Lead UI/UX Designer

Volunteer for a startup building a clinical lifeline for youth mental health! 🧠

Sorila
is a gamified, clinician-led app designed to help adolescents track their mental health, involve their support networks, and escalate care before reaching a crisis point.

There is a devastating 10.2-year gap between a young person’s first mental health symptom and their first clinical intervention—a "black box" decade where symptoms often worsen in isolation. With only 15 child psychiatrists per 100,000 children, high costs and long waitlists have created a systemic access gap. Most existing digital tools are passive and data-heavy, failing to provide the human connection or neuro-inclusive design required for actual recovery.

Sorila bridges this decade-long gap by transforming the intuition of friendship into a proactive, HIPAA-compliant support system. The platform uses a neuro-inclusive "cozy" design—featuring soft gradients and minimalist interfaces—to reduce sensory overload for users in distress while allowing them to engage in low-friction micro-interactions to track mood, sleep, and medication. These data points are integrated into longitudinal dashboards using validated tools like the PHQ-9 and GAD-7, allowing clinicians to review 30 days of trends in seconds without making the adolescent feel like a "patient." By combining this clinical rigor with a safety architecture that provides one-step access to georouted supports like 988, sorila ensures that intervention is timely, autonomous, and deeply human.

Role (Volunteer, unpaid): Lead UI/UX Designer

Role Description:
We are seeking a Lead Designer to redefine the digital mental health experience for youth using
“cozy” design principles
. You will help
sorila
transition from initial storyboards to a high-fidelity, neuro-inclusive mobile interface specifically engineered to support Transitional-Age Youth (TAY) during high-symptom states.

Key Outcomes:

- Neuro-Inclusive Architecture:
Design a low-friction, "low-stress" manual data entry system that actively reduces app fatigue and cognitive load.
- Trauma-Informed UI:
Apply Trauma-Informed Design patterns (soft gradients, haptic feedback, minimalist dark mode) to ensure the interface remains calming and accessible.
- The Clinical Bridge:
Create the UI for our
Resource Escalation
module, ensuring the path to support (including 988 and georouted services) is intuitive, one-step, and empowering.

Who You Are:

- You have experience with
Accessibility (WCAG)
and inclusive design.
- You are comfortable moving from wireframes to high-fidelity prototypes in
Figma
or
Adobe XD
.
- You are passionate about using design as a clinical tool to close the 10-year gap in youth mental health.

Time Commitment: Volunteer 4-6 hours per week for 6+ months remotely 💻

If you want to make change happen, apply to volunteer with sorila now!