Interaction Designer

Aquent; Cambridge (MA); In loco; USD 90.000 - 130.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Aquent Studios is seeking an experienced Interaction Designer to transform complex workflows into intuitive digital experiences. You will collaborate with product managers, engineers, designers, and researchers to shape user engagement across next-generation digital products.

Responsibilities include mapping user journeys, building high-fidelity Figma prototypes, and contributing to design systems. Strong portfolio and Agile collaboration are essential for success.

Competenze

• 2+ years of experience as an Interaction Designer, Product Designer, or UX Designer.
• Advanced mastery of Figma with components, auto-layout, interactive components, tokens and variables.
• Strong design portfolio highlighting end-to-end interaction design and dynamic prototypes.
• Solid understanding of HCI fundamentals, cognitive load and responsive layouts.
• Experience collaborating within Agile cross-functional product teams.
• Excellent verbal and visual communication to justify design decisions.

Mansioni

• Define how users engage with next-generation digital products.
• Map end-to-end user journeys, task flows, wireframes and interaction models.
• Create high-fidelity prototypes in Figma using advanced features.
• Contribute to design systems and provide component specifications for engineers.
• Conduct usability sessions and translate findings into iterative refinements.
• Document interaction specifications and transitions for engineering handoff.
• Align stakeholders on design rationale and trade-offs.

Conoscenze

Interaction Design

Product Design

Agile teamwork

Communication

Strumenti

Figma

Descrizione del lavoro

Aquent Studios is proud to partner with a leading global client in the transformative Life Sciences industry, an organization dedicated to pioneering breakthroughs that enhance global health. This company stands at the forefront of innovation, translating complex scientific discoveries into life-changing solutions that reach diverse audiences worldwide. Joining this team means contributing to a mission-driven environment where every visual story has the power to educate, inspire, and make a tangible impact on the world, directly influencing how groundbreaking solutions are experienced by global audiences.

Role Overview

Transform complex workflows into seamless, elegant digital interactions on a global scale. Partnering with cross-functional teams of product managers, engineers, visual designers, and researchers, you will define how users engage with next-generation digital products. This role bridges the gap between high-level user experience strategy and concrete digital interfaces, focusing deeply on system architecture, screen states, micro-interactions, and high-fidelity prototyping.

Key Responsibilities

• Interaction Architecture & User Flows: Map end-to-end user journeys, task flows, detailed wireframes, and interaction models that solve complex product challenges.
• High-Fidelity Prototyping in Figma: Build robust, realistic interactive prototypes using advanced Figma features (components, interactive variants, variables, auto-layout, and expressions) to evaluate usability and communicate functional logic.
• State & Edge-Case Definition: Define comprehensive interface behaviors, edge cases, transitions, error handling, and component state changes (hover, active, disabled, loading) to ensure intuitive experiences across platforms.
• Design Systems Collaboration: Partner closely with visual designers and front-end engineers to contribute interactive component specs, guidelines, and behavioral patterns to the shared design system.
• Concept Validation & Usability Testing: Partner with user researchers to run usability sessions on interactive Figma prototypes, translating evaluative findings into actionable iterative refinements.
• Technical & Engineering Handoff: Document interaction specifications, transition curves, and component behaviors clearly for engineers to ensure pixel-perfect and motion-accurate implementation.
• Stakeholder Alignment: Articulate interaction rationale, user-centric behavioral models, and design trade-offs across multidisciplinary product teams.

Qualifications

Must-Have Qualifications

• Experience: 2+ years of dedicated experience as an Interaction Designer, Product Designer, or UX Designer specializing in digital product interfaces.
• Tooling Expertise: Advanced mastery of Figma as your primary tool, including deep experience with component architecture, auto-layout, interactive components, tokens, and variables.
• Portfolio Requirement: A strong design portfolio highlighting end-to-end interaction design problem-solving, detailed user flows, system thinking, and dynamic interactive Figma prototypes.
• Interaction Foundations: Strong grasp of human-computer interaction (HCI) fundamentals, cognitive load management, mental models, standard web/mobile interaction patterns, and responsive layout behavior.
• Agile Collaboration: Proven background working within cross-functional, iterative agile product teams alongside product managers and software engineers.
• Communication: Clear verbal and visual presentation skills to convey interaction mechanics and justify design decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Technical Awareness: Foundational knowledge of front-end capabilities and constraints (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) to optimize collaboration and feasibility with development teams.
• Accessibility: Deep familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG), keyboard navigation patterns, and inclusive design practices.
• Complex Systems Experience: Prior background designing for enterprise software, workflow tools, or creative professional suites.
• User Research Experience: Hands-on experience moderating prototype usability sessions or analyzing interaction heatmaps and behavioral analytics.