UX Designer

$68,573 - $148,739/Yr

Stride K12 - Saint Paul, MN

Full-time - Mid Level

Saint Paul, MN

Educational Services

About the position

As a Product Designer at Stride, Inc., you 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, and contributing to the overall design process from ideation to execution.

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.
• Partner with researchers to test design solutions with users and gather feedback.
• Build lightweight prototypes and conduct 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 for the Stride Design Center of Excellence.
• Collaborate with product engineers to suggest improvements for products and processes.
• Help build out design processes, tools, and culture within the team.
• Create assets that reinforce a brand's style or voice through its visual touchpoints.

Requirements

• Five years of experience in web application product design.
• An online portfolio showcasing a range of successful user-centered designs and detailed wireframes or prototypes.
• Experience creating software design solutions and scalable dynamic user interfaces for complex problems.
• Experience facilitating collaboration with developers and product managers in the implementation of designs.
• 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.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, attention to detail, and communication skills.
• Solid understanding of user-centered design and design patterns.

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's degree in human-computer interactions, product design, or a related field.
• Strong visual design skills.
• Experience designing for accessibility (WCAG 2.1).
• Experience in gaming platform design or a similar subject.
• Experience designing and shipping products and features from inception to launch in a fast-paced environment.
• HTML and CSS coding experience.
• Knowledge of common UI frameworks like React Native/Web.
• Experience working with geographically-dispersed teams.

Benefits

• Health benefits
• Retirement contributions
• Paid time off
• Bonus eligibility