UX/UI Designer

SIL International

WorldwideremotePosted 15 days ago

Skill Required

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Key highlights

2–5 years of professional experience required
Bachelor’s degree preferred in design, HCI, psychology, computer science, or related fields
Travel to larger development team at least once per year
Travel biannually to the Language Technology Conference
Will complete initial IT Software Department training program
Role involves full participation in agile product teams

Role overview

UX/UI Designers play a core and critical role on product teams. They are involved from the very beginning of product inception and discovery all the way through the delivery of the product. Product designers sit side-by-side with the product manager and software developers to discover, design, prototype, conduct user testing, and roll out products. In a modern product development team, the designer is not only responsible for user interface design but the holistic user experience. This includes the user interface, but goes beyond to include any touch point and interaction an end user has with the product, which can include communications, marketing, customer support, sales, and the business model.

Responsibilities

Design feature-level user experiences as a member of a cross-functional software product team
Understand users and their experiences
Synthesize and communicate needs and research
Create prototypes to express design ideas and learn from users
Participate in UX/UI testing
Articulate design decisions
Participate as an integral and enthusiastic part of the team, exhibiting ownership, follow-through, initiative, awareness, and effective communication with peers and management
Work with the team around a cohesive product roadmap
Propose refinements to processes and systems for design and user research
Contribute to the development of team culture
Analyze software requirements by consulting with the user community
Participate in regular project status, planning, partnership, and strategic meetings
Be available to travel to meet with the larger development team at least once per year
Be available to travel biannually to the Language Technology Conference
Participate in professional conferences and meetings

Requirements

Demonstrated skills in UX/UI design
Demonstrated user interface design skills
Demonstrated passion for solving complex problems
Good interpersonal skills of communication
Good organizational skills
The ability to work within an agile software development team
The ability to make decisions in a timely manner
The ability to generate multiple solutions to the problem
The ability to quickly pick up technical concepts
The ability to work both with a team and independently, and to multitask effectively
A servant heart attitude
Experience in software engineering and a good understanding of the software development lifecycle
Bachelor's degree preferably in design, information management, psychology, cognition, art, human computer interaction, interactive media, interaction design, human factors, cognition psychology, cognitive science, informatics, design, business, or computer science, or equivalent of 2-5 years of professional experience in software, design, information, or communications that demonstrates an ability to contribute meaningfully to shipped projects, even if a significant portion of the portfolio is school work
Will complete the initial IT Software Department training program and relevant portions of IT Orientation