Senior Designer

Senior Designer, IBM Corporation, Austin, TX (Up to 40% telecommuting permitted):

• Manage project engagements including deliverables (such as concepts, wireframes, interactive prototypes, specifications) engagement agreements and timelines.
• Design user experiences alongside key product stakeholders to understand and support product business goals, advocating user centered design using human factors, and manage design resources.
• Translate business requirements to end-user needs and create differentiated design solutions.
• Mentor junior designers and User Experience professionals, lead team in design thinking and agile methodologies.
• Direct the user experience design direction and implementation for a major product line.
• Leverage a solid understanding of UX design principles to create compelling user experiences.
• Address complex web design problems and provide design solutions that meet user needs.
• Create wireframes and interactive prototypes for large/complex mobile and web applications using human factors principles.
• Create graphics and layouts for enterprise web applications.
• Lead usability research and test efforts including task analysis, user testing, surveys and persona development with target users.
• Utilize: Sketch/Figma/Adobe XD, UX Research methodologies (usability testing/interviews), Mural/Miro, JIRA/Airtable, Agile/Scrum, InVision, Design Systems.

Required: Master's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, Graphic Design or related (employer will accept a Bachelor's degree plus five (5) years of progressive experience in lieu of a Master's degree) and one (1) year of experience as a UX Designer or related. One (1) year of experience must include utilizing Sketch/Figma/Adobe XD, UX Research methodologies (usability testing/interviews), Mural/Miro, JIRA/Airtable, Agile/Scrum, InVision, Design Systems. $224,325 - $274,325 per year. Full time. D145.