UX Designer (III) [AQ-14424]

About the role

Imagine contributing to a globally recognized technology leader that consistently redefines innovation and user interaction. Through our partnership with Aquent, you have the unique opportunity to join a team dedicated to solving complex challenges and creating intuitive, impactful products that touch millions of lives worldwide. As a Senior UX Designer, you will be at the forefront of shaping groundbreaking user experiences, driving strategic direction, and influencing product outcomes that resonate globally. You won’t just design; you’ll own outcomes, define scalable strategies, and evangelize a long-term vision that shapes the future of product development.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end UX outcomes for mature projects, complex programs, or emerging areas, navigating challenges with limited precedent to define scalable and sustainable approaches.
• Develop and evangelize long-term user experience and product strategy for your team, influencing multiple adjacent design efforts and offering alternative perspectives to challenge prevailing thinking.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert in UX design principles, user-centered product development methodologies, design systems, and research tools, applying your expertise to complex problems.
• Collaborate closely with engineers to communicate, negotiate, and influence design intention, guiding the implementation of detailed design specifications, mock-ups, and product models.
• Drive improvements in design by leveraging key data and metrics, UX testing, and stakeholder input, actively engaging partners to achieve product goals.
• Build consensus and gain support for design strategy across diverse teams and stakeholders, effectively communicating your approach and anticipating potential challenges.
• Contribute to defining project priorities aligned with broader organizational goals, and strategically coordinate resource allocation within your immediate product team.
• Create innovative design solutions based on deep user insights, business needs, and industry trends, ensuring they explicitly consider and mitigate unintentional harm while supporting key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Drive the implementation of a holistic design process, design system, or design language across various teams or products, developing and generating support for a cohesive design vision.
• Guide other UX designers in creating design concepts for product ideation and user research, or conduct independent research to inform and validate design directions.
• Apply, adapt, and define robust UX design frameworks, including principles, patterns, and systems, leveraging writing and design tools to visualize ideas, develop mock-ups, and create prototypes that drive the product vision forward.
• Propose impactful ideas to enhance user experience by analyzing and anticipating user needs, actively collaborating with others to solve strategic, product, or technological constraints.

Requirements

• Proficiency in data analysis, synthesis, and planning.
• Strong knowledge of product design principles and methodologies.
• Expertise in interactive technology.
• Demonstrated proficiency in UX research methodology.
• Deep understanding of the product development lifecycle.
• Exceptional aesthetic sensibility and attention to detail.
• In-depth knowledge of user behavior.
• Strong presentation and storytelling skills to articulate design vision.
• Proficiency in systems thinking to approach complex design challenges.
• High level of craftsmanship in design execution.

Benefits

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands. Eligible talent get access to amazing benefits including:

• Subsidized health, vision, and dental plans.
• Paid sick leave.
• Retirement plans with a match.
• Free online training through Aquent Gymnasium.

About the company

Join one of the world’s most iconic technology visionaries, consistently recognized as a global leader in digital innovation. This client offers a high-energy, collaborative environment where you will work alongside some of the industry’s brightest minds. Contribute to high-visibility projects that influence how the world connects and learns, within a multi-billion dollar tech giant.