Let's Make Something Great Together.

Centralis is a team of smart, creative people drawn together by a desire to make better user experiences, grow ourselves, and have fun in the process. We’re dedicated to our clients, and just as dedicated to each other. 


We do not have any current openings

But we encourage you to check out our career description below to learn more about working at Centralis
and the types of people we most often look for to join our team.


User Experience Specialist

As a UX Specialist on our team, you will make an immediate impact in helping our clients deliver better user experiences on websites, mobile apps, and physical devices. Collaborating with our team on a constantly changing mix of ground-breaking projects, you will not only grow your own skills, but also help create the future of our practice and our company. 

Here’s what you’ll do:

  • Work directly with users to improve our clients' websites, mobile apps, and software

  • Partner with and learn from a team of experts who have a great time doing great work

  • Collaborate on research and design initiatives for the world’s leading companies, across a wide variety of platforms and industries

  • Plan and execute ethnographic studies

  • Conduct usability research that opens eyes and transforms designs

  • Work with our team to design new user experiences

  • Win the hearts and minds of our clients

  • Grow into a leadership role

Here’s what we offer:

  • Competitive salary

  • Excellent PPO medical and dental insurance with 75% of premiums paid

  • 401K plan with company contribution

  • Annual discretionary profit-sharing bonus

  • Paid vacation (and our help in making sure you can use it)

  • Paid maternity and parental bonding leave

  • Professional development funding for conferences, courses, and tools

  • Random acts of camaraderie

Creating experiences that people enjoy is core to our identity, and this value extends to our team. We are committed to supporting a healthy work-life balance for all our team members, and to fostering a culture that welcomes and celebrates diversity.

Here’s what we hope you’ll bring:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Social Science, Design, Human-Computer Interaction or a related field required; Master’s degree preferred

  • Enthusiasm for user-centered design (prior experience is a plus, but not required)

  • Excellent analytical, writing and creative thinking skills

  • Ability to flexibly handle multiple projects and initiatives

  • Humanity, humility and humor

  • Commitment to helping teammates, growing your skills, and sharing your ideas on how we can improve

  • Flexibility to travel (post-COVID-19, up to 3-4 short trips a year)

  • Willingness to drop everything to celebrate awesomeness

Other stuff we’d love to see:

  • Prior experience with usability test planning, facilitation and analysis

  • Knowledge of Axure or other prototyping tools

  • Previous corporate and/or consulting experience

  • Ability to carry a tune

Life at Centralis

Group photo of our team.

Relaxing in our loft space.

Group shot at Millenium Park in Chicago .

Team summer outing!