Principal User Experience Designer
skillventory - A Leading Talent Research Firm
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Boston • Massachusetts • New Hampshire • United States
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Salary
💰 $107,000 - $216,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead definition of the design work and deliver business outcomes across multiple product teams, with minimal guidance and coaching
- Partner with the product owner to help inform product strategy
- Work across the organization to drive consistent customer experiences
- Contribute to the culture of the UXD group
- Coach and mentor junior designers across the group
- Provide design and product thought leadership
Requirements
- 7+ years of UX or related experience is preferred
- A degree in a related field such as interactive design, architecture, industrial design, graphic design, or human factors is preferred
- Experience working on agile teams delivering value in digital products preferred
- Experience running and/or using research to support evidence-focused design decisions preferred
- A digital portfolio we can review online is required
- An array of design skills, which might include visual, conversational, information architecture, prototyping, strategic design methods (such as design thinking), user research, or writing
- Ability to design across all channels including web, native, and automated
- Effective communication as a writer, presenter, and facilitator; equally at ease speaking with developer partners or executives
- A foundation of development knowledge, both web and mobile
- Familiarity with the value of design systems, understanding reuse and scale, and knowing when to contribute to make them better
- Partnering with user research to understand the customer problems to tackle
- Distilling qualitative and quantitative feedback to unearth recurring themes and promote data-driven design decisions
- An unwavering curiosity to ask why
Benefits
- comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support
- market-leading retirement
- generous paid time off and parental leave
- charitable giving employee match program
- educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
UX designinteractive designinformation architectureprototypingdesign thinkinguser researchvisual designconversational designstrategic design methodsdigital portfolio
Soft Skills
effective communicationcoachingmentoringfacilitationcollaborationcuriosityleadershippresentation skillsproblem-solvingteamwork