Careers at PivotLink

Careers at PivotLink

Senior User Experience Designer

Are you passionate about designing great products? Do you have years of experience designing world class applications on the web? Do you want to be part of the industry leader in the rapidly growing SaaS market? If so, we want to speak with you!

PivotLink – the leader in SaaS BI is looking to hire a passionate designer to join our product team and help create the next generation of SaaS Business Analytics. As part of the Pivotlink team you will be joining an innovative group of seasoned professionals driving a sea change in delivery of analytics software. You’ll be working on a complex, challenging, and cutting-edge business analytics product delivered as a service. Our environment is collaborative and fast-paced and each team member has the opportunity to help shape the direction of the product.

PivotLink is the right place to grow your career if you:

  • Are interested in building cutting-edge software in one of the hottest software sectors (SaaS Business Intelligence).
  • Want to be part of a small, highly motivated team collaborating to solve tough problems.
  • Want to work at a company with a rapidly evolving product where your contribution is immediately noticed and valued by coworkers and customers alike.


Essential Functions

  • Work closely with customer, partners and internal stakeholders to create the user experience paradigm for our next generation SaaS Business Analytics product.
  • Imagine and design innovative, easy-to-use, and attractive user interfaces. Work products include: UI wireframes, fully realized UI designs for product specifications, color palettes, typography, workflows, iconography, and other user interface elements for use within PivotLink’s web-based business analytics application.
  • Effectively communicate your designs to software engineers, product managers, product marketing, customers, and partners.
  • Some travel ( < 10 %) required

Required Skills

  • Minimum of 10+ years experience in designing innovative software applications, with at least 5 years of web delivery.
  • Bachelor’s degree in design-related discipline: Interaction, Graphic or Interface design or equivalent experience – masters preferred.
  • Must have proven skills in graphic design. Your design portfolio should demonstrate an excellent eye for typography, mastery of clean and intuitive layouts, purposeful color, and a strong attention to detail. Your work should show a deep appreciation for simple, sleek, usable interfaces.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced cross-functional team environment.
  • Ability to handle several projects simultaneously.
  • Must have thorough understanding of and aptitude for user-centered design.
  • Must be proficient to expert in: Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash.
  • Must have HTML skills including CSS.
  • Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Must be able to work independently and manage time effectively.
  • Must keep pace with current trends in software usability and software product design.
  • Proven experience in either Business Analytics application development or SaaS product experience.

Preferred Skills

  • Understanding of Rich Internet Application (RIA) concepts and design patterns is preferred.
  • Expertise in information design.
  • Expertise in report and dashboard design/creation
  • Knowledge of cross-platform browser compatibility restrictions and requirements.
    Interaction design skills: experience creating wireframes, site/system workflows, and site architecture diagrams.
  • Experience creating or maintaining interface and style guidelines in a software development environment.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
  • Flex and Actionscript development experience is a big plus.

PivotLink offers a competitive compensation package including excellent salary, benefits, and stock options as well as a dynamic and collegial work environment. Please send your cover letter and resume to the following address: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

This job is located in either our Bellevue, WA or our San Francisco, CA facility.

PivotLink is an equal opportunity employer. Please no agency responses.

About PivotLink Corp.
As the leader in on-demand business intelligence solutions, PivotLink serves over 6,000 business users in industries such as consumer packaged goods, e-commerce, healthcare, insurance, retail and technology, including customers such as: Car Toys; DebShops; Guardian Home Care Holdings, Inc.; KoolSmiles; Novell; Rossignol; Shaklee and Zones. PivotLink Solutions™ and the PivotLink Framework™ data platform put the full power of business intelligence in the hands of decision makers across departments, companies and extended networks, offering tailored environments for each user from CEO to line employees. PivotLink’s unique, self-directed reporting and analytics are based on the Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery model, providing users with complete analytical freedom with minimal IT involvement. PivotLink Solutions are typically deployed in under 30 days, seamlessly integrate data sets from multiple sources, are easy to use and have a price that is affordable. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, PivotLink is a privately held company funded by Trident Capital, Emergence Capital Partners and StarVest Partners.

PivotLink’s industry accolades include JMP Securities’ 2008 “Hot 100: The Best Privately Held Software Companies” and four consecutive years ranked among the top BI providers in the CPG market by readers of Consumer Goods Technology Magazine. The company was also named a “Cool Vendor” in the Gartner, Inc. report titled “Cool Vendors in Analytics, Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management.”