Founding Designer Remote (UK) Salary: £70,000 - 75,000 + significant equity WHO WE ARE RYE is the intelligence layer for modern business energy. We are a retail energy management system designed to make sure no business owner ever shuts down due to unaffordable, unmanageable energy. Backed by leading impact investors like the Norrsken Foundation, Capital T and January Ventures, we’re searching for people keen to build something great, and build it in a different (and sustainable) way. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR We are looking for a thought partner and business partner as much as we are looking for a designer. If you’re constantly looking to improve processes and situations, if you care about detail as much as strategy, if you think your capacity and potential is nowhere close to being met, please reach out. ️ WHO YOU ARE What’s a Founding Designer? Good question. It’s someone that cares about aesthetics and product equally. Who will be expected to contribute to high level business decisions but also be hands-on in the wonderfully messy world of shipping product. You will play a pivotal role in creating both our product and culture, and we will give you the tools and autonomy to aid this. If you are at the stage of your career where you want real ownership, and the opportunity to grow both personally and professionally, please reach out. Experience in product and design matters. But what really matters is that you have the determination to grow and develop new skills, and a collaborative nature. We’ll have your back however we can. You're right for the role if: • You have the attitude and the desire to build something great. • The humility to know when something is not great. • Be comfortable helping others do their best work. RYE DESIGN RULES We believe design to be one of the most under appreciated technologies, and one that glues together every aspect of building, and using, a product. We try to: 1. Do everything on the assumption that people are not heartless or stupid but marvellously capable, given the chance. We solve for simple. 2. Do the right thing, for the sole purpose of doing the right thing, is a deeply moral decision. We do excellent work because it’s the right thing to do. 3. Remember everything is finite. Focus our energy on what matters most. ️ WHAT YOU WILL DO Constantly think in systems. To guide brand and product design as well as get involved in user research and customer success. Someone that enjoys: Designing interaction models, wireframes and prototypes that focus on ease of use and optimise how customers interact with our software. Present design solutions, defend design decisions and incorporate feedback into the design cycle. Maintain a unified, scalable, and progressive design system through libraries and documentation. Make sure that we build accessibility into our product right from the start. Gather and document insights that will influence our UX, feature development and roadmaps. Help establish best practices for user research at RYE. Be an advocate for good design Actively develop a positive, productive and passionate design culture within RYE. Represent our mission externally, through active exchange with the design industry. Be an owner You’d be working directly with our founding team to build great product and foster a culture of product excellence. We truly believe technology can create a real difference in our client’s lives, that we can provide the same transparency and power over electrons, users now enjoy over banking. WHAT EXPERIENCE YOU HAVE Qualifications Strong command of interaction design, graphic design, branding and/or information architecture Experience working closely with multi-disciplinary teams Adept at communicating and prototyping interactions rapidly at all levels of resolution A deep knowledge of modern web UI patterns Qualities A strategic thinker, who sees both the big picture and the smaller underlying mechanics. A hands-on problem solver, self-motivated with a glass half-full attitude. An entrepreneurial mind, ready to launch and fail and iterate. You’re an empathetic team player that is great at building lasting relationships. Attuned to remote collaboration, using digital tools and meticulously documenting work. An expert English language communicator that has a knack for breaking down complex topic WHAT WE OFFER We strive to build an environment where you can bring your whole self to work, that prioritises the integrity of the team as well as the integrity of the planet. We offer Freedom: hybrid with full-remote periods and sabbatical opportunities. Fulfilment: Opportunity to develop a high impact product and evolve in line with it. Independence: Competitive salary (£70K-£75K base) and benefits, including a serious founding stock option program. Connection: Regular off-sites in various locations that you’ll actually look forward to. You don’t have 20 years of experience building seven different unicorns while running a side gig as a micro influencer? That’s fine by us. Please don’t hesitate to apply. At RYE taste, hustle and care outperforms everything else.