About Cova:
Cova builds innovative software solutions for cannabis retail. Our award-winning point-of-sale platform is #1 in North America, where Cova currently powers over 2,000 stores from coast to coast and has earned a reputation as one of the most trusted brands in cannabis technology. Reliability and integrity are paramount in our mission to help cannabis retailers reach their full potential. With that conviction and your help, we will continue to push the industry forward and establish Cova as a one stop shop for cannabis retailers looking for the best software to grow their business.
Let's shape the next generation of cannabis retailers together and own it.
Reports To: Director of Product
About the Team:
Our Cova Product team is dedicated to building exceptional software experiences that empower cannabis retailers to thrive. Made up of four Product Managers, the team works closely with the Development team and collaborates cross-functionally with other departments to bring innovative solutions to life. As a UX/UI Designer on this team, you'll play a key role in shaping intuitive and reliable products that set the standard in cannabis retail technology.
About the Role:
As a UI/UX Designer, you create designs that enhance our user experience with digital products and services, ensuring interfaces are intuitive, visually appealing, and user-friendly. By integrating visual design, information architecture, and user psychology, you optimize usability, accessibility, and visual hierarchy. Collaborating with cross-functional teams you align designs with Cova’s product goals and objectives, iterating based on user feedback to continuously improve the overall customer experience.
This role may be a great fit for you if you have a proven ability to balance idealistic designs with practical shipping requirements and are committed to continuous improvement in both your design career and craft!
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Design a full range of UI/UX from low-fidelity sketches to high-fidelity prototypes.
- Diagram user flows to capture the complete experience and communicate it effectively.
- Interview users and obtain input from various sources, synthesize findings, and translate them into client-focused solutions.
- Create multiple design iterations to evaluate and refine ideas collaboratively.
- Collaborate with Product Managers and Developers to build and ship solutions.
- Contribute to the Cova design system for quick development while ensuring consistency.
- Advocate for end users and encourage empathy across the team.
- Actively seek feedback at every stage.
What We’re Looking For:
- 2+ years' experience designing software across multiple products and platforms (web, Android/iOS), including various screen sizes.
- Exceptional communicator in verbal, written, and diagrammatic forms, able to present designs and rationale clearly to peers, clients, leadership, and stakeholders.
- Excellent listener engaged and focused in meetings longer than others; this skill is often more important than communication.
- Impressive portfolio and experience designing shipped software. Prepared to showcase your work in interviews.
- Degree, diploma, certification in UX/UI design or related field, or equivalent real-world experience.
- Proficient in industry-standard design and collaboration tools, especially Figma, and quick to adapt to new technologies.
- Experience in an Agile development environment.
- Experience designing B2B software.
- Basic knowledge of front-end development languages, including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
What Really Matters:
A lot can be learned or trained, but there are a few things that can’t.
- Strongly self-motivated with a drive to succeed.
- Resourceful and innovative, thriving in an environment with little to no supervision.
- Caring about our clients and their customers.
- Being able to collaborate with others to ensure that we all succeed together.
What we offer:
- Begin your journey with a competitive starting salary!
- Enjoy peace of mind with a comprehensive benefits package, covering medical, vision, and dental premiums for you and your entire family.
- Embrace work-life harmony with a flexible hybrid working environment and vacation days starting at three weeks annually.
- We care about your family, offering maternity, adoption, and paternity leave salary top ups as well as ten “New Baby Days” for all parents welcoming a new child into their life.
- Enjoy a “Cultural Day” off annually to celebrate a day of religious or cultural significance.
- Give back with up to 6 days of paid time off annually for volunteering or personal learning.
- We believe in the value of taking time to refresh, re-energize, and reflect on your career journey. Employees are granted a seven-week sabbatical after every seven years of employment.
Want to Join the Team?
If you’re interested in a career with Cova, please submit your resume and cover letter. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, faith, colour, cultural background, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
We are a hybrid work environment, remote and in-office for all employees in an office city.
You can view our privacy policy at https://iqmetrix.com/legal/internal/employee_job_applicant_privacy_policy.
What We Do
Cova builds innovative retail software solutions specifically for dispensaries. We empower cannabis entrepreneurs to achieve their vision of success. Our Award-Winning POS & Inventory Management platform is designed to simplify compliance, streamline complex dispensary operations, and empower dispensaries to deliver the best possible shopping experience.
Ease of use, industry-leading support, and enterprise-proven scalability have earned us multiple industry awards, 5-star reviews, and made Cova the #1 cannabis POS in North America, trusted to power more than 1,800 retail locations and supporting businesses of all sizes—from 1 to over 100 stores.
Cova’s headquarters are in Denver, CO and Vancouver, BC, with offices in Regina, SK, Winnipeg, MB, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Illinois.
