accesSOS is a tech nonprofit on a mission to make emergency help accessible to all, particularly to deaf, hard-of-hearing, and non-English speaking communities. We are looking for a highly motivated and collaborative UX/UI Designer to join our team and help refine our products. As a Volunteer UX/UI Designer with accesSOS, you’ll work closely with a small team of software developers and our Product Manager to design and iterate upon the design and improve the user experience of our current mobile app and web products.

You’ll be at the forefront of innovation in the tech nonprofit world, making access to emergency services available to everyone nationwide.

If you're excited about leveraging your development skills to create a positive impact, we would love to hear from you!

As a Volunteer UX/UI Designer you will work together with our Product Manager and Engineering Development Team to:

Design storyboards, process flows, high level flows, logic trees, to detailed wireframes, to high fidelity mockups, to clickable prototypes to express vision

Develop and build user interface elements, UI mockups and prototypes that clearly illustrate how accesSOS apps/sites/tools function and look like

Prepare and present rough drafts to internal teams and key stakeholders

Provide guidance to team members on various design projects such as social media posts, advertising, power points, newsletters, presentations, and grant applications

Be responsible for and effectively advocate for consistency in design and brand alignment on style standards such as fonts, colors, images, and messaging

Contribute to improving design team tools and processes

Advocate for user-centered design in all products

Requirements:

Strong experience with Figma and other design tools

Strong complex problem solving capabilities

Excellent attention to detail and quality

Availability to commit 5-10 hours per week

Ability to prioritize tasks and goals independently

Ability to thrive in a start-up, semi-structured environment

Ability to communicate ideas and designs to end user and product team members

Bonus:

Experience in user interviews, Design thinking principles

User Research & Product Testing experience/interest

Great documentation skills

What You'll Gain:

Opportunity to make a difference and contribute to a meaningful cause

Hands-on experience working on real-world projects

Networking with like-minded designers, developers and industry professionals

Recognition and appreciation for your valuable contributions

Let's come together and use our technical abilities to make a difference in the world.

We value diversity of experiences and perspectives, and most of our team are people of color with personal experience in underserved communities. Our work has been recognized by Forbes, the San Francisco Chronicle, presented at SXSW, and is funded by Google, MIT Solve, and Stand Together.

To learn more about accesSOS check out this resources:

NBC feature about accesSOS