User Experience Architect

If you are a product development leader who is passionate about unlocking potential through digital strategy and design, we want to talk to you about joining our talented Digital Studio team. You are a natural design thinker and enjoy working with clients to understand the process of product development and uncover new digital opportunities. Your skills allow you to guide and peer review the work of others as well as be hands-on when needed. You are passionate about sharing UX principles, goals, and design processes with others, including clients, business analysts, technologists, and management.

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What You’ll Do:

• Lead UX teams in applying user-centered design principles to create innovative and engaging digital experiences for web, mobile, tablet, and smart device technologies.
• Direct UX activities on digital projects, including developing overall UX strategies, conducting user research and analysis, creating usability test scenarios, making observations, and conducting interviews.
• Create high-fidelity design artifacts such as annotated wireframes, visual design comps, storyboards, and interactive prototypes to effectively communicate designs to users, stakeholders, and teammates.
• Effectively communicate ideas, design rationale, and the specifics of the design approach.
• Develop holistic design solutions that address business, brand, and user requirements.
• Advocate for end users throughout the product development process by subjecting early designs to experiments or usability reviews, validating designs, and driving improvements.
• Educate new clients on the benefits of adopting UX and design thinking principles.

What We’d Like:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a UX leader and designer in highly collaborative product development environments.
• High proficiency in multiple UX disciplines, including interaction design, information architecture, visual design, user research, and front-end development.
• Ability to effectively present and defend design rationale based on brand, business needs, user research, and usability concepts.
• Proficiency with Figma, including creating UI libraries and final designs, and a working knowledge of Prototyping, Tokens, Variables, and Variants.
• Expertise in whiteboarding programs such as Miro and/or FigJam.
• Working knowledge of JIRA, Confluence, and Agile methodologies.
• Ability to present cohesive design approaches to non-design audiences, including business, product, and technology teams.
• Ability to understand multiple product requirements and scope design work accordingly with meticulous attention to detail.
• Ability to effectively manage time, prioritize tasks, and work within deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Related degree or diploma in design, HCI, interaction design, psychology, human factors, or computer science.
• Solid understanding of design principles and UX laws, with a strong eye for great design.