Overview
As a user experience/user interface (UX/UI) designer, you will create outstanding mobile, desktop, and cross-platform user experiences. You will help design and build innovative user experiences for apps built with developer technologies focusing on maps, location, geography, and GIS. Come work for the global leader in geographic information systems and have a direct impact helping developers address climate change, disaster response, biodiversity, smart cities, and much more. Apply your skills to help us evolve Esri's developer-focused products and services.
Esri has a Relocation Assistance Program and can provide support with relocating to the Portland, OR area for this position.
Responsibilities
- Design Creation and Implementation: You will be responsible for creating visual designs specifically for mobile and native UI functionality included with Esri's mapping SDKs. This includes designing UX/UI solutions at various levels of fidelity, from high-level wireframes and mock-ups to detailed visual designs, technical documents, diagrams, and interactive prototypes. Your designs will convert complex requirements into intuitive, easy-to-use, and accessible interfaces.
- Design Coherence and Guidance: You will drive the overall design coherence by providing interaction and visual design guidance. This involves conducting design reviews, ensuring that the design standards are maintained across all products, and producing detailed production design specifications for the development team.
- Team Collaboration and Inspiration: You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, product managers, and other stakeholders. You will also be an advocate for UX activities, clearly communicating their value to team members, stakeholders, and partners.
- Continuous Learning and Adaptation: Staying up to date with the latest design patterns and technologies is crucial in this role. You will continuously learn and adapt, integrating new trends and technologies into your design process to keep Esri's products at the cutting edge of user experience design.
Requirements
- 2+ years in UX, UI, or interaction design, particularly focusing on mobile and desktop application UIs
- Proficient in using design software such as Figma, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator
- Understanding of best practices in user-centered design and possess strong graphic design skills; this includes expertise in typography, intuitive layouts, user journeys, storytelling, and grid-based design
- Familiarity with Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines and Google’s Material Design
- Excellent written, verbal, analytical, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
- Bachelor's degree in human-computer interaction, graphic design, computer science, or a related field
- An online portfolio that demonstrates your design abilities, how you think, and a strong understanding of client objectives
Recommended Qualifications
- Knowledge of qualitative and mixed-method UX research methodologies will be beneficial, helping to inform and validate your design decisions
- Familiarity with geographic information systems (GIS), mapping, and analysis applications is a significant plus
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Total Rewards
Esri’s competitive total rewards strategy includes industry-leading health and welfare benefits: medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance for employees (and their families), 401(k) and profit-sharing programs, minimum accrual of 80 hours of vacation leave, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year, and opportunities for personal and professional growth. Base salary is one component of our total rewards strategy. Compensation decisions and the base range for this role take into account many factors including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.
The Company
At Esri, diversity is more than just a word on a map. When employees of different experiences, perspectives, backgrounds, and cultures come together, we are more innovative and ultimately a better place to work. We believe in having a diverse workforce that is unified under our mission of creating positive global change. We understand that diversity, equity, and inclusion is not a destination but an ongoing process. We are committed to the continuation of learning, growing, and changing our workplace so every employee can contribute to their life’s best work. Our commitment to these principles extends to the global communities we serve by creating positive change with GIS technology. For more information on Esri’s Racial Equity and Social Justice initiatives, please visit our website here.
If you don’t meet all of the preferred qualifications for this position, we encourage you to still apply!
Esri is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this e-mail address.
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Skills Required
- 2+ years in UX, UI, or interaction design
- Proficient in Figma, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator
- Understanding of user-centered design best practices and strong graphic design skills
- Familiarity with Apple's Human Interface Guidelines and Google's Material Design
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Bachelor's degree in relevant field
- Online portfolio demonstrating design abilities
What We Do
As a leading location intelligence platform provider (Forrester Wave 2020), Esri empowers leaders with innovative tools to help create sustainable prosperity. Esri's customers drive digital transformation by embracing the power of location. We pioneer problem solving with GIS to help you see what others can’t. We build ArcGIS, the world’s most powerful mapping & spatial analytics software. ArcGIS software and apps combine mapping and data analytics to deliver location intelligence and meet digital transformation needs for organizations of all sizes.
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