job summary:
UX Designer
Duration: 18 months
Work schedule: Monday - Friday
Hours: 8AM - 5PM
Location: Hybrid Austin
We're looking for a mid-level UXD to join our Austin, TX team. Reporting to C2's UX Strategy Team Manager, this role focuses on creating digital and email design patterns and components as well as interactive digital experiences. If you are a high-performing individual contributor with a passion for creating design patterns based on UX best practices and research and enjoy working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, you may be interested in our mid-level Digital Design System (DDS) User Experience Designer (UXD) role. Client's DDS for public-facing experiences enables web page builders to create intuitive and coherent website experiences for our end users while saving time and effort by leveraging established patterns. Many DDS team members sit with other teams across clients, including the Creative Center (C2) UX Strategy team in clients Marketing.
What you'll do:
- Design dynamic, interactive digital experiences and web applications (lead gen forms, calculators, etc.) inclusive of mobile/small screen requirements
- Build net new DDS components and component enhancements in Figma
- Create detailed documentation that supports development, system user guidance, and publisher authoring guides to ensure successful implementation of the components/design patterns
- Work independently at times as well as take in feedback from other UXDs and developers on design decisions
- Follow established protocols around component design, file organization, Brand guidelines, etc.
- Liaise with front-end developers (FEDs) on bringing your designs to life
- Partner with UX Researchers on testing designs/components with end users
- Become an advocate for the DDS within clients and with external agencies
Required qualifications:
- Five+ years relevant experience as a UXD or related role
- Familiarity working on a DDS and understanding of atomic-based design
- Proficiency in Figma, including the ability to create components and document your work in Figma
- In-depth knowledge of design principles, including layout, type, color, and composition
- Experience with Jira and working with a product delivery team in agile processes to accomplish work within sprint deadlines
- Understanding of current WCAG accessibility standards
- Be a self-starter who can lead discovery work on new design patterns and experiences in multiple channels, including web, email, and mobile app
Preferred qualifications:
- Familiarity with content management systems (CMS)
- Detail-oriented with a clear and polished communication and presentation style to clearly articulate design ideas and rationale verbally and in writing to developers, other designers, marketers, and decision makers
- Ability to intake feedback and quickly pivot when needed
- Accustomed to using data and UX research to inform and iterate on design decisions
- Comfortable working on a distributed team (i.e., DDS team members sit within other teams across clients) that operates collaboratively as one team on unified objectives within the same workflow
location: Austin, Texas
job type: Contract
salary: $48.12 - 53.12 per hour
work hours: 8am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:
What you'll do:
- Design dynamic, interactive digital experiences and web applications (lead gen forms, calculators, etc.) inclusive of mobile/small screen requirements
- Build net new DDS components and component enhancements in Figma
- Create detailed documentation that supports development, system user guidance, and publisher authoring guides to ensure successful implementation of the components/design patterns
- Work independently at times as well as take in feedback from other UXDs and developers on design decisions
- Follow established protocols around component design, file organization, Brand guidelines, etc.
- Liaise with front-end developers (FEDs) on bringing your designs to life
- Partner with UX Researchers on testing designs/components with end users
- Become an advocate for the DDS within clients and with external agencies
qualifications:
Required qualifications:
- Five+ years relevant experience as a UXD or related role
- Familiarity working on a DDS and understanding of atomic-based design
- Proficiency in Figma, including the ability to create components and document your work in Figma
- In-depth knowledge of design principles, including layout, type, color, and composition
- Experience with Jira and working with a product delivery team in agile processes to accomplish work within sprint deadlines
- Understanding of current WCAG accessibility standards
- Be a self-starter who can lead discovery work on new design patterns and experiences in multiple channels, including web, email, and mobile app
Preferred qualifications:
- Familiarity with content management systems (CMS)
- Detail-oriented with a clear and polished communication and presentation style to clearly articulate design ideas and rationale verbally and in writing to developers, other designers, marketers, and decision makers
- Ability to intake feedback and quickly pivot when needed
- Accustomed to using data and UX research to inform and iterate on design decisions
- Comfortable working on a distributed team (i.e., DDS team members sit within other teams across clients) that operates collaboratively as one team on unified objectives within the same workflow
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.
At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact
Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
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