Senior UX Designer Job in Plano 75024, Texas Us
The Senior User Experience (UX) Designer will help turn content into intuitive experience designs, page designs, application designs, navigation flows, and interaction models through the use of user flows, sitemaps, user scenarios and wireframes. Candidates should be experienced working with design and content teams to whiteboard, brainstorm, and concept solutions for complex storytelling, organization, and navigation challenges. Agency experience is required.
Key Responsibilities:
- Create sitemaps, wireframes, process flows, interaction design, interactive prototypes and other related deliverables and specifications for the creative team and technical teams
- Interview stakeholders to gather requirements, business goals for a project and translate that information into documentation for the team
- Act as an advocate for the user, conduct user research, ad-hoc usability analysis, create user personas, evaluate existing designs and suggest areas for improvement
- Balance multiple projects, timelines, quick deadlines, and communicate effectively with all involved
- Evaluate functionality, usability, accessibility, and overall User Experience for existing and proposed systems and sites
- Educate and partner with other groups in the company to communicate the value of User Experience and how it can help our clients and the company
Experience:
· Minimum of 3+ years experience in IA, Interaction Design, or Content Strategy (agency experience required)
· Proficiency in HTML and CSS and familiarity with JavaScript
· Proficiency in OmniGraffle, Axure, Visio (or other wireframing software) and a strong working knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite required
· Expert hands-on knowledge of Information Architecture and Interaction/Interface Design and creating resulting deliverables, processes, activities and client facing documents
· Some experience facilitating or participating in usability testing and knowledge of principles and testing methods, and accessibility measures for various devices and users
· Familiar with use and limitations of basic front-end technologies and how they impact the user interface and experience
· Knowledge of how visual design and content influences the User Experience, and experience integrating UX documentation, comps and development
- Extensive experience in interface design, web design, social and mobile design (especially iOS)
· Experience applying user research and usability testing methodologies to derive user insight and test the effectiveness of design work
· Excellent oral and written communication skills
· Portfolio of relevant UX work that shows off your talents