Interaction/Visual Designer

Responsibilities

• Executes interaction design and visual design as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Collaboratively plans and designs with engineers in an Agile-based environment
• Develops, follows, and communicates design guidelines, patterns, style sheets and libraries to create uniformity within the software engineering organization and brand recognition with our customers
• In addition to the UX/UI design, a successful candidate will be willing to work as part of a software engineering team, participating in design documentation, unit test, code review, version control, defect tracking, and schedule development

Qualifications

• BA/BS/BFA degree in Design (e.g., interaction, graphic, visual communications)
• 5-7 years of relevant work experience
• Proficient with industry standard design tools (e.g. Figma, Sketch, Balsamiq, Invision, Photoshop, Illustrator)
• Understanding of user research techniques and how they can be applied to problem-solving
• Understanding of the user-centered design process
• Experience implementing visual design systems across a range of platforms in an iterative software development environment
• Knowledge of microbiology or other life sciences applications is desirable
• Must be self-motivated to prioritize and manage workload and meet critical project deadlines
• Excellent leadership, communication and collaboration skills