| Location | Urbandale, IL (Remote) |
Job Details:
Job Title: Senior User Experience (UX) Designer
Location: Urbandale, IA or Remote (Must be willing to come onsite occasionally)
Duration: 12 Months
Type: Full-Time, Contract
Description:
As a Senior User Experience (UX) Designer, you will support projects of moderate and high complexity through the development of User Interaction task flows, wireframes, prototypes through to final production for new and existing products. In addition, you will:
Make strategic design and user-experience decisions in collaboration with UX Lead related to features and develop user-centered system requirements
Plan, coordinate, and perform UX interaction design and validation activities for a variety of projects of highly automated systems
Create and maintain project and overall system design artifacts
Work closely with engineering and development teams to ensure features are implemented according to specification
Top 5-7 Skills:
Planning, executing, and analyzing UX design projects 4 years
Visual interface design as applied to web and mobile 4 years
Applying User-Centered Design principles to complex interface problems 4 years
Working with cross-functional teams (engineering, software development, marketing, business leaders) 4 years
Communicating research methodology, design concepts, data analysis, and test results to a broad range of stakeholders 3 years
Technology and product development processes 3 years
Prototyping and designing elegant UX solutions
Requirements for the role:
Four or more years of experience planning, executing, and analyzing UX design projects
Four or more years of visual interface design as applied to web and mobile
Four or more years of experience applying User-Centered Design principles to complex interface problems
Four or more years of experience working with cross-functional teams, such as: engineering, software development, marketing, and business leaders
Three or more years of experience communicating research methodology, design concepts, data analysis, and test results to a broad range of stakeholders
Three or more years of experience with technology and product development processes
Portfolio link in resume
Portfolio demonstrating ability to prototype and design elegant UX solutions (website URL or attachment) is REQUIRED upon application
Education and Experience:
Bachelor's degree in a Human Factors, Graphic Design, Interaction / Visual Design, or related field discipline or equivalent experience
Or equivalent combination of education, experience, and training
Preferred Qualifications (What Makes You Stand Out):
Two or more years of visual interface design as applied to in-vehicle displays
Demonstrate ability to champion end user experience and to influence digital product designs across product areas
Demonstrate experience in product discovery, design research and concept validation to inform experience definition and design concepts
A strong portfolio of UI visual design, task flows, and designing to solve user problems
Experience using UX metrics and a user-centered design process to provide insights to product engineering groups
Experience applying design principles in terms of user flows, accessibility, visual hierarchy, and brand influence
Demonstrated ability to utilize prototyping, user flows, storyboards and/or existing research to provide insights to design ahead of high-fidelity design delivery
Experience designing for agriculture in-vehicle interfaces
Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.