Work With Us
We’re small enough that everyone does a little bit of everything, but smart enough to know some people are better at some things than others. We’re always looking for people who work smart, work hard, and are passionate about design.
Send us an e-mail telling us why you want to work here. The resume is secondary. Everyone cleans their own dishes.
Project Manager
Mule Design is looking for a project manager. We would love to find someone enthusiastic and experienced in the design-services field who will work collaboratively as part of a small team.
We work on interesting projects for nice people in non-profit organizations and a variety of established and emerging businesses.
Duties
- Manage budget, schedule, and workflow for the duration of the project
- Cultivate a positive and effective relationship with the client, acting as primary point of contact
- Manage client and team expectations to ensure high-quality work on time and within budget
- Identify and neutralize potential risks to happiness, quality, or profitability
- Help team stay motivated and focused
- Finding and evaluating new potential clients, and developing project proposals
Qualities
- Proven experience performing the listed duties
- Deep understanding of the principles and methods of user-centered design
- Excellent communication skills and attention to nuance
- Ability to shift focus between big picture and minutiae
- Intellectual curiosity
- Fearlessness
This is a contract-to-permanent position beginning as soon as we find the right person.
Contact us about the "Project Manager" job: jobs@muledesign.com
Link to the "Project Manager" job posting: http://muledesign.com/jobs/#projectmanager
Information Designer
Mule Design Studio is looking for an information designer to join our team.
We specialize in interactive design projects that have the potential to make a positive difference in the lives of real people.
Our clients include non-profit organizations and businesses doing interesting things for money. We tend to prefer working for small and mid-sized organizations. We are highly skeptical of this whole "Web 2.0" thing and take the long view of design.
We also make funny t-shirts about squid.
Our ideal new Mule would have the following qualities:
- Experience with all stages and deliverables of the information architecture and interaction design process, from initial audience research to concept development, persona creation, site maps, flows, and page-level schematics. Comfort with information-driven websites and dynamic web-based applications.
- The ability to develop design solutions collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team and articulate them to clients
- Excellent writing abilities and a palpable desire to write creative briefs, research findings & recommendations, interface nomenclature, and diplomatic e-mail to clients. Actual site copy a plus!
- Powerful intellectual curiosity and a strong sense of craftsmanship.
This is a contract-to-permanent position beginning as soon as we find the right person.
Contact us about the "Information Designer" job: jobs@muledesign.com
Link to the "Information Designer" job posting: http://muledesign.com/jobs/#informationdesigner
Visual Designer
Mule Design Studio is looking for a visual designer to join our team.
We specialize in interactive design projects that have the potential to make a positive difference in the lives of real people.
Our clients include non-profit organizations and businesses doing interesting things for money. We tend to prefer working for small and mid-sized organizations. We are highly skeptical of this whole “Web 2.0” thing and take the long view of design.
We also make funny t-shirts about squid.
Our ideal new Mule would have the following qualities:
- Experience with all stages and deliverables of the information architecture and interaction design process, from initial audience research to concept development, persona creation, site maps, flows, and page-level schematics. Comfort with information-driven websites and dynamic web-based applications.
- The ability to develop design solutions collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team and articulate them to clients.
- A strong understanding of visual systems and typography and the ability to articulate that understanding to both clients and the rest of the team.
- An solid understanding of the web and a strong desire to push its limits.
- A strong sense of craftsmanship.
- Solid knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash is a plus, but not required.
This is a contract-to-permanent position beginning as soon as we find the right person.
Contact us about the "Visual Designer" job: jobs@muledesign.com
Link to the "Visual Designer" job posting: http://muledesign.com/jobs/#visualdesigner