Lead Visual Experience Designer, AI-Powered UX

Autodesk, Inc; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 130,000 - 232,000; Full time

Job summary

Autodesk is seeking a Principal Visual Experience Designer to lead visually polished interfaces across the AEC product family. You will partner with Product Design, Research, Product Management, Engineering, and Content Design to translate strategy into elegant visual systems and AI-powered experiences.

You'll influence product direction, contribute to design systems, and raise the quality bar across teams while delivering delightful, accessible interfaces at scale.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of visual/product/UX design experience in digital products.
• Portfolio demonstrating exceptional visual craft and execution.
• Deep typography, color, composition, hierarchy, and UI design expertise.
• Experience with motion design, UI animation, and micro-interactions.
• Experience designing for complex enterprise products and ecosystems.
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and influence design decisions.
• Understanding of usability, accessibility, and interaction design.
• Experience contributing to design systems or scalable visual frameworks.
• Ability to work well in evolving, ambiguous environments.
• Proficiency with modern design tools; Figma preferred.
• Experience with AI tools in design workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design high-quality, visually refined experiences across workflows and touchpoints.
• Translate strategy and AI capabilities into clear, intuitive visual designs.
• Identify and drive user delighters for multiple AEC products.
• Leverage Autodesk design system to drive consistency and efficiency.
• Partner with product design, research, PM, engineering, and content design.
• Collaborate to strengthen continuity across the AEC product ecosystem.
• Provide visual design leadership through craft and critiques.
• Translate complex workflows into elegant interfaces with clear hierarchy.
• Create high-fidelity designs, prototypes, and specs; ensure quality at launch.
• Explore visual patterns for AI-powered and adaptive experiences.

Skills

Visual design experience

Strong portfolio

Typography and layout

Motion design and micro-interactions

Enterprise product design

Cross-functional collaboration

Usability and accessibility design

Design systems experience

Ambiguity tolerance

AI design tools

AI-powered experiences

Tools

Figma

Job description

Autodesk is seeking a Principal Visual Experience Designer to lead visually polished interfaces across the AEC product family. You will partner with Product Design, Research, Product Management, Engineering, and Content Design to translate strategy into elegant visual systems and AI-powered experiences.

You'll influence product direction, contribute to design systems, and raise the quality bar across teams while delivering delightful, accessible interfaces at scale.