Senior Visual UI Designer

Description

Position Summary

Candid is a nonprofit that provides the most comprehensive data and insights about the social sector. We get you the information you need to do good. Candid currently has an opportunity for a Senior Visual UI Designer. The Senior Visual & User Interface Designer is responsible for delivering high-quality, cohesive visual and interface design across Candid's digital products, AI-enabled features, marketing initiatives, and influence campaigns.

This role works across Product teams and organizational stakeholders to ensure clarity, consistency, and excellence in how Candid's products and insights are experienced visually.

Position: The Senior Visual & User Interface Designer

Reporting to: Sr. Director of Product Design

Supervises: N/A

Schedule: 35-hour work week, Monday through Friday

Compensation: $97,600 - $135,000 (this range is for the NYC area and will be adjusted for other localities; additionally, factors like skills and experience will be considered).

Location: Remote. In-person attendance is expected twice per year during our annual, weeklong all-staff summits. Additional in-person meeting participation is expected at least once per quarter for senior leaders and at least once per month for the executive team. Staff not located in the NYC area are expected to travel for these meetings.

Benefits:
Health insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement contribution with additional option for a match, paid life insurance and AD&D, paid leave time (PTO, compassionate leave, volunteer, holiday, parental), short-term and long-term disability, pre-tax transit, flexible spending accounts, supplemental insurance, summer hours, and Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program eligible employer.

Responsibilities

• Own the visual and interface execution for digital products, AI-assisted workflows, marketing assets, and campaigns, ensuring a consistent and polished look and feel.
• Set a high bar for craft, accessibility, and pixel-perfect execution, particularly in data- and AI-rich interfaces.
• Translate user insights, product requirements, and AI feature concepts into clear, usable, and visually compelling interfaces.
• Design UI patterns for AI-enabled features, such as confidence indicators, explanations, feedback loops, and human-in-the-loop interactions.
• Ensure AI-driven experiences are understandable, trustworthy, and aligned with user expectations.
• Collaborate with Product and UX partners to visually communicate AI outputs, uncertainty, and system behavior in responsible ways.
• Create, maintain, and evolve visual style guides, UI patterns, and design libraries, including reusable components for AI-driven interfaces.
• Ensure consistency across product UI, brand expression, and marketing visuals.
• Partner closely with Product Managers, Engineers, UX Designers, Marketing, Influence, and other stakeholders to deliver cohesive end-to-end experiences.
• Apply strategic judgment to design decisions, balancing user needs, business objectives, and technical constraints.
• Manage multiple initiatives in parallel, ensuring quality, timelines, and stakeholder alignment.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in visual design, UI design, or digital interface design across product and/or marketing environments.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating excellence in visual craft, interface systems, and execution quality, including complex or data-rich products.
• Experience designing or supporting AI-powered or automation-driven features, with an emphasis on clarity and usability.
• Proficiency in modern design tools (e.g., Figma or equivalent), including shared libraries and component systems.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted design tools and workflows (e.g., generative design, rapid iteration, asset generation).
• Strong understanding of accessibility, responsive design, and usability best practices.
• Excellent communication, prioritization, and collaboration skills.
• Willingness to perform other duties and special projects as needed/requested.
• Sensitivity and respect for racial, gender, sexual orientation, and cultural differences.
• Champions and represents Candid's core values:
  We're driven, direct, accessible, curious, and inclusive.

About Candid
Candid's mission is to get you the information you need to do good. The world's problems are only growing, and change can't wait. Nonprofits are needed now more than ever, but all too often their work goes without adequate support.

Candid makes it easier and faster for nonprofits and funders to connect in pursuit of solutions to change the world. Candid is where nonprofits find grants, donors find nonprofits that inspire them, and all can gain insights about the work being done for good.

Candid is a qualifying nonprofit organization as defined by the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. As such, Candid employees may claim their employment time on their PSLF application. We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits. Due to the high volume of applicants we typically receive, we regret that we can only…