UX Designer (III)

About the role

As a User Experience Design focused on visual design deliverables, you'll create innovative visual design solutions to user, product, and business problems, explicitly focusing on delivering polished product assets and marketing support materials, maintaining a holistic view of the brand across multiple surfaces and platforms. You'll apply, adapt, and/or define visual design frameworks, including principles, patterns, and systems. You'll leverage design tools to visualize ideas, develop mock-ups, or prototypes to drive the product vision forward. You'll create thoughtful and rigor-driven design proposals considering short-term needs and long-term scale across design systems, considering hierarchy, visual saliency, and accessibility.

Ability to generate multiple visual approaches & solutions, and clearly communicate design rationale for a recommended approach is critical. You apply your expertise by serving as a subject-matter expert in visual design principles (including iconography, typography, color, imagery, and layout, or marketing assets), user-centered product development methodologies, and design systems. You'll collaborate with engineers, product managers, and other UX designers to effectively communicate the value of visual design and brand, negotiating and influencing design intention for implementation.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers to communicate, negotiate, and/or influence design intention.
• Guide design specifications (e.g., design specs, mock-ups, or product models) for implementation.
• Use and propose new, key data and metrics to evaluate product impact, understand the product ecosystem, user trends, and industry (e.g., competitors) by collaborating across teams when developing design solutions.
• Drive improvements in design based on UX testing and stakeholder input and provide input and feedback to engage stakeholders on product design and achieve product goals.
• Build consensus across teams and gain support for design strategy across stakeholders.
• Communicate design approach to other designers or stakeholders (e.g., product manager), addressing and anticipating challenges and questions.
• Contribute to developing project priorities in alignment with larger project goals, and coordinate allocation of resources within the project.
• Act on opportunities to expand responsibilities within the immediate product team.
• Create design solutions based on user insights, business needs, and industry trends that further business objectives.
• Support stakeholders in achieving key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Create innovative design solutions to user, product, and business problems.
• Anticipate evolving design constraints and communicate rationale of choices related to design solutions.
• Drive a holistic design process, design system, or design language across teams or products.
• Perform design and testing processes and help develop and generate support for a design vision with partners.
• Guide UX designers in creating design concepts for product ideation and/or user research/testing or conduct research independently to inform design.
• Seek research insights to develop the appropriate design direction.
• Apply, adapt, and/or define UX design frameworks for user experiences, including principles, patterns, and systems.
• Leverage writing and design tools to visualize ideas or develop mock-ups or prototypes to drive the product vision forward.
• Tailor deliverables based on product or platform requirements independently.
• Identify and follow writing and design templates, style guides, and accessibility guidelines.
• Propose ideas to improve UX by analyzing or anticipating user needs through collaboration with others, and solve constraints in strategy, product, or technology.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience
• A degree in a relevant field (UX Design, Visual Design, Visual Communications)
• Expertise in Figma and/or other design tools
• A strong portfolio showcasing your visual design expertise, and a deep understanding of visual and interaction design principles and best practices
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent collaboration skills

Skills

• Proficiency in Visual design principles (Typography, Color, Layout, Iconography)
• Proficiency in Brand application and design systems
• Proficiency in Aesthetic sensibility
• Advanced proficiency in Craftsmanship
• Proficiency in Product design (Knowledge)
• Proficiency in Presentations and Storytelling
• Proficiency in Systems thinking
• Proficiency in User behavior
• Proficiency in Interactive technology
• Proficiency in Data analysis, synthesis & planning
• Proficiency in UX research methodology
• Proficiency in Product development lifecycle

Benefits

• Competitive Package: Approximately a full package value of $242,000 – $278,000 annually, based on a $103–$120 per hour rate.
• New Hire Referral Bonus and New Project Referral Bonus
• Health and Wellness Insurance Plans: Choose from two PPO options for Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.
• Life and Disability Insurance: Comprehensive coverage including Life, Long-Term, and Short-Term Disability, provided at no cost to you.
• 401K Plan: Secure your future with our retirement savings plan.
• Health and Child Care Savings Accounts: Flexible spending accounts to manage your health and childcare expenses.
• ADP discount benefits
• Professional Training: Over 400 free courses available for your career advancement.
• Mentor/Mentee Program
• Female Leadership Program
• Carbon Program
• Charity Program
• SWAG & Equipment: Tools and Strong Tower-branded gear

Schedule

Normal PST business hours, Monday to Friday. Hybrid schedule: Tuesday–Thursday in the office; Monday and Friday remote.