User Experience Designer Lead

Holcim - Middleton, MA

Full-time - Mid Level

Middleton, MA

10,001+ employees

Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing

About the position

The User Experience Designer Lead will play a crucial role in enhancing the user experience of construction project stakeholders by leading the design and implementation of mobile and web applications. This position requires a user-centric mindset and the ability to translate user research into high-performance design specifications, ensuring the successful adoption of ConcreteDirect on a global scale.

Responsibilities

• Gathering and evaluating user requirements, collaborating with managers and developers.
• Illustrating design ideas/UI mockups using storyboards, process flows, and sitemaps.
• Designing graphic user interface elements (e.g. menus, tabs, and widgets) and documenting specifications.
• Preparing and presenting rough drafts to internal teams and key stakeholders.
• Identifying and troubleshooting UX problems (e.g. responsiveness).
• Working firsthand with the product development team and leading user feedback sessions.
• Conducting user surveys and analyzing results.
• Interviewing stakeholders at their location of work (i.e. construction job site).
• Performing product demonstrations for internal and external stakeholders (virtual and in-person).
• Involvement in the administrative duties of the digital team (vendor management/evaluation, purchase order generation, and payment management).

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, preferably a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.
• 5 years of experience as a UI-UX Designer or similar role with a professional design designation.
• Strong skills with designer tools for mocking UI.
• Strong ability to make UI communicate the path laid out by UX principles.
• Experience with development collaboration tools - Git.
• Experience with language-specific UI frameworks in Java/JavaScript/.Net.
• Understanding of Cloud Native services on AWS.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with agile product development software (e.g. Jira).

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Retirement Savings: Choose from 401(k) pre-tax and/or Roth after-tax savings
• Medical, Dental, Disability and Life Insurance
• Holistic Health & Well-being programs
• Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) & Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) for health and dependent care
• Vision and other Voluntary benefits and discounts
• Paid time off & paid holidays
• Paid Parental Leave (maternity & paternity)
• Educational Assistance Program
• Dress for your day