Senior UX Designer & Design Systems Leader

U.S. Venture, Inc.; Appleton (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Venture, Inc. is seeking a Lead UX Designer to own end-to-end user experience for our most complex initiatives across the IT digital portfolio.

This strategic individual contributor will partner with engineering, product, and business leaders to translate research insights into scalable design solutions and establish design standards for a growing UX function. The ideal candidate will lead the charge in shaping practices, governance, and a culture of accessibility and continuous

Qualifications

• 7+ years of UX design experience with a strong portfolio.
• Demonstrated ownership of end-to-end design for a major product or initiative.
• Advanced proficiency with modern design and prototyping tools (Figma, Adobe XD, Claude Design).
• Demonstrated experience owning user research, design/product thinking workshops, persona development, and journey mapping.
• Experience partnering directly with engineering to translate design assets into reusable, code-aligned components.
• Strong communication and influence skills, with experience presenting to senior stakeholders and driving alignment across teams.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end user experience design for key product areas and high-impact initiatives.
• Partner with engineering, product management, and business stakeholders to translate requirements and research into scalable design solutions.
• Establish and evolve design standards, practices, and governance to prepare for future growth.
• Drive user research facilitation in partnership with Product Management, including interviews, field studies, usability testing, and data analysis.
• Collaborate with cross-functional leadership to ensure design vision aligns with product goals and technical feasibility.
• Partner with engineering leadership to architect and maintain a shared, code-aligned component library that bridges design assets and reusable development components, reducing design-related technical debt and accelerating development velocity.
• Identify and prioritize UX opportunities to drive measurable business and user impact.
• Lay the groundwork for future UX onboarding, including defining role expectations and skill criteria.
• Mentor cross-functional partners on design thinking and UX best practices
• Stay current with emerging design methodologies and tools to inform evolving best practices.
• Advocate for accessibility, inclusivity, and discovery-driven-product culture.
• Live our values of High Performance, Caring Relationships, Strategic Foresight, and Entrepreneurial Spirit
• Find A Better Way by championing continuous improvement and quality control efforts to identify opportunities to innovate and improve efficiency, accuracy, and standardization
• Continuously learn and develop self professionally
• Support corporate efforts for safety, government compliance, and all other company policies & procedures
• Perform other related duties as required and assigned.

Skills

UX design

Portfolio

End-to-end design

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Figma

Adobe XD

Claude Design

Job description

U.S. Venture, Inc. is seeking a Lead UX Designer to own end-to-end user experience for our most complex initiatives across the IT digital portfolio.

This strategic individual contributor will partner with engineering, product, and business leaders to translate research insights into scalable design solutions and establish design standards for a growing UX function. The ideal candidate will lead the charge in shaping practices, governance, and a culture of accessibility and continuous