Senior UI Designer

Full-time - Mid Level

New York, NY

Educational Services

About the position

The Senior UI Designer at Weill Cornell Medical College is responsible for creating elegant and highly usable user interfaces to address complex data and content challenges. This role involves collaborating with various teams to evaluate business, user, and technical requirements, and delivering design solutions through information architecture, design, and prototyping.

Responsibilities

• Designs visually attractive and highly usable user interfaces, including production of high-fidelity design mockups based on best practices and utilizing the Weill Cornell Medicine design system.
• Provides recommendations and new ideation on optimal user interfaces and complex information architecture that utilize modern interaction design concepts and optimize required UI principles, including accessibility, responsive design, and CMS optimization.
• Creates audience-tailored, intuitive information architectures via sitemaps, wireframes, and prototypes based on research, analysis, and industry best standards.
• Works closely with development/engineering team members for the efficient progression from prototype through practical execution.
• Facilitates UI and interaction design discussions with the design & UX team for brainstorming, prototyping, and testing of user interfaces.
• Shares relevant articles/news/updates from modern trends & optimization techniques for practical application into team efforts regarding web design & information architecture.
• Efficiently and effectively acts on critique and direction from the Creative Director.
• Works with the Senior UX Designer for the optimization of prototype builds that can be efficiently tested and modified.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field.
• Approximately 3-5 years of professional experience in visual design, information architecture, and/or UX of websites.
• A digital portfolio is required.
• Experience working in a multi-disciplinary team for collaboration on project-based efforts.
• Demonstrates experience crafting website and application interfaces with a heavy focus on UI best practices.

Nice-to-haves

• Ability to execute on an architecture or design concept, take creative direction and critique, modify and evolve implementation based on feedback.
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (Photoshop and Illustrator).
• Experience with prototyping and wireframing software (e.g., Axure, Balsamiq, InVision, Sketch, Adobe XD).
• Basic understanding of how to read and modify CSS style sheets.
• Knowledge of Content Management System (CMS) website frameworks (Drupal or WordPress).
• Active involvement and familiarity with the global web development community.