Adobe AEM UX Design Lead

Xsell Resources Inc.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Xsell Resources Inc. in Plano, TX seeks an experienced UX/UI Designer/Architect to own end-to-end web design from requirements to high-fidelity UI.

You will craft layouts, typography, color, iconography and motion consistent with the brand, while ensuring WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility and responsive behavior across devices. The role sits between Product, Brand, Content and Development, balancing speed with craft, and involves collaborating with stakeholders and engineering to bring designs to life

Qualifications

• 8+ years designing websites and digital products as a UX/UI Designer or Architect.
• A proactive self-starter who manages your own priorities and deadlines without waiting to be asked.
• Expert-level Figma skills: components, variants, auto layout, design tokens and interactive prototyping.
• A portfolio showing strong UX thinking (flows, IA, research) and refined visual/UI craft (typography, layout, color, hierarchy).
• Hands-on experience building or maintaining a design system.
• Experience designing for enterprise CMS-driven sites and authoring needs, especially Adobe Experience Manager (or willingness to learn).
• Solid grasp of responsive design, accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA) and front-end constraints.
• Basic HTML/CSS knowledge, enough to have informed conversations with front-end developers.
• Knowledge of Jira and Confluence a nice to have

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product, Marketing and Content stakeholders to elicit and refine requirements.
• Take approved concepts to high-fidelity UI: layout, typography, color, iconography, imagery and motion reflecting the brand.
• Be the user experience expert and bring solutions grounded in UX UI best practices.
• Design interaction patterns and micro-interactions and build clickable prototypes showing behavior across devices.
• Design responsively for mobile, tablet and desktop.
• Contribute to and become an expert in the Adobe Experience Manager design system: components, variants, patterns and usage guidelines.
• Build accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA) into every design: contrast, focus order, target sizes, readable content and screen-reader behavior.
• Facilitate stakeholder walkthroughs and presentations; capture decisions.
• Partner with development teams through build and QA to ensure what ships matches the design.

Skills

UX/UI design

Portfolio development

Proactive

Figma expert

Design system maintenance

Accessible design

Responsive design

Frontend collaboration

Tools

Adobe Experience Manager

HTML/CSS

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Own the end-to-end user experience and interface design of high-traffic web experiences, from stakeholder requirements and research through polished, high-fidelity wireframes. You'll shape flows, information architecture and interaction patterns, craft precise visual designs within an established design system. The role sits between Product, Brand, Content and Development, balancing speed with craft.

What you'll do

• Partner with Product, Marketing and Content stakeholders to elicit and refine requirements
• Take approved concepts to high-fidelity UI: layout, typography, color, iconography, imagery and motion that reflect the brand.
• Be the user experience expert and bring solutions grounded in UX UI best practices
• Design interaction patterns and micro-interactions and build clickable prototypes that show behavior across devices.
• Design responsively for mobile, tablet and desktop
• Contribute to and become an expert in the Adobe Experience Manager design system: components, variants, patterns and usage guidelines.
• Build accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA) into every design: contrast, focus order, target sizes, readable content and screen-reader behavior.
• Facilitate stakeholder walkthroughs and presentations; capture decisions.
• Partner with development teams through build and QA to make sure what ships matches the design.

Qualifications

• 8+ years designing websites and digital products as a UX/UI Designer or Architect
• A proactive self-starter and go-getter manage your own priorities and deadlines, spots problems early, and drives work forward without waiting to be asked.
• Expert-level Figma skills: components, variants, auto layout, design tokens and interactive prototyping.
• A portfolio that shows both strong UX thinking (flows, IA, research) and refined visual/UI craft (typography, layout, color, hierarchy).
• Hands-on experience building or maintaining a design system.
• Experience designing for enterprise CMS-driven sites and authoring needs, especially Adobe Experience Manager (or willingness to learn AEM system end to end).
• Solid grasp of responsive design, accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA) and front-end constraints.
• Basic HTML/CSS knowledge, enough to have informed conversations with front-end developers.
• Knowledge of Jira and Confluence a nice to have