Lead UI/UX Designer

Summary

Join a collaborative team and contribute to the creation of customer-centric product experiences. Collaborate with designers, product managers, and engineers to define product roadmaps and ensure strategic alignment. Work with diverse stakeholders, think strategically about product and design, and communicate persuasively. Actively practice and evangelize customer-centric thinking. Contribute to and drive the execution of UX strategy across multiple product areas. Lead complex, multidisciplinary projects from start to finish, and mentor junior and peer designers. This role offers the flexibility of telecommuting from anywhere in the U.S.

Requirements

• This position requires a Master’s degree or equivalent in Interaction Design, Human-Centered Computing, Computer Science, or a related field and three (3) years of related experience
• Must also have 24 months of experience with each of the following
• Creating designs that provide optimal user experiences across a wide range of screen sizes, ensuring responsiveness and adaptability
• Developing and maintaining a consistent design system, including UI components, patterns, and guidelines to ensure cohesive user experiences across products
• Prototyping, wireframing, web-UI design, data visualization, mockups, storyboarding, and graphic design
• Working with the following technologies and tools: Figma, Sketch, Invasion, Zeplin, Adobe Creative Cloud, Tableau, GIT, HTML, JavaScript, and CSS

Responsibilities

• Works with cross-functional colleagues to deliver customer-centric product experiences
• Collaborates with designers on other products to create aligned experiences
• Partners with product managers and engineers to define the roadmap and backlog and to ensure strategic alignment and effective working processes
• Works collaboratively with diverse stakeholders, thinks strategically about product and design, and communicates persuasively to influence decisions
• Actively practices and evangelizes customer-centric thinking
• Contributes and drives the execution of UX strategy (UX roadmap/planning) within multiple product areas
• Owns and drives the design problems from the ideation to the execution
• Leads complex, multidisciplinary projects from start to finish
• Builds relationships and collaborates closely with the cross-functional teams such as UX Research, Product Management, Engineering, Business Analytics, and Operations
• Deeply understands the business goals and challenges requirements as necessary
• Uses quantitative data and qualitative feedback to iteratively inform the design decisions
• Creates user scenarios, user journey, wireframes, UI designs, and prototypes throughout the full cycle of the product development
• Collaborates closely with designers on the team to gather feedback, define features and contribute to the overall direction of your product area
• Provides mentorship to junior and peer designers

Benefits

May telecommute from any location in the U.S