Senior UX/UI Designer

Designx Community - Chicago, IL

Full-time

Chicago, IL

About the position

Keurig Dr Pepper is seeking a UX/UI designer to define and enhance digital products and experiences that shape the future of the Keurig brand. This role involves collaborating with a team of skilled designers to create comprehensive designs across various user touchpoints, including brewer interfaces, mobile applications, and e-commerce platforms. The designer will leverage empathy, creativity, and strategic thinking to address complex business challenges and user needs, ensuring outstanding customer experiences.

Responsibilities

• Handle the UX/interaction design needs of assigned projects, from low fidelity wireframes to high fidelity product designs.
• Create project deliverables such as storyboards, flowcharts, wireframes, prototypes, and pixel-perfect designs with relevant specifications.
• Develop compelling presentations and utilize visual storytelling to share design work.
• Contribute to and leverage a design system.
• Support user research, competitive analysis, and usability testing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including design researchers, industrial designers, product managers, and software developers to create exceptional product experiences.
• Provide implementation support to technical teams.
• Deliver work on-time and on-budget.
• Foster a culture of trust and wellbeing that prioritizes team contributions and values employee input.
• Drive a shared vision with clear goals and accountability, supported by regular conversations to maximize talent.
• Embrace diverse perspectives to foster innovation and learn from both successes and failures.
• Establish a safe environment where team members feel motivated, heard, and aligned with clear expectations.

Requirements

• Strong conceptual thinking and problem-solving skills demonstrated in portfolio case studies.
• Attention to detail and passion for designing within complex systems.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills with the ability to defend design choices with clear rationale.
• Focus on collaboration and achieving team and business goals.
• Strong organizational and time management skills to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• A strong sense of empathy to understand and design for multiple user personas.
• 4+ years of experience as a UX or digital product designer working on consumer-facing software applications across multiple platforms (e.g., Web, IoT, iOS, Android).
• Proven ability to partner with UX designers, UX researchers, software developers, and QA to ensure user needs are met and designs are implemented correctly.
• Exceptional portfolio demonstrating design executed with a high level of refinement.
• Experience working in an Agile environment using software management tools (e.g., Confluence, Jira, etc.).
• Demonstrated proficiency with user interface design patterns and standard User Centered Design methods.
• Mastery of standard design tools such as Figma, Sketch, or Adobe Creative Suite, with a willingness to learn new tools.
• Excellent visual design skills, including a strong understanding of typography, color theory, composition, and creating branded experiences.
• Ability to contribute to projects at multiple stages of development.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in design, HCI/D, or related fields.