Company Introduction:
Airspace is a tech-enabled freight forwarder that’s redefining how the world’s most critical packages are delivered. Headquartered in Carlsbad, California, Airspace has employees who are based around the world. Our European headquarters is in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
As a recognized leader in AI and machine learning, our team leverages data and patented technology to coordinate logistics across a global network of drivers and airlines. Our goal is to deliver those packages that are truly mission-critical in a way that is faster, more transparent, more secure, and more accountable than ever before. The items we deliver range from organs for transplant, to parts for critical machinery including grounded aircraft and highly sensitive components such as semiconductors.
Airspace has been rated one of America’s best Startup Employers, listed as one of CNBC’s Disruptor 50 companies, and featured as an Innovation and Disruption leader by CBS News. Airspace has the support of leading investors such as Telstra Ventures, HarbourVest Partners, Defy Partners, DBL Partners, and Scale Ventures. To date the company has raised more than $140m.
The company is growing rapidly and serving more places around the world than ever before. We are looking for passionate, motivated individuals who want to make an IMPACT every day to help us execute on our mission of reshaping the world of time-critical logistics.
What We Do:
If getting your package delivered ASAP is a matter of life and death, you need Airspace! Our clients depend on us to ship the most precious cargo imaginable, everything from human organs to aircraft parts. Our software is revolutionizing the industry by giving shippers a view of their shipment through every stage of its transportation. Life at this fast-growing start-up means working with a team of brilliant and motivated technologists, fun company activities, unlimited PTO, a gym subsidy, 401k contribution matching, and a growing list of benefits that helped us make Forbes’ list of America’s 100 best startup employers for 2020.
Qualifications:
As a Product Designer for Airspace Technologies, you will craft the future of user interactions to transform the time-critical logistics space. You will be the design lead on a multidisciplinary team amongst best-in-class engineers, product managers and business teams in a fast growing environment. You will dig into user needs to create interactive solutions in a meaningful, intuitive and emotionally engaging way. The right candidate must have an excellent product design portfolio with an eagerness to learn.
What You Will Do:
- UI Design - Understand and deconstruct complex information into visual interfaces that are user centered and highly refined while conveying the voice of our company.
- Solutioning - Transform complex workflows into intuitive interfaces.
- Prototyping - Create intricate prototypes to share with stakeholders and users.
- Process Thinking - Address design challenges and clearly articulate the steps to your approach for a final solution.
- Organizing and Communicating- Provide visual direction and assets to pass off in a clearly thought out manner with great attention to detail.
- Research and Testing - Work closely with product managers to better understand your users, and find the most effective and usable user interface solutions.
What You Will Bring:
- 2-4 years of experience focused on interaction and visual design.
- Proven skill delivering web applications.
- A portfolio that demonstrates an understanding of user interaction, visual design, branding and hierarchy, across a variety of platforms and domains.
- Experience working on all project phases from conceptual thinking to Engineering handoff.
- A detail-oriented mindset, demonstrating the ability to think about the finer details and interactions.
- Ability to demonstrate a collaborative approach with a cross functional team.
- An interest in keeping up with the latest design trends and practices.
Required Skills:
- Experience using design software such as Figma, Sketch, or Adobe Creative Suites (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) to design interfaces
- Wireframing and prototyping
- User Interface Design
- Visual Design
- Experience in Material Design, App Design, Google Gallery, HTML/CSS; JavaScript would be icing on cake
Compensation:
- Salary Range: $80,000 - $150,000
- High-quality health, dental, and vision plan options
- Unlimited PTO
- 401K with company match
Core Values:
- We are One Team. We believe we all accomplish more when we are working together.
- We make an Impact. We are determined to have a positive influence on our environment, our customers, our industry, and our world.
- We are Passionate. We care deeply about our mission and are not afraid to raise the bar.
- We are Transparent. We pride ourselves on having open, honest, and sincere communication with our team and customers.
- We are Innovative. We never settle and are always striving to improve our product, service, and ourselves.
About Airspace:
From life-saving organs to essential machinery components, Airspace is trusted by the world’s largest companies and most critical healthcare organizations to move their most time-sensitive shipments on time, every time. Our proprietary AI-powered platform is the most advanced of its kind- awarded and protected by multiple patents, it provides speed, reliability, and transparency unrivaled in time-critical logistics. We are thinkers, builders, and doers; from building and deploying AI in the world to assembling a world-class operations team, Airspace is on a hypergrowth trajectory while remaining hyper-focused on the needs of our customers and team members.
With offices in the United States in Carlsbad, CA, Dallas, TX, and in Europe in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Stockholm, and London, we are rapidly scaling into new markets and industries while continuing to innovate and maximize value for our customers. Backed by leading investors including Telstra, HarbourVest, Prologis, Qualcomm, Defy, and others, Airspace has raised $140M to date.
Join our team of 300+ technologists, futurists, and industry veterans as we work as One Team to revolutionize time-critical logistics.
Airspace is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Additionally, Airspace participates in the E-Verify program for all locations.
For this role the acquisition of recruitment agencies is not appreciated, thank you for your understanding.
What We Do
At Airspace, we know that failure is not an option. We ship anything from organs for transplant to aircraft parts that could cause delays across the nation. We focus on time-critical shipments because they matter.
By building an industry-first automated platform, we provide you with complete visibility from the moment your order is placed to the moment it is delivered.
Our platform was created to eliminate the transparency issues and challenges that are so prevalent in the logistics industry today to create the most trusted delivery network the world has ever seen.
