Senior User Experience Designer Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Senior User Experience Designer to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Expertise with design tools such as Figma, Invision, Sketch, Axure, Framer and/or Autodesk products;
- Experience participating in the complete product development lifecycle of web and/or software applications;
- Deliver best-in-class user experiences (user interface designs, interaction models, prototypes, etc.), in a fast-paced, startup environment;
- Be open to receiving feedback and constructive criticism;
- Translate business and product requirements into highly-usable responsive experiences;
- Collaborate effectively across departments;
- Ability to iterate designs and solutions efficiently in an Agile environment;
- Optimize the product to reduce the number of visual design iterations;
- Design and carry out targeted usability tests to validate design choices;
- Ability to clearly and effectively communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions to teams and clients;
- Understand and clearly communicate the information architecture, workflows, and processes surrounding the user experience;
- Expertise in standard UX software such as Sketch, XD, and InVision is a must;
- Work with clients to interpret and visualize complex requirements for data heavy applications.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree;
- Excruciating attention to detail (Mild to debilitating OCD preferred);
- Experience on projects ranging from marketing communications to highly functional applications;
- Experience participating in the complete product development lifecycle of web and/or software applications;
- 5+ years of experience designing complex software solutions for the web or desktop environments; mobile design experience is a plus;
- Highly proficient in design tools such Sketch or Adobe Creative Suite;
- Willingness to engage with clients. Must be a creative thinker with great interpersonal skills;
- Minimum 4-year degree (B.S. or B.A.), ideally in a related field (design, HCI, human factors, computer science, technical writing, psychology, etc.);
- Leadership skills that enable you to drive projects independently and successfully, and gain stakeholder confidence;
- Make strategic design and user-experience decisions related to core, and new functions and features;
- A collaborative attitude, excellent teamwork skills, and experience mentoring or coaching others;
- Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders;
- Well-rounded designer who connects the dots between business needs, innovation and good design;
- Engage in the client’s product vision by researching, conceiving, sketching, prototyping and user-testing experiences for digital products;
- Ability to incorporate existing design standards effectively, while also approaching novel problems creatively.