UI/UX Designer

$120,640 - $141,440/Yr

Russell Tobin - Austin, TX

posted 3 months ago

Full-time - Mid Level
Austin, TX
Administrative and Support Services

About the position

Russell Tobin's client, a software company, is seeking a talented UI/UX Designer to join their team remotely. This position is a contract role that offers a competitive pay rate ranging from $58 to $68 per hour, depending on experience. The ideal candidate will partner with UX Leads, Technical Product Management, Strategy, and Engineering teams to understand product requirements and translate them into stunning, high-quality user experiences. The role requires collaboration with other designers, user researchers, business analysts, and software engineers to facilitate the design process and inspire productive dialogue. The UI/UX Designer will be responsible for concept development and design ideation for new product features. They will produce various design deliverables, including user flows, sketches at different fidelity levels, wireframes, journey maps, and documentation of design-related meetings. A strong online portfolio showcasing previous work is required to demonstrate the candidate's capabilities. This role demands strong visual design skills and the ability to think creatively beyond conventional expectations. The designer will need to have proven skills in interaction design and user experience principles, with a minimum of three years of professional design experience, particularly in user experience design for enterprise applications. The candidate should also possess a solid understanding of the technical boundaries of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and be proficient in using Figma for design tasks.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with UX Leads, Technical Product Management, Strategy, and Engineering to understand product requirements and turn them into stunning, high-quality user experiences.
  • Collaborate with other designers, user researchers, business analysts, and software engineers to enable the design process and inspire productive dialogue.
  • Collaborate in concept development and design ideation for new product features.
  • Produce design deliverables including user flows, sketches at various levels of fidelity, wireframes, journey maps, document results of design-related meetings, and annotate and document design deliverables.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Interaction Design, Industrial Design, Visual Design, HCI, or a related field.
  • Strong visual design skills is a major skill requirement for this role.
  • Proven skills in interaction design and user experience principles with a minimum of 3 years of professional design experience, including user experience design of enterprise applications.
  • Experience working closely with product and technology organizations.
  • Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams to prioritize UX issues and review the results of user research.
  • Possess an understanding of what is reasonably possible to achieve within the boundaries of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
  • Fantastic visual design skills and a portfolio of work that shows it.
  • Experience delivering high-quality designs while working in ambiguity.
  • Extensive experience working with Figma is absolutely required.

Nice-to-haves

  • Mobile experience
  • Experience working with developing design systems and reusable patterns and components
  • Experience employing user experience practices in Agile/Lean methodologies.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans)
  • Supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance, and hospital indemnity)
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Employee assistance program
  • Identity theft protection
  • Legal support
  • Auto and home insurance
  • Pet insurance
  • Employee discounts with some preferred vendors.
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