Senior UX Web Designer (Latin America only)

Viva Translate is led by a team of engineers from top companies and institutions, such as Google and MIT, with a shared dream. We are creating a world where language and culture are no longer barriers to work and opportunity, and we are starting across Latin America.

Technology is at the core of our product. Viva is building a tool that helps people read, write, and speak better across English, Spanish, and Portuguese. We have an incredible dream for the future of borderless work. But we know that great dreams start with great people.

What's your story? If you too are an explorer, a dreamer, and a builder, we'd love to meet you.


What you'll be doing
Unique design perspective - insightful into delight and play
User Experience - Lead all phases of product design for different web projects, ensuring the best user experience in each initiative.
Research - Conduct user and industry trend research, define our customers’ use cases, needs & personas.
Experiments - Help run rigorous design experiments, quantitatively analyze user behaviors, rapidly test and iterate the designs to optimize performance.
High-fidelity designs - Create wireframes and detailed designs ready for engineering.
Product improvements - identify big swing opportunities, review existing user flows and propose areas of improvement, and work closely with Engineering and other teams to suggest & implement improvements
Cross-functional collaboration - Collaborate with engineering and other teams to identify & implement product improvement opportunities.


Must-have skills 💪 
5+ years of experience working in UX/UI, Web or similar positions
Knowledge of user-centered design and interaction
Have a Product Design or UI/UX design portfolio with multiple case studies of products you worked on
Experienced in Figma
Possess deep empathy for users and an eye for good web UX/UI
Strong communication and organization skills
Thrives in a fast-paced startup environment
Ability to work with ambiguity and adjust priorities as business needs shift
Native Spanish or Portuguese speaker
Based in Latin America with at least B1-B2 level of English fluency


Nice to haves 🍒

Bachelor’s degree preferred
Prior experience working in a high growth product-led startup
Passionate about bridging communication gaps across cultures
Have domain experience working in SaaS


Our values 💛
Always leveling up
Science-based
Open integrity
Playfulness


What we offer ✨
Fully remote team 🌎
2+ in-person retreats (past locations include Mexico & Colombia) annually
Join an early-stage startup (9 people & growing 🚀)
Home office stipend 
Unlimited time-off 
Health & fitness benefits
Learning stipend - we are here to support your personal & professional development journey