Job Title
Senior UX Designer – Native App Design
Location & Work Model
Fort Worth, TX / Long Term Contract / Hybrid
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior UX Designer – Native App Design to drive user-centered design for native and hybrid mobile applications. This role requires strong mobile product thinking, hands-on design expertise, and close collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver intuitive, performant, and scalable mobile experiences. You will shape end-to-end mobile user experiences, drive design quality, and ensure consistency across iOS and Android platforms while aligning with business and technical goals.
Must-Have Requirements
· Extensive native mobile app research, strategy, and design experience across iOS and Android.
· Direct experience with design system creation, integration, and governance.
Key Responsibilities
· End-to-End Design: Lead UX design for mobile applications on iOS and Android from discovery through delivery.
· Research & Insights: Plan and execute qualitative and quantitative research activities. Synthesize findings into actionable design recommendations for native iOS and Android applications.
· Mobile-First Strategy: Define and execute mobile-first design strategies that account for platform conventions, gestures, navigation patterns, and technical constraints.
· UX Deliverables: Translate business requirements and user insights into user journeys, task flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity UI designs.
· Customer Experience: Design intuitive, accessible, and engaging experiences for customer-facing mobile applications (insurance or finance experience is an added advantage).
· Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Product Managers, Engineering, Analytics, and QA teams to define, build, and refine mobile features.
· Standards & Consistency: Ensure usability, accessibility (WCAG and mobile accessibility standards), performance considerations, and overall experience consistency.
· Design Systems: Contribute to and evolve mobile design systems, UI components, interaction patterns, and platform-specific guidelines.
· Product Direction: Support shaping mobile experience strategy, influencing roadmap priorities, and guiding design quality across teams.
· Platform Guidelines: Apply hands-on experience with Material Design (Android) and Apple Human Interface Guidelines (iOS) to deliver platform-native experiences while maintaining brand identity.
· Stakeholder Alignment: Present mobile design concepts, rationale, and trade-offs clearly to stakeholders and leadership.
· Governance & Mentorship: Help define design governance, mentor team members, and participate in cross-functional decision-making.
Required Qualifications
· Experience: 8–10 years of UX/Product Design experience with deep mobile app expertise across discovery, strategy, design, delivery, and optimization.
· Core UX Knowledge: Strong understanding of mobile UX principles, interaction design, information architecture, and responsive/adaptive design.
· Product Complexity: Proven track record designing for complex mobile workflows, consumer apps, or enterprise mobile products.
· Domain Focus: Experience with strategy and design for travel brands, including hotels or airlines.
· Technical Balance: Ability to balance user needs, business goals, and technical constraints such as performance, device limitations, and OS guidelines.
· Design Standards: Demonstrable experience applying Material Design and Apple Human Interface Guidelines, including navigation, components, typography, motion, and accessibility standards.
· Soft Skills: Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
· Tooling: Proficiency with modern design tools such as Figma, including mobile prototyping and design systems.
Preferred Qualifications
· Education: M.Des / B.Des or equivalent design degree.
· App Complexity: Experience working on data-driven or feature-rich mobile apps.
· Advanced Design Systems: Experience extending Material Design and iOS HIG within a branded design system, including tokenized components and design-to-development handoff.
· Team Environment: Experience working in fast-paced, cross-functional, mobile-first product teams.
· Optimization: Exposure to mobile analytics, A/B testing, and post-launch optimization.
About VGAI Solutions
VGAI Solutions is an AI-native and technology solutions firm that helps organizations build high-performing engineering and technology teams. MBE-certified and ISO 9001-registered, we operate across the USA, Mexico, UAE, Mauritius, and India, with our Global Delivery Center in Hyderabad. From specialized IT to engineering talent to end-to-end AI solutions, we deliver the human capital that powers our Fortune 1000 clients.
Equal Opportunity Statement
VGAI Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
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