UX Designer

Responsibilities

Kforce has a client that is seeking a UX Designer in Columbus, OH. Responsibilities:

• UX Designer will be a change agent evangelizing and bringing awareness to human-centered methodologies and practices across the company, supporting cross-functional product teams at different stages of understanding
• Solve complex design problems and drive multiple efforts simultaneously
• Approach each project with consideration for the larger Company platform experience and business model
• Deeply understand how products connect beyond your own product area and be mindful of touchpoints in the overall user journey across the Company platform
• In collaboration with the UX Research team, dive into existing user research, metrics and balance with intuition and sensibility and translate user needs into tangible experiences for our solutions
• Design and build user flows, wireframes, concepts, and interactive prototypes that will be used as the stimuli for research events and will help define development requirements and inform technology decisions
• Confidently present designs to peers, stakeholders and leadership, and articulate rationales behind design decisions
• Build presentations and lead discussions about experience-related aspects of the solution with different stakeholders throughout the organization, focused on feedback and action towards next steps
• As a UX Designer, you will design consistent approaches to patterns founded in research and best practice established from both inside and outside of the organization
• Embrace and evangelize pattern-based system design - UX standards, best practices, styles, patterns and guidelines - as well as contribute to our design system by introducing high-quality, accessible and usable patterns and their appropriate usage
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in HCI, Visual Communication, Digital Design, Product Design, Human Centered Design, or related field required, MFA or advanced degree a plus
• Portfolio that demonstrates your design work in web and mobile solutions; We want to see and understand your process and how you collaborate across functions within the Product Development Lifecycle
• 5+ years of work experience in product development, user experience design, product design, creative, or marketing industries
• Demonstrated experience working in an Agile environment
• Extensive experience creating low and high-fidelity sketches and design documentation
• Demonstrated success leading design efforts across multiple products to achieve a central solution
• Knowledge in software usability principles and current trends and advances in interface design
• Advanced knowledge of UX wireframe, visual design, and prototyping software (e.g. Axure, Fireworks, Photoshop, Illustrator); Familiar with Snagit, Visio
• In-depth understanding of HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• Deep understanding of responsive design approaches
• High-level understanding of accessibility guidelines and designing for optimal accessibility
• Understand a target audience's needs and other motivating factors, and translate them into concepts
• Strong communication, presentation and analytical skills
• Product development experience in Ed Tech a plus
  
  

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.