UX Designer
Hybrid in Minneapolis, MN, US • Posted 2 hours ago • Updated 2 hours agoContract W2
Contract Independent
No Travel Required
Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Cognowiz
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Skills
- UX Designer
- UX Design
- WCAG
- WCAG 2.1
- accessibility standards
- wireframes
- Design Review
- HTML
- Graphics Design
- Interfaces
- Mockups
- UI
- Usability Testing
- Wireframe
- Specification Gathering
- Prototyping
- User Experience
- User Research
- Workflow
- Design Documentation
- Critical Thinking
- Cascading Style Sheets
- JavaScript
Summary
Job Title: UX Designer
Job Location: Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid) - 2 Days/week onsite - Preferring a local resource to MN.
Job Description:
The client is seeking one full-time UX Designer resource who will be part of the Upgrade project, which is a large-scale, high-profile initiative supporting core business operations. The resource will be involved in designing public-facing websites and robust back-office functionalities within tight timelines in an Agile manner collaborating with the Product engineering team.
Tasks:
- Lead user research activities, including interviews and usability testing, to gather insights and inform design direction for an IT team.
- Design intuitive and accessible interfaces and workflows across digital platforms, ensuring consistency with design standards and project requirements.
- Develop wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes to communicate design concepts and interaction flows effectively.
- Collaborate closely with product owners, developers, and other stakeholders using Agile methodologies to iteratively refine designs and incorporate feedback.
- Ensure all deliverables comply with brand standards, accessibility guidelines, and universal design principles to provide an inclusive user experience.
- Present design concepts clearly to stakeholders and supply comprehensive documentation for smooth project handoffs and implementation/continuous improvement by development teams.
- Conduct 8 10 user interviews and 2 3 usability testing sessions per 2-week sprint to identify pain points and validate design assumptions.
- Design 20+ key interface screens and workflows for a core application module, adhering to WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards.
- Produce low-fidelity wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes (Mac laptop familiarity needed) for stakeholder review within 2-week iterations.
- Participate in daily stand-ups and sprint reviews with product owners and developers to incorporate feedback and refine design artifacts.
- Audit and update existing screens for brand consistency and inclusive design principles, providing rationale documentation.
- Present bi-weekly design reviews to 10+ stakeholders and hand off finalized prototypes with annotated specs for development implementation.
- Knowledge transfer.
Deliverables:
- User Research Reports: Comprehensive summaries of findings from interviews, surveys, and usability testing sessions (delivered bi-weekly or per sprint).
- Wireframes and Mockups: Low- and high-fidelity designs for key interfaces and workflows (delivered iteratively within 2-week sprints).
- Interactive Prototypes: Clickable prototypes built in standard tools, including interaction flows and annotations (delivered at sprint end).
- Design Documentation: Style guides, component libraries, and handoff specs ensuring accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA) and brand compliance (delivered per project milestone).
- Stakeholder Presentation Materials: Slide decks and demo sessions for design reviews (bi-weekly).
- Weekly Status Reports: Progress updates on tasks, risks, and next steps (submitted every 2 weeks).
Minimum Qualifications:
- Five (5) years experience in User Experience (UX) designs of web-based applications.
- Four (4) years experience designing compliant webpages per accessibility standards WCAG 2.1 Level AA or higher.
- Five (5) years experience creating wireframes, protypes, and mockups.
- Three (3) years experience in information architecture and design.
- Two (2) years experience in user experience design in an agile development environment.
Desired Skills:
- Bachelor's degree in UX Design, Human Computer Interaction, or Graphic Design.
- Demonstrated experience applying accessibility and inclusive design best practices.
- User research and persona development experience.
- Usability testing and analysis experience.
- Data analysis and use of metrics experience.
- Responsive and adaptive design experience.
- Visual and UI design experience.
- Design principles and aesthetics experience.
- Universal design principles experience.
- Demonstrated experience managing projects, including demonstration of time management and organization skills.
- Experience with mobile app UI/UX for ticketing or payment systems.
- Familiarity with transit fare structures, ticket vending machines, and validation devices.
- Basic understanding of front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Blazor) to facilitate development collaboration.
- Exposure to data-driven design using analytics related to transit user behavior.
- Adaptability and willingness to learn new technology & tools.
- Empathy for users and user-centric thinking.
- Critical thinking and creative problem solving.
- UX certifications or training in accessibility standards and Agile methodologies.
- Experience working in Figma.
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- Dice Id: RTX1d96e9
- Position Id: 8872777
- Posted 2 hours ago
Company Info
About Cognowiz
CognoWiz is an innovative and professional services provider firm with expertise on Analytics solutions. We serve you to make better business decisions. Since our founding by a team of ex-consultants, we have focused solely on Business Intelligence Analytics. Based on our background, we have built the company with an emphasis on process and methodology that enables us to deliver repeatable results of high quality to our clients. Our strong customer partnerships based on collaboration and quality of service have allowed us to grow and serve our customers better.
As a service provider, our team members, both internal and external, are the core of who we are as a company. Our team members have deep knowledge required to understand our clients’ needs and to deliver professionals with the right skills and experience for successful projects.
Our work environment is dynamic and challenging. We are focused on attracting and retaining top talent in the industry through an emphasis on entrepreneurship, creativity, innovation and stability.
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