Senior UI/UX Designer

At Stanford Health Care, we seek to provide patients with the very best in diagnosis and treatment, with outstanding quality, compassion and coordination. With an unmatched track record of scientific discovery, technological innovation and translational medicine, Stanford Medicine physicians are pioneering leading edge therapies today that will change the way health care is delivered tomorrow.

We are looking for a seasoned User Experience Designer to join our integrated, cross-functional team. This is a special opportunity to contribute to the innovation and delivery of our digital touch-points across web and mobile, helping us fulfill our mission of healing humanity through science and compassion, one patient at a time. A practitioner of human-centered, data-informed design, the Senior User Experience Designer will contribute end-to-end to deliver solutions that are effective, meaningful, and pleasurable for the intended users: externally for patients and their families, internally for medical professionals. This position will work collaboratively within the software development team to build and enhance our digital products, helping to conduct design research, and present work to Executive Leadership.

* Generate insights through research and continuous discovery (generative, evaluative). * Cultivate shared understanding through facilitation, sketching, workshops, etc. * Make sense of complexity through framing of problem and vision, diagrams, and information architecture. * Communicate the user experience through personas, stories, journeys, and maps. * Iterate toward optimal solutions through experiments and prototypes, ranging from hand-made artifacts to interactive digital simulations in code. * Communicate and document design decisions and collaborate closely with other team members in business and development, partnering to resolve implementation issues and ensure quality.

**Minimum Qualifications:** * Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities as well as possession of any required licenses or certifications is qualifying. **Education:** * BA/BS in fine arts, graphic arts, human factors or equivalent experience in a work related field/discipline Experience: At least five (5) years of experience with strong knowledge of internet/web tools and protocols **Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:** * Strong understanding of UX design for mobile and the web, technology trends, and demonstrable design skills. * Extremely strong visual sensibilities, ability to use visual thinking, storyboards, sketching, and communication design to create breakthrough interaction design * Solid understanding of fundamental visual design disciplines (typography, iconography, composition, color, composition, layout, etc.) * Meticulous sense of detail and ability to seek out simple solutions to complex design challenges * Expert level proficiency the Adobe Creative Suite or similar programs (Photoshop, Illustrator etc.) * Experience working with HTML5, CSS3 and other front end programming languages * A strong interest in lean and agile user-centered approaches and methodologies * Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization * Ability to approach a project from multiple angles with a creative-out of the box design approach and deliver on a variety of solutions * Ability to sketch, quickly mock up and defend design ideas and to the executive team * Ability to work on multiple overlapping projects * Ability to work independently with minimal supervision