UX Designer

ISU Research Park; Ankeny (IA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group in Ankeny, IA (Urbandale, IA) is seeking a UX Designer to craft intuitive experiences for embedded agricultural equipment. You will design wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and detailed specifications while collaborating with product, engineering, and UX teams to align on UX goals.

You will lead design thinking workshops, address complex user journeys, and work with UX researchers on product discovery, validation, and usability studies, presenting vision

Qualifications

• 3+ years of UX and UI design experience.
• Expertise in Figma and Sketch.
• Strong visual design skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Design wireframes, high-fidelity mockups and deliver detailed specification documents.
• Collaborate with product management, engineering, and UX teams to align on user experience goals.
• Conduct design thinking workshops with stakeholder groups.
• Creatively addressing complex applications, impediments, and user journeys.
• Collaborating with UX researchers on product discovery, design validation, first click testing, usability testing, interviews, and surveys.
• Presenting your design vision and recommendations to colleagues, management, and executives.

Skills

UX design

UI design

Design thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Design or Human factors

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Job description

As a UX Designer for John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group located in Ankeny, IA , or Urbandale, IA, you will:

Design intuitive and effective user experiences for embedded systems used in agricultural equipment.

Design wireframes, high-fidelity mockups and deliver detailed specification documents.

Collaborate with product management, engineering, and UX teams to align on user experience goals.

Conducting design thinking workshops with stakeholder groups.

Creatively addressing complex applications, impediments, and user journeys.

Collaborating with UX researchers on product discovery, design validation, first click testing, usability testing, interviews, and surveys.

Presenting your design vision and recommendations to colleagues, management, and executives

VISA Sponsorship is NOT available for this position

What Skills You Need

• 3+ years of UX and UI design experience.
• Expertise in Figma and Sketch.
• Strong visual design skills and attention to detail.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Experience designing for embedded software.
• Experience using Adobe products.
• Agriculture knowledge/background.
• Strong track record of communicating and presenting effectively.
• Capacity to lead design discussions and influence stakeholders.
• A portfolio highlighting your design process and experience.
• Strong familiarity with incorporating branding and common design system components and guidelines into product experiences.

Education

• Bachelors Degree in Design or Human factors