Sr. UI/UX Designer

Hudson Data - Trenton, NJ

Full-time - Senior

Trenton, NJ

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

We are seeking a talented and experienced Senior UI/UX Designer to join our dynamic team in Trenton, NJ. This hybrid position requires you to be in the office two days a week. In this pivotal role, you will drive discovery, design, workflows, and usability testing activities for both our internal and external applications. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in UX design and user research, along with a solid understanding of the software development lifecycle. Experience in building enterprise-level applications is essential to succeed in this role. As a Senior UI/UX Designer, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams and other designers to balance user needs and business requirements, ensuring that we deliver user-centered experiences. You will identify opportunities to optimize and simplify complex processes, thereby reducing cognitive load and minimizing user errors. Utilizing the existing Design System and UI styles, you will maintain design consistency across applications. Your responsibilities will also include creating clickable prototypes to test design assumptions and hypotheses, working with multiple application teams to deliver project-required deliverables on time, and performing design quality assurance during development. It is crucial that you ensure that designs and code are accessible to all users, adhering to WCAG 2.1 accessibility guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and other designers to balance user needs and business requirements, ensuring we deliver user-centered experiences.
• Identify opportunities to optimize and simplify complex processes, reducing cognitive load and minimizing user errors.
• Utilize the existing Design System and UI styles to maintain design consistency across applications.
• Create clickable prototypes to test design assumptions and hypotheses.
• Work with multiple application teams to deliver project-required deliverables on time.
• Perform design quality assurance during development.
• Ensure that designs and code are accessible to all users.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in designing enterprise-level applications.
• Experience conducting user research, including user interviews, usability testing, and creating user journey maps.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex research findings or user/business needs into actionable insights.
• Proficiency in interaction design, with a solid understanding of user-centered design principles and best practices.
• Excellent storytelling, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to present ideas and influence stakeholders effectively.
• Proficiency in design and prototyping tools.
• Knowledge of WCAG 2.1 accessibility guidelines.
• Bachelor's degree or certification in UX Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Psychology, or a related field.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in UX design.
• A strong portfolio of enterprise applications explaining your role, methodology, problems solved, steps taken, learnings, and outcomes.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with the PEGA suite of applications.
• Familiarity with Agile methodology.