How to apply for Senior UI/UX Designer

About Cambium

Cambium is working on supply chains and has introduced a carbon smart material. The company operates in climate technology, which is the context for the platform this role will design. The location is San Francisco, CA, and the role is full-time.

About the role

This senior UI/UX designer role focuses on designing intuitive and accessible user interfaces for Cambium's climate technology platform. The work includes wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups, plus collaboration with product managers and engineers. User research and usability testing are part of the job to inform design decisions.

A typical day

A typical day might involve creating wireframes, prototypes, or high-fidelity mockups for the climate technology platform. You would likely meet with product managers and engineers to discuss design solutions and implementation. You might also plan or run user research and usability testing sessions to inform design decisions.

Who Cambium is looking for

• 5+ years of professional UI/UX design experience, with a portfolio that shows user-centered design solutions.
• Proficiency with Figma, Sketch, or Adobe Creative Suite.
• Experience working in agile development environments.
• Comfortable conducting user research and usability testing, and turning findings into design decisions.
• Able to collaborate with product managers and engineers to implement design solutions.

Tips for this application

• Lead your portfolio with 2-3 case studies that show the full process: wireframes, prototypes, high-fidelity mockups, and how user research or usability testing changed the design.
• In your resume or cover letter, name the specific design tools you use (Figma, Sketch, or Adobe Creative Suite) and describe how you used them in an agile team.
• Mention any experience designing for accessible interfaces, since the job description lists accessible user interfaces as a core responsibility.
• If you have worked on climate technology, supply chain, or other complex data platforms, call that out directly because Cambium's platform is in climate technology.
• Check Cambium's website and any public materials about their carbon smart material before applying, and reference what you learned in your application to show you understand the product context.

What to cover in your cover letter

Explain how your 5+ years of UI/UX design experience match the core responsibilities: intuitive and accessible interfaces, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups. Describe a specific project where user research or usability testing informed your design decisions. Show how you have collaborated with product managers and engineers in an agile environment. State why you want to design for Cambium's climate technology platform and what you know about their carbon smart material.

Research before applying

• Read Cambium's website and any public announcements about their carbon smart material and supply chain work to understand the product this role supports.
• Look for public information about Cambium's climate technology platform, such as product pages, blog posts, or press coverage, to see what users interact with.
• Check the professional backgrounds of Cambium's product managers and engineers on LinkedIn to understand who you would collaborate with.
• Find any public talks, interviews, or articles from Cambium's team about design, climate technology, or supply chains to learn how they talk about their work.

Likely interview topics

Based on the job description, expect questions about:

• Walk through a portfolio project where you designed an intuitive and accessible user interface. What research or testing informed your decisions?
• How do you create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups in your current process? Which tools do you use and why?
• Describe a time you collaborated with product managers and engineers to implement a design solution. What was your role and what was the outcome?
• How do you conduct user research and usability testing? Give an example of a finding that changed a design.
• Why do you want to design for a climate technology platform like Cambium's, and what do you know about their carbon smart material?

Common mistakes to avoid

• Submitting a portfolio that only shows final mockups without wireframes, prototypes, or evidence of user research and usability testing.
• Applying without checking what Cambium's carbon smart material is or what their climate technology platform does, which makes it hard to tailor your application.
• Listing design tools on your resume without describing how you used them in an agile development environment or how you collaborated with product managers and engineers.