and pixel-level implementation details
• You build scalable design systems from day one, even when resources are limited

The Product Partner

• You're energized by the challenge of complex user problems and elegant solutions
• You take ownership of the entire user experience, not just visual aesthetics
• You're comfortable being the design team of one while building for a team of many
• You bring user advocacy and design thinking to leadership discussions

What Sets You Apart

• Impact Portfolio: You can showcase specific designs that drove meaningful user engagement and business metrics for both company websites and client projects
• Technical Fluency: Proficient in modern front-end frameworks (React/Vue/Angular), CSS preprocessors, and design-to-code workflows
• Design + Code: You're equally comfortable creating in Figma and implementing in production code (primarily Elementor/Hello/Wordpress, and trending to React) for nextleft.com and client sites
• Startup Mentality: You've built design systems from scratch and understand the reality of limited resources and unlimited possibilities while delivering exceptional client work

Why NextLeft

Immediate Impact: Your designs directly shape user experience and company trajectory—no bureaucracy, no design-by-committee

Ownership Culture: Equity participation and the chance to build something that's truly yours

Learning Velocity: Direct access to users, data, and rapid feedback loops

Future-Focused: We're building the design foundation for a company that's going somewhere big

Compensation & Growth

• Base: $$ (depending on experience)
• Performance Bonus: Tied to company performance
• Professional Development: budget for courses, conferences, and tools
• Equipment: Top-tier hardware and tech setup including latest design tools and development environment
• Foundation: Matching 401k & generous health benefits
• Flexibility: Unlimited PTO with mandatory minimums (we actually want you to recharge)

The Real Talk

This role requires someone who can handle ambiguity, move fast, and design while shipping. If you need extensive design reviews and established design systems, this isn't for you. If you're energized by the challenge of creating exceptional experiences from the ground up, let's talk.

Ready to design the future of NextLeft?

Send us your resume, but more importantly, show us your work. Include:

• Your portfolio showcasing both design thinking and implemented solutions for company and client projects
• Your take on how nextleft.com's current digital experience could be improved (check us out first)