UX Designer
AprilAire · Sun Prairie, WI · 3 wk ago
Art & CreativeFull-time
About the role
We are seeking a thoughtful and highly collaborative UX Designer to help shape exceptional user experiences across a suite of product platforms.
Responsibilities
- Take ownership of day-to-day UX project work, driving design execution from concept through delivery while ensuring consistency, usability, and alignment with business goals.
- Partner closely with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to translate user needs and insights into intuitive, engaging experiences that elevate our products and deliver real value to users.
- Collaborate with engineering, product management, and research teams to ensure system adoption and technical feasibility.
- Balance consistency and flexibility to support diverse product needs while maintaining brand alignment.
- Drive cross-platform consistency across mobile applications, embedded systems, and related digital experiences.
- Advocate for user-centered design practices and measurable UX outcomes.
- Monitor usage of metrics and feedback to continuously improve the system and its adoption.
- Serve as a strategic partner in planning future UX architecture and platform expansion.
- Own usability planning, testing, insight development, and documentation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, interaction design, computer science or relevant field from a four-year college or university.
- 5+ years of related UX Design experience, preferably in manufacturing.
- Deep understanding of UX principles, interaction design, and visual systems.
- Expertise in design system architecture and component-driven design.
- Knowledge of responsive, adaptive, and platform-specific design patterns.
- Familiarity with accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and inclusive design practices.
- Understanding of front-end technologies and how design translates to code (e.g., design tokens, component libraries).
- Experience designing multiple device ecosystems, including mobile and embedded interfaces.
- Awareness of modern UX research and usability testing methods.
Qualifications
- Exceptional communication and cross-functional collaboration ability.
- Advanced proficiency with design tools (e.g., Figma, Adobe products, especially Illustrator & Photoshop).
- Ability to simplify complex workflows into intuitive systems.
- Strategic thinking paired with hands-on execution.
- Excellent documentation and presentation skills.
- Strong prioritization and decision-making in fast-moving environments.