Web Designer
HEX is a decentralized, blockchain-based cryptocurrency and smart contract protocol that allows users to 'mine' rewards by locking (staking) their HEX tokens for a chosen period of time, with longer commitments yielding larger rewards. It operates on Ethereum and PulseChain with no central entity, middlemen, or minimums, and serves individual crypto holders and investors seeking yield through time-locked staking.
Projects
About HEX
HEX presents itself as a finished, immutable, unstoppable smart contract that has undergone three independent audits from top blockchain auditors. It has no central entity or middlemen — users mint their own rewards by running code to lock their HEX tokens for a period ranging from 1 to 5555 days, then minting the rewards afterward, with longer commitments and larger stakes rewarding higher yields ('Longer Pays Better'). The protocol touts a capped inflation rate of 3.69% and a publicly viewable future locked-supply schedule so users can anticipate large miners' unlock events. HEX operates on both Ethereum and PulseChain, and users interact with it via MetaMask wallets, acquiring PLS on PulseChain and swapping for HEX via PulseX, then mining/minting rewards through go.hex.com. The site markets itself toward individual retail crypto investors interested in long-term, high-yield staking of a decentralized asset, citing dramatic historical price appreciation as a selling point.
Skills
About the Role
You will lead the design and experience for all of Hex's web surfaces, including the website, documentation site, and future experiences. You will design and implement high-quality, production-ready front-end code, owning experiences from concept through shipped UI. You will own launch assets alongside marketing, ensuring every major product moment is visually clear, compelling, and on-brand. You will establish and maintain visual quality, patterns, and consistency across all web experiences. You will partner closely with designers and marketers to bring stories to life with clarity, craft, and narrative cohesion. You will drive the long-term web roadmap, identifying opportunities for performance, clarity, storytelling, and experimentation. You will collaborate with engineering partners while directly contributing front-end code to ensure high-quality implementation. You will support product illustrations and light motion, bringing delight and personality to key moments. Over time, you will hire, manage, and mentor a team of engineers and designers, and influence processes, standards, and creative culture of the Design team.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in web/visual/UI design with a portfolio demonstrating world-class craft, storytelling, and systems thinking
- Strong across UX, layout, visual design, and typography
- Experience designing marketing surfaces for technical, B2B, or product-led companies
- Fluent in front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, React/Next.js) and can ship production-quality code
- Care deeply about implementation details and don't rely solely on handoff to bring designs to life
- Sharp eye for visual consistency, motion, micro-interaction quality, and illustration
- Can operate autonomously with a bias toward velocity, owning projects from concept to launch
- Excited to establish processes, patterns, and design rituals for a growing team
- Communicate design decisions clearly, with humility and cross-functional fluency
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and experience for all of Hex's web surfaces, including website, documentation site, and any future experience or surface
- Design and implement high-quality, production-ready front-end code (React/Next.js, CSS), owning experiences from concept through shipped UI
- Own launch assets alongside marketing, ensuring every major product moment is visually clear, compelling, and on-brand
- Establish and maintain visual quality, patterns, and consistency across all web experiences
- Partner closely with designers and marketers to bring stories to life with clarity, craft, and narrative cohesion
- Drive the long-term web roadmap, identifying opportunities for performance, clarity, storytelling, and experimentation
- Collaborate with engineering partners while directly contributing front-end code to ensure high-quality implementation
- Support product illustrations and light motion, bringing delight and personality to key moments
- Hire, manage, and mentor a team of engineers and designers over time
- Influence processes, standards, and creative culture of the Design team
Benefits
- Market-benched salary & equity
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Flexible paid time off