User Experience Designer

Mindex; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

Flexible Time Off

401(k) Options with Company Match

Professional Development Opportunities

Job summary

A reputable software development company in Rochester, NY is seeking a passionate UX Designer to join their team. You will translate requirements into usable interfaces, collaborate with various teams, and use tools like Figma for design tasks. Essential qualifications include five years of experience in design, a relevant degree, and a strong portfolio showing problem-solving. The company offers competitive benefits, including medical and flexible time off, with a salary range of $70,000 to $120,000.

Qualifications

• Five+ years professional design experience working on increasingly complex projects.
• Portfolio showcasing exceptional design and problem-solving methods.
• Empathetic towards product users with strong visual storytelling skills.

Responsibilities

• Translate requirements into usable interfaces during design phases.
• Sketch, wireframe, and create prototypes using Figma.
• Collaborate with teams to creatively solve user needs.

Skills

UX design process

Proficiency in Figma

Interaction design

Information architecture

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Design (HCI, UX, Product)

Tools

Figma

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Founded in 1994 and celebrating 30 years in business, Mindex is a software development company with a rich history of demonstrated software and product development success. We specialize in agile software development, cloud professional services, and creating our own innovative products. We are proud to be recognized as the #1 Software Developer in the 2023 RBJ's Book of Lists and ranked 27th in Rochester Chamber’s Top 100 Companies. Additionally, we have maintained our certification as a Great Place to Work for consecutive years in a row. Our list of satisfied clients and #ROCstar employees are both rapidly growing— Are you next to join our team?

Mindex’s Software Development division is the go-to software developer for enterprise organizations looking to engage teams of skilled technical resources to help them plan, navigate, and execute through the full software development lifecycle.

We are looking for a passionate, collaborative UX Designer to join our growing team. You will be involved in every step of design, including research, ideation, mapping user flows, prototyping, creating mockups, and designing high-fidelity UIs. UX designers work with guidance from senior team members, prepare digital assets for the development team, and take on side projects to learn new design skills and grow their expertise.

Essential Functions

• Translate requirements into useful, usable, and desirable interfaces, partnering with UX researchers, developers, product owners, and content writers
• Sketch, wireframe, and create mockups and prototypes using Figma
• Produce detailed designs to ensure accurate implementation
• Design enterprise applications for a specific business domain
• Bring clarity to a project with a design-thinking approach (e.g., affinity diagrams, user journeys, task flow diagrams, personas)
• Collaborate with product management, user research, content strategists, and developers to creatively solve user needs
• Contribute to multiple complex design projects

Requirements

• Five+ years professional design experience working on increasingly complex projects
• Bachelor’s degree in Design (HCI, UX, Product, or related field) preferred
• Portfolio that showcases exceptional design and information architecture, highlighting process and methods used to solve real-world problems
• Proficient knowledge of UX design process, familiarity with UX research, familiarity with content design, and working with a team
• Knowledge of user experience design, information architecture, interaction design, and agile development methodologies
• Empathetic and compassionate about the people who use our products
• Open to feedback with a desire to grow and learn new skills
• A clear and confident visual storyteller who is focused on details and extremely organized
• A strong partner and collaborator with end users, product owners, user experience researchers, content designers, and engineers
• Able to transform complex interactions, research, and requirements into tangible products with a clear, usable, and desirable outcome for task focused power users
• Proficiency in Figma is required. Experience with Jira and Confluence is a plus
• Strong UX skills in Information architecture, Information design, and Interaction design (especially “unhappy path” error handling, etc.)
• Strong synthesis and problem setting skills (problem definition, solution hypothesis, etc.)
• OOUX or object mapping a plus
• Experience working at an Enterprise level company a plus

Benefits

• Medical Insurance (with a free option!)
• Vision Insurance
• Company Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Optional Additional Life Insurance
• Company Paid Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Company Paid Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA)
• Health Savings Accounts with Company Contributions
• Optional Hospital Indemnity, Accident and Critical Illness Insurance as well as Legal Assistance
• Flexible Time Off
• Pre-tax and Roth 401(k) Options with Company Match
• Investment in Professional Development including a license to Udemy training courses and leadership training
• Employee Assistance Program
• Adoption Assistance
• Pet Insurance Discounts
• Tickets to local sporting events
• Team building events
• Holiday and celebration parties

The band range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, education, experience, training, certifications, internal equity, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at, or near, the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The range for this role is $70,000 - $120,000.

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor, or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Physical Conditions/Requirements

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• No heavy lifting is expected. Exertion of up to 10 lbs.