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Job Summary: Talent Software Services is in search of a Graphic Design II- UX/UI Designer for a contract position in Maple Grove, MN. The opportunity will be one year with a strong chance for a long-term extension.
Position Summary: Seeking an exceptional, experienced, and self-driven UX/UI Designer to craft intuitive, interactive, and user-centred experiences for internal business tools and applications. You'll be joining a nimble, high-impact, internal team that operates like a startup within the enterprise developing solutions that streamline workflows, surface insights, and empower teams across the company. We embrace an MVP (minimum viable product) mindset delivering high-value features quickly while maintaining a long-term vision. You'll play a pivotal role in shaping how our tools look and feel, ensuring usability, clarity, and visual polish at every stage of development.
Primary Responsibilities/Accountabilities:
- Owning design from concept to implementation - You will drive the design process end-to-end: from working with customers and wireframes to interactive prototypes and handoff to developers.
- Designing for data-heavy environments - You can design clean, actionable interfaces for dashboards, metric pages, and applications with complex data visualizations and user flows.
- Delivering quickly and thoughtfully - You balance speed and quality, iterating quickly while documenting designs clearly and preparing development-ready assets.
- Collaborating deeply with cross-functional teams - You will work closely with product managers, engineers, and end users to ensure designs meet business needs and user expectations.
- PRE WORK REQUIRED: Please create a simple business dashboard, with 3 metrics (Open, On Hold, Closed), a table with 5 columns (ID, Project Name, Owner, Next Milestone, Status) using Figma with reusable components. Do not spend more than 30 minutes.
Qualifications:
- Figma expert - You're fast, fluent, and opinionated with components, auto-layout, prototyping, and developer handoff.
- Bootstrap familiarity - You understand the Bootstrap grid and components well enough to design with its constraints in mind.
- Portfolio of UX/UI work - Demonstrates experience designing business applications, dashboards, or complex tools. Applications without a portfolio will not be considered.
- Experience designing for interactivity and data - You've designed charts, graphs, tables, and interactive UI components.
Preferred:
- Basic understanding of frontend technologies like HTML/CSS/JavaScript or frameworks like Vue.js to improve collaboration with developers.
- Familiarity with REST APIs and designing user flows around dynamic data.
- Experience working in Agile or MVP environments.
- Experience in usability testing and rapid prototyping. Soft Skills That Will Set You Apart
- Strong communication & collaboration - You'll interact with stakeholders of all backgrounds and must translate business needs into usable, beautiful designs.
- Empathy for users - You understand how to design for non-technical internal users and build tools that make their lives easier.
- Adaptability - You're ready to pivot when needs shift, and you thrive in ambiguity.
- Experience working with developers via tools like GitLab, Jira, or Slack.
- Understanding of lean design practices and shipping iteratively with feedback.
- Previous experience in designing enterprise applications, internal tools, or complex business systems.
If this job is a match for your background, we would be honoured to receive your application!
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