Senior UI / UX Designer
About the role
The Senior UX/UI Designer will work on projects that involve transforming business requirements into engaging user experiences that align with customer needs and enterprise goals. This role requires a strong balance of user research, interaction design, visual design, and prototyping expertise.
Responsibilities
- User Research & Analysis
- Create user interviews, surveys, usability testing, and other research activities to understand user needs, pain points, and behaviors.
- Analyze qualitative and quantitative research data to identify trends and actionable insights.
- Create user personas, journey maps, and other artifacts to communicate user needs and drive design decisions.
- Organize and structure content and workflows to support optimal user experience and business objectives.
- Wireframing & Prototyping
- Create low-fidelity wireframes and high-fidelity interactive prototypes to communicate design concepts and functionality.
- Develop user flows, process flows, journey maps, and information architecture models.
- Collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders to translate business requirements into intuitive user experiences.
- Use Figma to create, iterate, and maintain design systems, mockups, and prototypes.
- Work closely with development teams to ensure designs are feasible and aligned with implementation needs.
- Visual & UI Design
- Design visually engaging and responsive interfaces using established principles of typography, layout, color theory, and iconography.
- Ensure designs provide a seamless experience across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.
- Contribute to and maintain consistency with enterprise design standards and reusable design patterns.
- Partner with development teams to ensure design specifications are accurately implemented.
- Accessibility & Inclusive Design
- Design solutions that comply with accessibility standards, including WCAG guidelines.
- Advocate for accessibility best practices throughout the design lifecycle.
- Conduct accessibility reviews and collaborate with developers to address usability and accessibility concerns.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of UX/UI Design experience.
- 5+ years of User Research and Analysis experience.
- 5+ years of Wireframing and Prototyping experience.
- 5+ years of Visual/UI Design experience.
- Advanced proficiency with Figma (required).
- Experience creating user journeys, workflows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs.
- Knowledge of user-centered design methodologies and design thinking principles.
- Experience conducting usability testing and interpreting user research findings.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Experience designing responsive web and mobile experiences.
- Strong understanding of accessibility standards, including WCAG.
Benefits
Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We also offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program), a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Additionally, we offer a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex also has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.