Location: New York City, NY
Salary: $80.00 USD Hourly - $90.00 USD Hourly
Description: Role OverviewAs a User Experience (UX) Designer, you will independently execute end-to-end design tasks that contribute to broader initiatives across products or programs. You will proactively identify, define, and clearly communicate user and product challenges, and deliver thoughtful, practical, and creative design solutions. This role requires a strong foundation in UX principles, user-centered design methodologies, design systems, and research practices.
You will work with minimal supervision while collaborating closely with cross-functional partners, including product managers, engineers, and researchers. Your work will span problem discovery through execution, with a focus on improving usability, scalability, and long-term design effectiveness.
Key Responsibilities- Create design concepts such as wireframes, mock-ups, prototypes, and models to support product ideation, usability testing, and research.
- Conduct or contribute to user research independently to inform design decisions.
- Contribute to a cohesive and holistic design process, including shared design systems, patterns, and visual language across teams or products.
- Assist in design validation, testing processes, and stakeholder alignment to support a unified design vision.
- Develop innovative solutions that address user needs, product requirements, and business goals.
- Adapt to evolving constraints and clearly communicate the rationale behind design decisions.
- Apply and adapt UX frameworks, principles, and interaction patterns to deliver intuitive, scalable user experiences.
- Use standard design and documentation tools to visualize ideas and produce appropriate deliverables based on platform or product needs.
- Follow established design templates, style guides, and accessibility standards.
- Iterate on design solutions based on usability testing, data insights, and partner or stakeholder feedback.
- Provide constructive feedback and engage stakeholders to align design outcomes with product goals.
- Communicate design strategy and approach to designers and cross-functional partners, surfacing challenges, assumptions, and open questions.
- Propose and leverage relevant metrics and data to evaluate product impact and user outcomes.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the broader product ecosystem, user trends, and industry landscape through collaboration with team members.
- Plan and prioritize design work across multiple initiatives and clearly communicate priorities.
- Collaborate with engineers to ensure design intent is clearly understood and implemented accurately.
- Produce and manage design specifications, documentation, and assets required for development.
- Use user insights, business needs, and industry trends to inform design solutions that support organizational objectives.
- Anticipate or analyze user needs and define problems that may have multiple strategic, product, or technical solutions.
Required Skills and Knowledge Areas- Product design fundamentals
- High-quality design craftsmanship
- Systems thinking
- Data analysis, synthesis, and planning
- User behavior and psychology
- Strong visual and aesthetic sensibility
- Understanding of the product development lifecycle
- Interactive and emerging technologies
- Storytelling and design communication
- Presentation and stakeholder engagement
- UX research methods and usability testing
Minimum Qualifications- 4+ years of experience in conversation design, product design, or UX design.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently on moderately complex design problems.
- Proficiency with professional UX and design tools used for research, prototyping, and documentation.
- Portfolio, website, or other relevant work samples must be included with the application (via a viewable link or access instructions).
Work Details- Work Arrangement: Hybrid (in-office collaboration mid-week with remote flexibility)
- Schedule: Monday through Friday, standard business hours
- Location: Major U.S. metropolitan area (hybrid model)
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