UX Designer

Stride K12 - Columbus, OH

Full-time

Columbus, OH

Educational Services

About the position

The Product Designer will be responsible for creating exceptional user experiences for a suite of applications aimed at students, parents, learning coaches, and teachers. This role involves collaborating with designers, product management, and developers to deliver customer-centric solutions, working autonomously to meet design deliverables including prototyping and testing. The ideal candidate will have a strong portfolio showcasing their experience in mobile and desktop application design, along with excellent UX/UI design skills.

Responsibilities

• Create elegant and intuitive user experiences by incorporating user insights, business requirements, and technical constraints.
• Quickly and iteratively create user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups for mobile and web interfaces.
• Develop UX solutions for complex problems and adapt approaches to meet the needs of multiple stakeholders.
• Champion user-centered design by partnering with researchers for user testing.
• Build lightweight prototypes and conduct quick user testing independently when necessary.
• Present design work to UX, Product, and Engineering teams, as well as stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Contribute to user experience design guidelines and the design system, developing best practices and standards.
• Collaborate closely with product engineers to suggest improvements for products and processes.
• Help build out design processes, tools, and culture.
• Create assets that reinforce a brand's style or voice through visual touchpoints.

Requirements

• Five (5) years of experience in web application product design.
• An online portfolio showcasing a range of successful user-centered designs and experience with user-centered design methodology.
• Experience creating software design solutions and scalable dynamic user interfaces for complex problems.
• Experience facilitating collaboration with developers and product managers in design implementation.
• Proficiency with contemporary design tools including Sketch, Invision, Figma, and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Experience planning and executing effective user research such as surveys, interviews, and usability studies.
• Experience solving UX challenges in creating scalable, user-friendly design solutions.
• Ability to incorporate business requirements and technical constraints into design.