Experience Design Specialist - Associate

Exxon Mobil Corporation; Spring (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Plan

Savings Plan

Workplace Flexibility

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Culture of Health

Employee Health Advisory Program

Disability Plan

Job summary

ExxonMobil is seeking an Associate Experience Design Specialist to lead a small UX team and develop research-based, user-centered design solutions for complex technical challenges. You’ll collaborate closely with development and project teams to ensure implementations reflect the designed UX.

The role emphasizes mentoring junior designers, applying user research, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing within an Agile environment. On-site work at the Spring, TX campus is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic design, UX design, Human Factors, HCI, Information science, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in UX or related field.
• Experience leading a small team of UX resources across projects.
• Proven experience leading UX design projects from concept to completion including user research, wireframes, prototyping, and usability testing.
• Ability to mentor and develop junior designers in a collaborative environment.
• Experience working with product managers and developers to deliver user-centric solutions.
• Demonstrated initiative, flexibility, teamwork, and eagerness to learn.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience working on an Agile software team.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of UX designers and researchers, managing work intake and coordinating timelines with stakeholders and project teams.
• Design innovative solutions that increase user productivity and simplify complex tools.
• Incorporate research findings into designs and iterate based on feedback.
• Communicate designs through sketches, wireframes, and prototypes as needed.
• Collaborate with designers to critique designs and align with upstream design language.
• Maintain project velocity and adapt to changing business needs.

Skills

Team leadership

User research

Prototyping

Agile UX

Cross-functional work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Graphic design or UX

Job description

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Experience Design Specialist - Associate

Location:

Spring, TX, US, 77389

Company Name: ExxonMobil

About us

At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living while reducing emissions. As one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by the pride in what we do and what we stand for.

The success of our Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people. They bring solutions every day to optimize our strategy in energy, chemicals, lubricants and lower-emissions technologies.

We invite you to bring your ideas to ExxonMobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs. Learn more about our What and our Why and how we can work together .

What role you will play on our team

As a Design Lead on our UX design team, you'll lead UX projects for a small team of UX designers and researchers, and design innovative, research based solutions to tough technical problems. You'll also develop domain knowledge while working closely with development and project teams to make sure that the designed solution is implemented.

What you will do

• Lead a small team of UX designers and researchers, managing work intake for your team, communicating timelines and resource needs with the larger UX team, the stakeholders, and the project team.
• Design innovative solutions which make users more productive so that they can focus on really tough challenges and not their tools.
• Understand research findings and incorporate them into your designs.
• Communicate designs through sketches, wireframes, and prototypes as needed.
• Design elegant interfaces and processes which make the complex, simple.
• Communicate, influence, and collaborate with other UX team members, stakeholders, and project teams.
• Adapt and flex to dynamic project needs and priorities.
• Collaborate with other designers to critique designs, build on standards, and contribute to the upstream technical design language.
• Maintain project flexibility, nimbleness, and velocity to respond to dynamic business needs.
• Educate and advocate for proper design principles and processes.

About you

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelors in Graphic design, UX design, Human Factors, HCI, Information science, or a similar field.
• 10+ Year experience in UX or related field.
• Experience leading a small team of UX resources across a variety of projects.
• Proven experience leading UX design projects from concept to completion, including user research, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop junior designers, fostering a collaborative and inclusive team environment
• Experience working closely with diverse cross-functional teams, including product managers and developers, to deliver cohesive and user‑centric solutions
• Demonstrate initiative, flexibility, teamwork, and an eagerness to learn
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Have experience working on an Agile software team
• Must be able to work from ExxonMobil campus in Spring, TX

Preferred Qualifications/ Experience

• Experience working on UX for Oil & Gas industry, Upstream expereince is particularly valuable. Ability to potentially travel internationally on occasion if needed

An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.

We offer you:

• Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life.
• Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match.
• Workplace Flexibility: We have several programs such as “Flex your Day”, providing ad-hoc flexibility around when and where you work, as well as longer-term programs such as leaves of absence and part-time work.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing.
• Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you.
• Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.

Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice.

ExxonMobil is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or physical or mental disability.

Job Role Description

The Associate Experience Design Specialist is responsible for designing products and services that meet user needs, enhancing their experience through intuitive interfaces and workflows. They primarily work as individual contributors on design teams, collaborating with senior professionals to solve challenging problems, improve experiences, and develop their design skills

Nothing herein is intended to override the corporate separateness of local entities. Working relationships discussed herein do not necessarily represent a reporting connection, but may reflect a functional guidance, stewardship, or service relationship.

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