Senior UI/UX Designer to Elevate arenaflex's Chat-Based Cannabis Product Info App

At arenaflex, we're dedicated to revolutionizing the cannabis industry with innovative solutions that prioritize user experience and accessibility. Our internal web app, Product Professor, has been a game-changer for budtenders, but we're now seeking a talented Senior UI/UX Designer to take it to the next level. As a UI/UX expert, you'll be responsible for refining the app's visual language, interaction design, and overall user experience to create a seamless and engaging journey for our users.

About arenaflex

arenaflex is a forward-thinking company that's passionate about harnessing the power of technology to transform the cannabis industry. Our mission is to provide cutting-edge solutions that empower budtenders, retailers, and consumers alike. With a focus on innovation, accessibility, and user-centered design, we're committed to setting a new standard for cannabis technology.

The Opportunity

We're looking for a seasoned UI/UX Designer to join our team and bring their expertise to our chat-based cannabis product info app. As a Senior UI/UX Designer, you'll be responsible for:

• Conducting a heuristic audit and providing direction on hierarchy, spacing, contrast, and usability issues
• Refining the visual language, including type scale, color, spacing, elevation, and state styles
• Polishing the user interface for three critical screens: landing/query, loading, and chat interface
• Designing a cohesive and maintainable component library in Figma
• Ensuring accessibility, including AA contrast, focus states, keyboard navigation, and screen-reader labels
• Creating a microcopy guide for system messages, loading, errors, and disclaimers
• Collaborating with our design and engineering teams to ensure a smooth dev handoff

Scope of Work

As a UI/UX Designer, your scope of work will be focused on the following areas:

• Heuristic Audit and Direction: Identify hierarchy, spacing, contrast, and usability issues and propose quick wins and priorities.
• Visual Language: Refine type scale, color (light/dark), spacing, elevation, and state styles to create a modern, calm, and expert feel.
• Screen Polish: Enhance the user interface for the landing, loading, and chat screens, including input prominence, helper text, voice affordance, CTA hierarchy, brand lockup, and responsive behavior.
• Microcopy: Create clear, compliant, and human-toned microcopy for system messages, loading, errors, and disclaimers.
• Interaction and Motion: Design tasteful transitions for send/receive, loading, and toasts, and respect reduced-motion settings.
• Design System: Develop a comprehensive design system in Figma, including buttons, inputs, cards, chips, tabs, toasts, icons, and variants.
• Accessibility: Ensure AA contrast, focus states, keyboard navigation, and screen-reader labels.

Deliverables

As a Senior UI/UX Designer, you'll be responsible for delivering the following:

• A short UI/UX audit with prioritized recommendations
• Hi-fi mockups and a clickable Figma prototype for the three screens (light and dark)
• A component library with states/variants and a token sheet (color, type, spacing, radii, shadows, motion)
• Motion specs (Figma animations or short GIF/Lottie references)
• A microcopy guide for system messages, loading, errors, and disclaimers
• Dev handoff: organized Figma, annotations/redlines, and a brief Loom walkthrough

What We'll Provide

As a UI/UX Designer at arenaflex, you'll have access to:

• Current screens and flows (landing, loading, chat) and product content
• Brand constraints (tone: calm, knowledgeable, trustworthy), logo, initial palette
• Design/engineering point of contact for quick feedback cycles
• Frontend context: Next.js + Tailwind via bolt.new (for token parity in Figma)

Must-Haves

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

• A portfolio of shipped web apps (ideally chat/knowledge tools) showing polish and systems thinking
• Expert Figma skills (autolayout, variants, component properties, prototyping)
• Strong interaction/motion sensibility and accessibility fundamentals
• Comfortable designing for Tailwind/design-token workflows

Nice-to-Haves

While not required, experience in regulated or retail environments, familiarity with cannabis retail workflows, light front-end literacy, iconography/illustration, Lottie/After Effects, and a passion for cannabis technology would be a plus.

Engagement

We're looking for a collaborative and async-friendly designer who can work independently and as part of a team. Our engagement process will include:

• A 1-2 week timeline
• A budget of $700
• Async collaboration with weekly design reviews and quick Looms for iteration

How to Apply

If you're a seasoned UI/UX Designer with a passion for cannabis technology and user-centered design, we want to hear from you! Please submit your proposal with the following:

• A brief introduction and a link to your portfolio
• 2-3 relevant web-app case studies (before→after preferred)
• A one-paragraph week-one plan for our three screens
• A link/GIF to a micro-interaction you designed that improved clarity

Success Looks Like

We're looking for a UI/UX Designer who can deliver:

• Cleaner hierarchy and faster comprehension on all three screens
• A chat interface that feels confident and helpful with clear actions and friendly system states
• A cohesive visual/interaction language (light and dark) and a maintainable component library
• A smooth dev handoff with minimal ambiguity

If you're ready to join our team and elevate arenaflex's chat-based cannabis product info app, apply now! Apply for this job