Senior UX/Visual Designer

About Neo4j:

Neo4j is the leader in Graph Database & Analytics, helping organizations uncover hidden patterns and relationships across billions of data connections deeply, easily, and quickly. Customers use Neo4j to gain a deeper understanding of their business and reveal new ways of solving their most pressing problems. Over 84% of Fortune 100 companies use Neo4j, along with a vibrant community of 250,000+ developers, data scientists, and architects across the globe.

At Neo4j, we’re proud to build the technology that powers breakthrough solutions for our customers. These solutions have helped NASA get to Mars two years earlier, broke the Panama Papers for the ICIJ, and are helping Transport for London to cut congestion by 10% and save $750M a year. Some of our other notable customers include Intuit, Lockheed Martin, Novartis, UBS, and Walmart. 

Neo4j experienced rapid growth this year as organizations looking to deploy generative AI (GenAI) recognized graph databases as essential for improving it’s accuracy, transparency, and explainability. Growth was further fueled by enterprise demand for Neo4j’s cloud offering and partnerships with leading cloud hyperscalers and ecosystem leaders. Learn more at neo4j.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

  Our Vision: 

At Neo4j, we have always strived to help the world make sense of data.  

As business, society and knowledge become increasingly connected, our technology promotes innovation by helping organizations to find and understand data relationships. We created, drive and lead the graph database category, and we’re disrupting how organizations leverage their data to innovate and stay competitive.

Overview:

The Senior UX/Visual Designer is a key role that will shape both the usability and the visual impact of the Neo4j website. You’ll partner with the content and product marketing teams to design and optimize web pages, identifying gaps and opportunities, while ensuring a consistent, branded experience across all touch points. The ideal candidate can synthesize coherent visual systems from disparate cues, balance user needs with business goals, and confidently advocate for evidence-based design decisions.

Note: A link to a portfolio is required

In This Role You Will:

• Bring your expertise in UX and visual design to evolve and uplevel the Neo4j website, collaborating with a small team of designers and developers
• Have the creative freedom to experiment and innovate visual design across our web properties to enhance customer usability, experience, and journeys
• Proactively build relationships across Product, Marketing, Sales, and global teams to create innovative user experiences
• Facilitate design conversations with executives with confidence, skillfully guiding discussions from subjective opinions toward user- and data-driven outcomes
• Contribute to internal processes by documenting clear briefs, estimating resources, time management, and evolve and scale design practices
• Grow, shape, and contribute towards our web design system
• Contribute web marketing strategies to optimize website performance, including traffic growth, conversion, and content richness
• Evaluate and improve existing website journeys and site map
• Present design decisions with clarity to technical and non-technical audiences, including C-suite stakeholders

You may be a great fit for this role if you:

• Have 5+ years of experience
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of design principles, branding, and web accessibility standards (including WCAG compliance)
• Have a strong portfolio that showcases both methodical thinking and beautiful web design work
• Bring experience with responsive and mobile-first design
• Have experience building and adhering to design best practices 
• Understand the web’s technical opportunities and limitations, including basic HTML and CSS (coding not required) 
• Are proficient with Figma, Adobe CC, design fundamentals, and asset management 
• Are excited to make a strong impact on the company’s largest customer-facing marketing product 

Bonus Points:

• Interest in interaction and/or experiential design
• Experience with UX research and CRO testing
• Previous experience in the technology industry, B2B, and enjoys designing for developers and data scientists
• Understanding of CSS frameworks and how they apply to page structure

The annual base salary range for this position based in the United States is listed below. This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on Neo4j’s compensation practices, job related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and trainings, in addition to geographic location. Based on the factors above, Neo4j utilizes the full width of the range.

In addition to the range below, US employees are eligible for a stock option grant and certain roles are eligible for an annual bonus. Employees in this position are also eligible to participate in the Company’s standard benefit programs, which currently include the following: medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401(k), paid time off, and certain leaves of absence.

Annual Base Salary Range for This Role$150,000—$175,000 USDWhy Join Neo4j?

Neo4j is, without question, the most popular graph database in the world. We have customers in every industry globally, and our products are a proven product/market fit. Joining our team is an opportunity to shape the future of data and analytics. Below are just a few exciting facts about Neo4j. 

• Neo4j is one of the fastest-scaling technology companies in this industry. It recently surpassed $200M in annual recurring revenue (ARR), doubling its ARR over the past three years. 
• Raised the biggest funding round in database history ($325M Series F). Backed by world-class investors like Eurazeo, GV (formerly Google Ventures), and Inovia Capital, Neo4j has raised over $600M in funding and is currently valued at over $2Bn. This puts Neo4j among the most well-funded database companies in history.
• 84% of the Fortune 100 and 58% of the Fortune 500 use Neo4j. Examples include Boston Scientific, BT Group, Caterpillar, Cisco, Comcast, Department for Education UK, eBay, NBC News, Novo Nordisk, Worldline, and others. 
• Co-founder and CEO Emil Eifrem has built an amazing culture that prides itself on relationships, inclusiveness, innovation, and customer success.
• Countless industry awards. Massive enterprises and individual developers/data scientists love Neo4j. A strong sense of community and ecosystem is built around the platform.
• A recent Forrester Total Economic Impact™ Study cited Neo4j as delivering 417% ROI to customers. 
• Neo4j was named as a Visionary in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud Database Management Systems among 19 other recognized global DBMS vendors. Neo4j was also ranked as a Strong Performer among 14 top vendors in The Forrester Wave™: Vector Databases, Q3 2024.

Research shows that members of underrepresented communities are less likely to apply for jobs when they don’t meet all the qualifications. If this is part of the reason you hesitate to apply, we’d encourage you to reconsider and give us the opportunity to review your application. At Neo4j, we are committed to building awareness and helping to improve these issues. 

One of our central objectives is to provide an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace for everyone to develop their potential and have a positive, career-defining experience. We look forward to receiving your application.

Neo4j Values:

Neo4j is a Silicon Valley company with a Swedish soul. We foster collaboration and each of us is empowered to contribute and put our innovative stamp on projects. We hire candidates who reflect the following Neo4j core values:

(we)-[:VALUE]->(relationships)
(we)-[:FOCUS_ON]->(userSuccess)
(we)-[:THRIVE_IN]->(:Culture {type: [‘Open’, ‘Inclusive’]})
(we)-[:ASSUME]->(:Intent {direction:’Positive’})
(we)-[:WELCOME]->(:Discussions {nature: ‘IntellectuallyHonest’})
(we)-[:DELIVER_ON]->(ourCommitments) 

Neo4j is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. Please read the privacy notice regarding Neo4j's recruitment process to understand how we will handle the personal data that you provide. 

More information at www.neo4j.com.