UX Designer

Highbrow - New York, NY

Full-time - Senior

New York, NY

Food Services and Drinking Places

About the position

The UX Designer role focuses on developing user-centered designs that enhance customer experiences across digital and physical platforms. The position requires a deep understanding of user needs and the ability to translate complex problems into elegant solutions. Designers will collaborate with a diverse team and engage in research to inform their design decisions, ensuring that user advocacy is at the forefront of the design process.

Responsibilities

• Transform complex problems into elegant experiences
• Ideation, concept development, and experience innovation
• Creation of sketches, wireframes, specifications, prototypes, scenarios, and storyboards
• Close collaboration with development teams to ensure that design intent is achieved
• Advocate for the user throughout the project lifecycle
• Stay abreast of current design methodologies, practices, and trends
• Participation in observational studies, usability testing, and other customer research
• Effective communication of conceptual ideas, detailed designs, and design approaches/rationales

Requirements

• A degree in design or a design-related discipline (industrial design, user-centred design, visual design, design strategy, design management, human factors, psychology, human-computer interaction, etc.)
• Several years of experience as a user interface designer
• 10+ years of experience designing mobile and responsive experiences
• Ability to translate conceptual ideas into compelling customer experiences
• Strong prototyping skills demonstrated through various techniques: sketch, paper, wireframe, video, or interactive prototypes
• Proficiency with design tools such as Axure and Adobe's Creative Suite
• Strong understanding of web and mobile technologies
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Exceptional organization, logic, and analytical skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to ask good questions and communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
• Ability to communicate ideas to a diverse audience and constructively integrate feedback
• A conceptual thinker with proven problem-solving skills
• Ability to see the 'big picture' and hone in on the details
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate well in a team environment
• Strong portfolio that showcases your understanding of user-centred design