Senior User Experience Designer

We are a custom software design and development company. We help clients succeed by measurably impacting the world around us through technology.

**Primary Responsibilities (Project Work)** * Provide strategy and execution for a variety of clients and project types * Craft project plans and complete design effort scoping * Lead projects of all shapes and sizes independently or as a team for multiple clients. * Ensure a high quality of work from each designer on a project team * Collaborate effectively with developers and other designers to craft solutions for a variety of different platforms and industries * Work effectively within technical, creative, and budgetary constraints * Conduct business discovery and user research to understand requirements and generate insights that shape the UX strategy and design decisions * Facilitate collaborative client discovery and design workshops * Analyze, evaluate, and organize digital content based on users’ mental models of a system or domain * Design usable and compelling interactions for websites, mobile applications, native applications, and more * Prototype, test, and iterate on designs * Evaluate the usability of existing systems as well as preliminary designs * Present research, strategy, and design work to clients for review * The Senior UX Designer may be expected to perform job-related duties and requirements not listed above **Secondary Responsibilities (Company Support)** * Provide assistance to sales during the up-front information gathering process by crafting the UX approach for client opportunities * Mentor fellow team members on client work * Support hiring efforts by participating in candidate interviews, design challenge reviews, and design challenge workshops * Experiment with new tools and design methods to help us continually evolve our design practice

**Skills and Qualifications:** * Track record of successfully leading and managing complex project engagements * Ability to quickly and efficiently identify and prioritize requirements across multiple projects * Possesses critical and creative thinking skills while maintaining close attention to detail * Ability to pivot and provide varied project approaches as necessary * Can communicate clearly and concisely through both written and verbal means * Demonstrated understanding of user-centered design principles * Ability to facilitate client interactions * Ability to conduct research techniques such as: usability testing, card sorting and contextual inquiry * Experienced in developing prototypes at varying levels of fidelity * Portfolio showcasing experience in designing digital products and/or services * Expert-level proficiency with a variety of design tools including Adobe Creative Suite, Keynote, OmniGraffle, Axure or equivalent software programs * Possess a high aptitude for learning **Education and Experience:** * Five or more years of user experience design for software, Web applications, and other emerging technologies. * Academic background in a related field, such as Design, HCI, Psychology, or commensurate work experience.