Define the visual design balance among accessibility, ease of use, aesthetics and feasibility.
Design the visual hierarchy, behavior, and appearance of new features and enhancements to
Gale's library products. Create wireframes, workflows and/or mock-ups to support the
requirements of your projects. Create functional prototypes to support usability tests conducted
by the team's User Experience Researcher. Participate in UX team design reviews, bringing
insight and concerns to light around our design guidelines based on incoming user feedback.
Ensure consistency of the user flow, visual presentation and application of existing branding
across all products. Act as the user-advocate during the design and development process,
subjecting early-stage designs to usability testing or expert review, and offering implementation
suggestions from a user-centered design perspective. Act as the "go to" person with in-depth
knowledge of general user interface best practices and standards. Evangelize learnings from UX
research throughout the organization. Find opportunities to scale design solutions and implement
them across products and platforms. Facilitate collaborative team activities like a collab design
session, design sprint or ideation workshop. Analyze ineffective internal processes, recommend
actionable improvements and work to implement them. Work directly with product, sales or
marketing to inform the strategy for a product. Craft the behavior and visual presentation of your
projects by translating your designs into JIRA stories, collaboratively with a product manager
and systems analyst. Suggest improvement to existing products that create a more intuitive user-
experience. Determine and execute the best responsive strategy and collaborate with engineers to
maintain the integrity of the user experience on any device. Proactively drive forward positive
user experience changes from the UX team into the product organization, making a business case
around the changes. Discover and communicate the texture of a project's requirements during
early project meetings. Attend usability tests aiming to validate product concept and designs. Use
both qualitative and quantitative research to inform design decisions, and justify design decisions
with UX research and visual design best practices. Develop user journey maps and/or story maps
to help team discovery and ideation.
Requires: Master's degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Visual Design, Web Design,
Educational Technology and Applied Learning Sciences, Computer Science, or a related field,
plus three (3) years of experience designing websites, web applications, responsive web apps,
and eCommerce applications at an agency or in-house corporation.
Or, alternatively, Bachelor's degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Visual Design, Web Design, Educational Technology and Applied Learning Sciences, Computer Science, or a related field, plus five (5) years of experience designing websites, web applications, responsive web apps, and eCommerce applications at an agency or in-house corporation.
Candidate must also possess:
Demonstrated expertise ("DE") utilizing Axure to create the full spectrum of project design needs from low to high fidelity. DE applying WCAG 2.1 A and AA accessibility compliance guidelines to UX designs. DE utilizing research and ideation methods, including heuristic analysis, contextual inquiry, usability testing, persona building and story mapping. DE writing developer-ready requirements for UX designs and supporting software developers as designs are built.
Telecommute benefit available. Qualified applicants may work anywhere in the United States
from a home office and report to Cengage's office in Farmington Hills, MI
Compensation
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$105,741.00 - $105,741.00 USD
What We Do
With more than 100 years of serving learners, Cengage Group is a global edtech company that enables student choice. No matter how, where, when or why someone wants to learn, our portfolio of education businesses supports all students, from middle school through graduate school and skills education, with quality content and technology. Collectively, our three business units – Cengage Academic, Cengage Work, and Cengage Select – help millions of students each year in more than 125 countries achieve their education and career goals and lead choice-filled lives. Visit us at www.cengagegroup.com
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