Sr. UI/UX Designer

Nunez Community College; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Nunez Community College in Baton Rouge, LA, seeks a senior UI/UX designer to support statewide design practice with the Division of Administration / Office of Technology Services. You’ll work onsite with product and engineering teams to deliver accessible, user-centered designs and contribute to the state design system and standards.

You will help strengthen design quality through testing and reviews, conduct wireframes, usability studies, accessibility audits, and user flow troubleshooting, and

Qualifications

• Two+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in IT, project management, business analysis, or administrative services is preferred.
• Advanced degrees may substitute for experience per outlined rules.

Responsibilities

• Create and edit wireframes and mockups following standards.
• Lead user interviews and usability studies to understand needs.
• Lead design and usability reviews for systems in development and production.
• Lead design critiques to maintain cross-team standards.
• Troubleshoot user flow issues across projects.
• Conduct accessibility audits of systems.
• Lead usability testing and assist with user acceptance testing.
• Participate in daily standups, planning, and retrospectives to keep progress visible.

Skills

Two+ years experience

Project management basics

IT knowledge

Education

Associate's degree

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Bachelor's with 24 sem hours in IT/CS/Engineering/Math/Business Analytics + 2 years IT/PM/BA

Job description

In this senior UI/UX design role at Nunez Community College, you will support statewide design practice through the Division of Administration / Office of Technology Services (Architecture, Standards & Platform). Working onsite in Baton Rouge, LA, you will partner with product and engineering teams to deliver accessible, user-centered designs, contribute to the State’s design system and standards, and help strengthen design quality through testing and reviews.

You will be a key contributor to design/usability/accessibility efforts for applications in development and production, including wireframing, usability studies, accessibility audits, and design and user flow troubleshooting. The role also includes collaboration across project ceremonies, supporting statewide IT delivery, and contributing to internal guidance materials and standards for other OTS sections.

What You’ll Do

• Create and edit wireframes and mockups that follow accepted standards and procedures.
• Join project planning meetings and lead user interviews and usability studies to understand user needs for applications being developed.
• Lead and participate in design and usability reviews for systems in development and production.
• Lead design reviews and design critiques to help ideate on user requirements and maintain standards across teams and projects.
• Lead fellow designers in troubleshooting user flow issues across projects.
• Conduct accessibility audits of systems.
• Lead usability testing and assist with user acceptance testing.
• Attend and participate in project meetings such as daily standups, planning, and retrospectives, keeping project leadership informed of progress toward project goals.
• Assist in preparing presentations and refining project documents to meet design and language standards.
• Assist in the creation of training assets.
• Support the successful delivery of IT projects statewide.
• Help develop the section’s document library and standards, including design process documents, best practices, and guidance for internal teams and other OTS sections.
• Research and stay current on OTS and industry standards related to design, usability, user experience, and accessibility.
• Perform other tasks, special projects, analysis, studies, and plans as directed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Two+ years of relevant experience (minimum), with the role requiring a combination of education and experience as outlined below.
• Five years of experience in information technology, project management, business analysis, or administrative services; OR
• Six years of full-time work experience in any field plus three years in information technology, project management, business analysis, or administrative services; OR
• An associate's degree plus three years in information technology, project management, business analysis, or administrative services; OR
• A bachelor’s degree plus three years in information technology, project management, business analysis, or administrative services; OR
• A bachelor’s degree with 24 semester hours in information technology, computer science, engineering, mathematics, or business analytics plus two years in information technology, project management, business analysis, or administrative services; OR
• A master's degree plus two years in information technology, project management, business analysis, or administrative services.
• Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience toward the six years of full-time work experience in any field (maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours, substituting for up to four years of experience in any field).
• A certification in an approved area may be substituted for the education and/or experience requirements at time of hire or promotion, when the appointment is made from a Certificate of Eligibles.

Position Details

• Appointment Type: filled by new hire or by promotion of a current permanent status classified employee.
• Career Progression: participates in a career progression group and may be filled from this recruitment as an IT Statewide Analyst 1, 2 or 3.
• Compensation: the salary range reflects the pay grade minimum and maximum for the IT Statewide Analyst 1 job title.

For further information about this posting, contact Erica R. Gay, HR Specialist, Division of Administration / Office of Human Resources, at [e-mail].