Design Systems Sr. UX Designer

Our tech client is looking for a design systems expert to impact their product line of devices. This role will be hybrid 3 days in South Lake Union. Candidates must reside in the greater Seattle area and be authorized to work on W2. This role will be a 6 month contract to start. Online portfolios must show a complex design systems case study.

Top Skills’ Details

1. 7-10+ years of experience as a UX Designer design solutions for web and/or software applications.

2. Online portfolio of work showcasing strong design systems experience and expertise in Figma.

3. Experience presenting design work to the user experience team, product team, and executives for review and feedback.

Description

We are looking for a UX Designer to drive the vision, definition and design of multi-modal experiences across a range of devices. As a UX Designer on our team, you will have a significant impact on our business and drive the vision, definition and design of multitude of experiences. You will invent and deliver throughout the strategy, design, and development lifecycle to build customer-focused solutions at scale. You must be responsive, flexible, and able to succeed within an open and collaborative peer environment. You must be able to lead projects forward in the face of ambiguity. From the start, you will play an integral role in defining problems, driving alignment around key customer experience outcomes, building workflows, building and testing low-fidelity prototypes, and designing delightful and highly-usable digital experiences.

Key job responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end process, from problem definition to delivery.
• Use business requirements, user, and market research to assist in developing scenarios, use cases and high-level requirements to shape product strategy.
• Work with partners to identify key jobs to be done.
• Design the information architecture, interface and interaction flows for Alexa multi-modal devices.
• Develop conceptual models that define the system of devices, wireframes, visual mockups, and prototypes.
• Design highly usable digital experiences by rapidly prototyping, testing and iterating on designs with internal partners.
• Develop and maintain detailed user-interface specifications and design patterns.
• Effectively work with project managers to plan projects for effective delivery while maintaining high standards for design.
• Be a passionate and effective advocate for design with non-design audiences.
• Write effectively to communicate design rationales and benefits to customers.
• Guide a cross-functional team and elevate the culture of UX thinking and design excellence.

A day in the life

In this highly visible role, you will work on some of the most challenging opportunities. You will use business requirements as well as user and market research to assist in developing scenarios, use cases, and high-level requirements. On a daily basis, you will collaborate with a team of world-class multi-disciplinary designers, researchers, engineers, product managers and executives. You will use a variety of methods, including wireframes, prototypes, storyboards, high-fidelity mockups and specifications to communicate design thinking to leadership, engineering and product partners at every phase of product development.

About the team

You will join a team of designers working across modalities and devices to deliver exceptional customer experiences. Customer obsession is at the core of all of our design decisions. We dive deep with product managers, designers, and engineers to learn how to better serve our customers. We work cross-functionally to craft scalable, cohesive, delightful, and highly-usable solutions. The team makes strategic decisions that allow partners to take action, move quickly, take ownership, and deliver results. We earn the trust of others within the team to foster an environment of inclusion and openness, allowing everyone to do their best every day.

Responsibilities

• Quickly yet thoroughly create process flows, wireframes, and visual design mockups as needed to effectively conceptualize and communicate detailed interaction behaviors.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to help define business and feature requirements via empirical online data, usability findings, market research, and proven UCD principles.
• Assess and optimize the performance of new and existing features by actively participating in usability testing and interpreting analytics data using Omniture SiteCatalyst.
• Present design work to the user experience team, product team, and executives for review and feedback
• Contribute to user interface design and development best practices and standards.
• Provide leadership in the area of ecommerce trends, web application design, and user interface innovations.
• 7+ years industry experience providing interaction design solutions for web and/or software applications.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in design, human-computer interaction (HCI), or equivalent professional experience.
• Fluency in best practices for web-based information architecture and design, as well as strong knowledge of usability principles and techniques
• Proficiency in a variety of design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Visio, and Dreamweaver.
• A strong online portfolio demonstrating past work experience and relevant, user-centered design solutions is required.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal and analytical skills including the ability to communicate complex, interactive design concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and varying levels of the organization.
• Self-starter who is a customer-obsessed, detail-oriented, and enthusiastic team player.
• Ability to work with highly technical teams and handle multiple projects in an agile, fast-paced environment.
• Ability to prototype in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, or Flash highly desired.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $65.00 – $70.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Seattle,WA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Apr 18, 2025.

About TEKsystems:

We’re partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That’s the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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