Senior User Experience Designer

AppFolio

(San Diego, California)
Full Time
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About AppFolio
AppFolio Property Manager is a powerful cloud-based property management software that allows apartment, residential, commercial, student housing, and community association property managers to more effectively market, manage and grow their business.
Summary
AppFolio is looking for a Senior User Experience Designer to join our fast paced, hungry team working to bring the power of well-designed SaaS products to a multitude of vertical industries. The ideal candidate will thrive in a highly collaborative environment, eager to apply Agile and Lean UX techniques while working alongside Software Engineers, QA Engineers, and Product Managers to build revolutionary software solutions.
Responsibilities
* The UX Designer is a dedicated member of a small, cross functional scrum team and is primarily responsible for prototyping and validating design solutions made in collaboration with other team members. An evangelist for user-centered design, this individual has a unique talent and passion for translating complex tasks into simple interactions, driving ease of use as our key competitive advantage. * Meet complex design challenges by participating alongside engineering, QA and product in LeanUX-inspired activities such as design studios, provisional personas and storymapping. * Ongoing, close collaboration with team members during the sprint including impromptu discussions and brainstorming actives as well as pairing with engineers on design * Support the team as needed with wireframes, flow diagrams, rapid prototypes and visual design to help communicate and validate design ideas * Facilitate user research, in collaboration with the team, to validate prototypes and conduct ongoing usability testing of the working software * Be the voice and advocate of the customer, constantly sharing data and insights with the team to communicate customer needs and best practices * Evangelize a cohesive user experience via the consistent use of UI patterns * Inspire teams beyond good usability to user delight by promoting beautiful, cutting-edge visual design * Actively participate in the evolving UX team strategy, discovering and piloting new tools and resources that promote agile and lean methodologies
Ideal Candidate
* Strong technical aptitude, product common sense, and curiosity combined with a genuine love for products, people, and user experience * A cutting edge portfolio of software design that demonstrates outstanding interaction design skills across multiple devices as well as a thorough understanding of graphic design, page layout and typography. * Experience with a variety of UX deliverables (wireframes, user flows, mockups, prototypes, etc.), but with a keen sense of when to choose the right tool(s) to communicate the design. * Knowledge of Agile UX and Lean UX methodologies and experience working in a highly collaborative, agile environment is a huge plus * Advanced proficiency with design and prototyping tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, OmniGraffle, Axure, etc * Intermediate understanding of HTML/CSS, with direct experience optimizing design concepts around these technologies * Minimum of 3 years of experience in user experience or interactive visual design. BA in a design or digital media is preferred * Knowledge and experience with accounting software a plus

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