Principal UX Designer

Omnitracs; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal UX Designer to lead innovative design projects that enhance user experiences across multiple platforms. This role requires a mastery of UX processes, including information architecture and interactive design, while advocating for users through data-driven insights. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to create compelling designs that not only meet user needs but also drive product success. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are passionate about user-centered design, this opportunity is perfect for you to make a significant impact.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of UX design experience with a strong digital portfolio.
• Expertise in mobile-first and responsive design principles.

Responsibilities

• Transform ideas into user-friendly products through design.
• Mentor junior designers and manage complex design projects.

Skills

UX Design

Information Architecture

User Research

Prototyping

Design Systems

Communication Skills

Agile Methodology

Data-Driven Decision Making

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Design or related field

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Zeplin

InVision

UXPin

Balsamiq

Job description

Principal UX Designer

Our focus on the user experience places designers in a unique position to influence product direction through bold design decisions. We apply design thinking and take a holistic approach to ensure experiential continuity across platforms and touch points of our growing portfolio of products and mobile applications.

As a principal you will demonstrate mastery of best in class UX process and ability to perform all facets of the UX discipline including information architecture, interactive and visual design. Be a driver and person who can manage multiple strategic and complex design projects. Be a strong advocate for the customer at all times. Influence key metrics. Mentor and teach others what you have clearly mastered.

Essential Responsibilities

• Master Translator - Transform ideas, business opportunities, research and creative vision into tangible products and services that provide clear, usable, useful and desirable outcomes for users
• Master at design fundamentals - Create detailed wireframes, information architecture diagrams, user flows and prototypes
• Industry Expert – Demonstrates best practices and design thinking / process - driving best digital experiences with every project
• Passionate advocate for the user - ground ideas in data driven solutions by partnering with our research team to incorporate customer insights and principles throughout the creative process.
• Influencer - Ability to influence product roadmaps proactively by performing usability evaluations/score cards
• Strategic - Run usability workshops with cross-functional leaders in order to align on usability concerns and create usability roadmaps.
• Fast - works in agile, fast moving environment – fluently deliver just in time design works for sprint cycles while enhancing the quality and experience of the products
• Collaborator - Work in collaboration with key project team members, including user experience researchers, product owners, tech leads, developers, strategy, PM
• Cross-channel designer - create concepts which form the user experiences cross channel (mobile, tablet and desktop )
• Mentor – support the build out of the design team by growing junior resources and teaching others what you have clearly mastered.
• Driver – manage multiple strategic and complex projects simultaneously
• Data Driven - uses NPS and other usability KPI’s in decision making. Can demonstrate ROI of usability improvements.
• Communicator – demonstrate and present ideas, concerns, strategy, and output to large groups in agile ceremonies or meetings with leadership.

Skills & Requirements Qualifications:

Technical Accomplishments

• 8 years of UX design experience.
• Digital portfolio must express proficiency in how you work and what you have completed. Demonstration of Design Systems architecture and project lifecycle is a must.
• Demonstrate ability to solve design problems, not just make pretty pictures
• Demonstrate expertise in designing experiences and user interfaces for responsive web and mobile apps

Industry Knowledge

• Extensive experience in using UX design best practices to design solutions, and a deep understanding of mobile-first and responsive design.
• Extreme knowledge of atomic design and has practiced it in the past.
• A solid grasp and importance of user-centered design and testing methodologies, subsystems, usability and accessibility concerns.

Technical Abilities

• Expertise in UX software such as Figma Sketch, Zeplin, InVision, UXPin, Balsamiq. Basic understanding HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript is important.
• Having the experience in user-centered design, rapidly test, wireframing, high-fidelity, prototyping, researching.
• Expertise In building design systems and style guides
• Have experience in User Research and Strategy doing Ethnography Studies
• Ability to iterate designs and solutions efficiently and intelligently

Technical Collaboration

• Ability to clearly and effectively communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions to teams and clients.
• Being able to make strategic design and user-experience decisions related to core, and new, functions and features.
• Ability to work tightly with a cross-functional team of developers, product owners, and management to guide solutions into production.
• Experience in Team and Project Management, writing user stories – and practicing the agile methodology development process.
• Help teammates, share knowledge and experience with them, and learn from them.

Personal Development

• Obsessed with good user-centered design practices and have an impeccable eye for detail and design (e.g. typography, color, balance, etc.).
• Be open to giving and receiving constructive feedback
• Being okay with and working with things out of your control. Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Language

• Excellent communication and presentation skills using English