Principal UX Designer I

LexisNexis Risk Solutions; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 115,000 - 192,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is seeking a Principal UX Designer I who tackles complex creative problems, leads design strategy across multiple product lines, and mentors the design community.

You will partner with UX researchers, set design principles, evangelize UI patterns, and drive customer engagement with data-driven insights. The role demands expert tooling and the ability to influence product strategy at senior levels.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of UX design or related experience.
• Experience leading design strategy across multiple product lines.
• Ability to mentor design teams and train others.
• Strong collaboration with data scientists and product teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and drive the UCD vision for complex problems across portfolios.
• Define and evangelize interaction patterns that become core to the UI brand.
• Partner with UX researchers to translate insights into design principles.
• Communicate design direction and purpose to stakeholders and teams.
• Mentor and train designers to improve skills and outcomes.
• Iterate designs with testing to ensure problem solving.

Skills

UX strategy

Leadership

Mentoring

Design systems

Tools

Axure

Sketch

InVision

Job description

Job Summary: A Principal UX Designer I takes on difficult and complex creative problems and solves them. She/he leads the design strategy and creative toolkit for multiple businesses or product lines. She/he is an expert user of a number of design tools. She/he mentors and trains the design community.

Customer (or User) Focus

• Deeply understands customer use cases and knows how to drive added clarity when needed.
• Deeply understands competitor product set and strategy and how it influences customer decisions.
• Partners with data scientist to better understand customer needs.

Creative Problem Solving

• Targets the 'wicked problems' of the organisation.
• Identifies if we are addressing the right problem with a thorough analysis of the brief.
• Applies a highly skilled level of critical and design thinking.
• Independently identifies innovative creative solutions.
• Iterates and tests solution to check it solves the problem.
• Shares and promotes learnings that drive forward the creative direction of the organisation.

Product Design

• Leads and drives the UCD vision for the most complex problems.
• Looks beyond the current release cycle and explores future scenarios.
• Works with UX Researcher to understand the user needs, making proactive use of insights to set design principles.
• Defines and evangelizes the interaction patterns that become key drivers of the UI Brand of the company.
• Defines user experience for the portfolio and execute strategic user research.
• Helps to define the product strategy.
• Communicates and evangelizes the importance of real customer engagement within product development.

Data Driven Analysis & Testing

• Extracts most relevant data to offer a unique UX research strategy.
• Mentors other UX researchers in data driven analysis and testing.
• Identifies gaps where data is needed and introduces new analytical tools.
• Regularly oversees the testing of design work.
• Present findings of data driven analysis and testing to guide the organisation.

Technical Skills

• Expert knowledge of the tech stack of the organization.
• Power user of design and prototyping software (Axure, Sketch, Invsion).
• Is a key point of contact for product and tech teams.
• Offers masterclasses to train other designers.
• Produces pixel perfect designs across all platforms.
• Trials and introduces new tools to the organization.

Personal Capability Practices Self-Development

• Models self-development and supports others to take development actions
• Creates an atmosphere of continual improvement, in which self and others are encouraged to exceed the expected results
• Seeks out high-level sponsors and mentors
• Seeks out future career moves and job assignments

Solves Problems and Analyzes Issues

• Identifies and highlights new trends, potential problems and opportunities early
• Effectively coaches others on how to analyze information to solve problems
• Encourages and coaches others to seek alternative ways to solve complex problems

Innovates

• Actively contributes to team culture of innovation
• Focuses innovative effort on highest impact issues and areas
• Encourages and supports others to share new ideas
• Is willing to take calculated risks
• Learns quickly from success and failure and effectively applies learning

Communicates Powerfully and Prolifically

• Delivers presentations clearly and with high impact
• Develops a trusted 2-way communication interface between the team and stakeholders
• Provides a definite sense of direction and purpose
• Provides people with a clear understanding of how their work fits within a wider organisation

Collaboration and Teamwork

• Promotes a high level of cooperation between all members of the work group
• Keeps team informed of all relevant information affecting the organisation, team members and their work
• Achieves objectives requiring a high level of cooperation from people in other parts of the organisation
• Takes the lead in resolving conflict within a work group
• Looks for ways for team to work with other teams and divisions

Builds Relationships

• Balances 'getting results' with a concern for others' needs
• Is in touch with issues and concerns of individuals within the work group
• Initiates contact with other teams or divisions to build relationships that enhance the business results
• Is trusted by members of work group and across the organisation
• Adds value to the relationship
• Manages conflict within work groups

Experience (US Only) and Education

Suggested Minimum Years of Experience: 10-15 years

Critical Experiences (Required for entry into this role): N/A

Education to Qualify: U.S.

National Base Pay Range: $115,400 - $192,300.

Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates.

This job is eligible for an annual incentive bonus.

We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career.

We are delighted to offer country specific benefits.

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