UX Lead
Company | Photon |
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Location | Austin, TX, USA |
Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
Type | Full-Time |
Degrees | Bachelor’s |
Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience designing UI/UX improvements for Enterprise Web and Windows Desktop Applications
- 2 years of UX lead experience
- Portfolio of completed professional design projects that show hands-on UI/UX track record
- Bachelor’s Degree in design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), or related field
- Extensive experience conducting user research (observational studies, surveys, and user interviews)
- Demonstrated experience having translated abstract requirements into user workflows, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes
- Excellent conceptualization and visual communication abilities
- Expert knowledge of Sketch, InVision, Adobe Creative Suite, Zeplin and other design tools
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- A solid grasp of user-centered design and testing methodologies, best practices, and usability principles, interaction design and accessibility concerns
- Exceptional attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects
Responsibilities
- Create user-centered designs for applications and tools through research, user interviews, and usability testing
- Work with product teams and engineers to design or refine solutions throughout a product lifecycle from concept to launch to continuous improvements
- Design and develop key interactions, wireframes, user flows, mockups, visual design comps, interactive prototypes and user interface design specifications in a fast-paced environment
- Efficiently and intelligently iterate designs, adjusting to technical requirements, and incorporating usability findings into the designs
- Work within and help refine product brand design guidelines
- Create and maintain UX component library, pattern library and style guides
- Lead a small team that consists of a product designer and UX researcher
- Manage UX tools, develop processes, and track projects
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience designing for enterprise applications and/or testing tools with data-intensive UI’s
- Experience designing for products with large, established customer bases
- Experience working in waterfall and Agile development cycles