Purple Wave - Manhattan, KS
posted 3 months ago
Purple Wave Auction is a leading online auction platform specializing in agricultural, construction, and industrial equipment. We are seeking a talented and experienced UI/UX Design Manager to lead our design efforts and enhance our user experience across all digital touchpoints. The UI/UX Design Manager will lead the design team as a player/coach, creating intuitive, user-centered experiences for our online auction platform. This role will work closely with a cross-functional team to ensure our digital products meet the highest standards of usability and visual appeal. In this position, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining a cohesive design system that ensures consistency across all Purple Wave Auction products and platforms, as well as consistency with our brand and marketing materials. You will collaborate with development teams to ensure design feasibility and adherence to technical constraints, and build and maintain a design-to-development workflow that promotes seamless integration of design assets. Conducting user research and usability testing will be essential to inform design decisions and improve user experience. As a leader, you will mentor and manage a team of designers, providing guidance and support to ensure their professional growth and development. You will conduct regular one-on-one meetings with your direct reports to provide support, give feedback, and address any concerns. Additionally, you will actively participate in talent acquisition efforts, conducting managerial interviews and training your direct reports to conduct technical interviews. Fostering a culture of psychological safety, where team members feel supported and empowered to share ideas and take risks, will be a key aspect of your leadership. You will also be responsible for creating and presenting design concepts, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups to stakeholders, establishing and enforcing design best practices, guidelines, and processes within the organization. Staying abreast of emerging technologies and design trends, you will integrate innovative solutions into our digital strategies and contribute to the overall product strategy by providing design-driven insights and recommendations. Managing design project timelines and resources to ensure timely delivery of high-quality work will be crucial, as will driving innovation and design thinking to optimize all design initiatives for actionable outcomes.