UX Designer
Dechert LLP · Philadelphia, PA · 6 days ago
Art & CreativeFull-time
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Collaborate with attorneys, practice groups, and business-services teams to understand user goals, workflows, pain points, and opportunities for digital improvement.
- Conduct user research through interviews, observations, surveys, workshops, and usability testing to validate design decisions.
- Create user personas, journey maps, service blueprints, workflow diagrams, and information architecture to guide solution development.
- Design wireframes, mockups, interactive prototypes, and high-fidelity user interfaces for web applications, AI assistants, portals, dashboards, and workflow solutions.
- Partner with AI engineers to design intuitive AI experiences, including conversational interfaces, prompt flows, review workflows, confidence indicators, and citation experiences.
- Design user experiences that incorporate human oversight, transparency, and responsible AI principles.
- Work closely with Full Stack Solutions Engineers to ensure designs are feasible, technically sound, and implemented according to specifications.
- Develop reusable UI components and contribute to the firm’s design system to promote consistency across applications.
- Ensure solutions comply with accessibility standards (WCAG), responsive design principles, and usability best practices.
- Facilitate design reviews with stakeholders and incorporate feedback into iterative design improvements.
- Conduct usability testing and analyze qualitative and quantitative feedback to improve product adoption and effectiveness.
- Prepare developer-ready design specifications, interaction documentation, acceptance criteria, and visual assets.
- Participate in Agile/Kanban ceremonies, backlog refinement, sprint planning, and product demonstrations.
- Support product launches through user documentation, training materials, onboarding experiences, and adoption planning.
- Monitor user feedback, analytics, and product performance to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Stay current on UX methodologies, AI interaction design, accessibility standards, legal technology trends, and emerging digital design practices.
SKILLS
- Strong ability to translate complex business processes into simple, intuitive user experiences.
- Proficiency creating wireframes, user flows, interactive prototypes, and high-fidelity UI designs.
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills when working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to conduct usability testing and translate findings into actionable design improvements.
- Strong visual design skills with attention to typography, layout, consistency, and accessibility.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with software engineers, AI engineers, architects, product managers, and business stakeholders.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives.
- Ability to balance user needs, business priorities, technical constraints, and delivery timelines.