TL;DR: One of the cores aspects of our culture is for uizards to have fun spending time together and creating magic. These are our guiding principles to help us intentionally keep the culture that we love as we grow and work towards our mission together.

🧭 We’re values-driven. Our mission is our North Star.

We’re here to change the way design is done and to empower non-designers to be able to design. Our values are what guide how we behave, make decisions, hire (and fire), and improve as a company.

🌍 We’re Remote-first, not friendly.

At Uizard, what we mean by “remote-first” is a company where at least 50% of uizards are working remotely at least 50% of the time.

What does this mean in practice? Here’s the difference:

• 😍 Remote-first means optimizing for remote work. This is what it looks like...
  • Live meetings are kept to a minimum, scheduled to include all time zones, and recorded for all.
  • Key decisions are made online, not at the water cooler, so all relevant uizards are included
  • Performance is measured by results rather than hours worked
  • Communication is asynchronous-first
  • The team is empowered to work remotely
  • Processes and tools are designed to include all team members equally, regardless of location
  • People and information are equally accessible to all people
• 😭 Remote-friendly means office-based uizards and remote uizards are not properly integrated and exist on two different, often unequal, tiers. It looks like this:
  • Team meetings exclusively occur in a co-located time zone or when convenient to people in the office
  • Water cooler chat or the office is a space for key decisions and not all relevant uizards are included
  • Presence is correlated with meaningful work
  • Communication is synchronous-first
  • Team members are required to work in the office by default
  • People and information are more accessible to people in an office
  • People bias towards promoting office-based uizards

💛 We practice humility and respect, paired with transparency and speaking up.

We can only work towards mastery as individuals when we, as a team, co-create the space for it. At a high level, it means having the space to explore and use our top skills, strengths, and talents. To enable this space, we expect all team members to build strong relationships based on humility and respect. We can learn so much from each other and our ideas alone won’t power the future of design. Differing perspectives are key.

It’s also important to speak up and be transparent. This can be for giving praise (what we call kudos), giving constructive feedback, disagreeing, or suggesting an idea.

📈 We optimize team performance and trust.

Our goal is to create high-performing, trust-based teams that power the future of design by empowering non-designers to design. Here are the five key dynamics that set successful teams apart from other teams (based on Google’s research), that we strive for:

• Psychological safety: Can we take risks on this team without feeling insecure or embarrassed?
• Dependability: Can we count on each other to do high-quality work on time?
• Structure & clarity: Are goals, roles, and execution plans on our team clear?
• Meaning of work: Are we working on something that is personally important for each of us?