UX Designer

Support a startup solving the marine plastic waste crisis

Recycllux

Recycllux solves the marine plastic waste crisis by enabling corporations, coastal authorities, and ports to act through our Marine Plastic Cleanup-as-a-Service (AI satellite-powered plastic pollution detection, decentralized cleanup operations, traceable plastic offset & ESG reporting).

Recycllux tackles the escalating crisis of marine plastic pollution, which endangers ecosystems, disrupts coastal economies, and accelerates climate change. Each year, 12 million tons of plastic enter the seas and oceans—set to triple by 2040. Despite EU mandates for urgent action, existing solutions fail due to lack of real-time monitoring, scalable cleanup methods, and transparent impact verification.

Our AI-driven satellite analysis identifies marine plastic hotspots in the seas, enabling efficient, targeted decentralized cleanup interventions to effectively remove plastic waste and ensure it is reintegrated into the circular economy. The blockchain-based intervention management portal ensures full traceability from detection to collection, recycling, and impact reporting, allowing companies, coastal authorities, and ports to demonstrate compliance and sustainability efforts transparently.

By embedding collection within coastal communities and engaging local fishing fleets and local NGOs, we minimize carbon emissions, create local jobs, and improve cost efficiency. Partnering with local recyclers and repurposing facilities, we ensure that plastic waste is reintegrated into the circular economy, reducing reliance on virgin plastics and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Role (Volunteer): UX Designer.

Role Description: We’re looking for a thoughtful and user-centered UX Designer to help us refine and improve the user experience of Recycllux’s intervention management platform as it transitions from MVP to a production-ready solution hosted on Google Cloud. This platform is the digital backbone of our operations, enabling traceable marine plastic cleanups, partner coordination, and impact reporting.

Why Join Recycllux?

Recycllux is a mission-driven deep-tech startup using Earth Observation, AI, and Blockchain to combat marine plastic pollution. Our platform coordinates end-to-end cleanup operations—from detection to recycling—and helps companies fund and track their environmental impact with confidence.

This is your opportunity to:

Join a passionate, collaborative, and impact-oriented international team

Shape a tool used by real-world partners (fishermen, NGOs, recyclers, and customers)

Contribute to climate action and circular economy efforts

Key Responsibilities

➜Redesign key screens and user flows for our Intervention Management Platform (hosted on Google Cloud)

➜Improve UX/UI for multiple user types: collectors, NGOs, recyclers, customers

➜Translate technical requirements and pilot feedback into intuitive layouts

➜Collaborate with the dev team to ensure UX design is implemented as intended

➜Support the development of a mobile-friendly version and simplified dashboards

➜Ensure accessibility and responsiveness across device types

➜Contribute to the creation of style guides and component libraries (if needed)

Ideal Profile

➜Experience designing user interfaces for web platforms (UX/UI)

➜Comfortable with Figma, Adobe XD, or similar design tools

➜Ability to translate workflows into intuitive, scalable design solutions

➜Bonus: familiarity with Google Cloud services or Firebase

➜Understanding of stakeholder-centric design (e.g., NGO, B2B, or government users)

➜Passion for sustainability, circular economy, or climate tech

➜Able to work independently, yet collaboratively with a remote team

➜Fluency in English

Time Commitment: Volunteer 7-9 hours per week for 6+ months remotely

If you want to make change, apply to volunteer with Recycllux!