UX Designer

Patterson Companies; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 77,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) Match

Paid Time Off

Holiday Pay & Floating Holidays

Volunteer Time Off

Educational Assistance Program

Parental and Adoption Leave

LifeWorks

Patterson Perks Program

Job summary

Patterson Companies is seeking a UX Designer to collaborate with cross-functional teams on UI design requirements, create prototypes, and drive user-centered design decisions. You will help develop personas, journey maps, and usability needs while advocating best practices and contributing to the UX strategy for the product domain.

Ideal candidates have a portfolio of UI/UX work, experience in agile environments, and the ability to communicate design decisions effectively to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Interaction Design or related field is required or equivalent experience.
• Portfolio showing past UI/UX design work is required.
• Experience moving designs through an agile development process is required.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to define UI design requirements aligned with product vision and to estimate and plan UX work.
• Contribute to overall UI design of features and applications within the domain, applying standards and best practices.
• Create prototypes and MVPs to test, learn from user behavior and feedback, and iterate quickly toward an optimal design.
• Advocate for user-centered design principles using data from tests, feedback, analytics, and A/B tests.
• Present and defend design decisions based on the design roadmap, experience, and principles.
• Develop user profiles, journey maps, personas, usability requirements, use cases, and scenarios.
• Help define the high-level UX Strategy for the product domain and communicate opportunities/limitations clearly.
• Participate in design interviews and research the UX best practices to inform product standards.

Skills

UX design

User research

Prototyping

Agile experience

Communication

Portfolio

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Interaction Design

Equivalent combination of education and experience

Tools

Figma

Job description

Patterson isn't just a place to work, it's a partner that cares about your success.

One of the distinguishing marks of our company is the talented people who embrace the people-first, always advancing, and results-driven culture. Professional growth abounds in this motivating environment. We value the diverse talents and experiences our employees bring to Patterson and believe that they build a stronger and successful organization.

Essential Functions

• To perform this job successfully, an employee must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation. To request a reasonable accommodation, notify Human Resources or the manager who oversees the position.
• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders in a multi-disciplinary team to define user interface design requirements in alignment with product vision and to estimate and plan UX-related work.
• Contribute to overall user interface design of features and applications within domain, incorporating usability, comprehensive workflows, applying standards and best practices, using various tools to create graphical interfaces.
• Work with the product and development team to create prototypes and minimally viable products to test, learn from customer behavior and feedback, and iterate quickly toward an optimal design.
• Advocate for user-centered design principles within the organization, leverage data from user tests, feedback, analytics, and A/B tests to drive the design process, and to create experiences that meet user needs (while simultaneously addressing business goals).
• Present and defend design decisions, ensuring all design decisions are based on the overall design roadmap, design experience, best practices and fundamental principles.
• Develop user profiles, journey maps, personas, usability requirements, use cases, and scenarios to articulate the solution experience.
• Help define the high-level UX Strategy for the product domain.
• Communicate effectively to enhance understanding of the opportunities and limitations of different UX strategies.

Additional functions

In addition to the essential functions listed above, the incumbent may perform the following additional functions.

• Conduct research on UX best practices to incorporate into product standards.
• Participate in, and in some cases lead, design interviews

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Interaction Design, Human Factors, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), IT/MIS, Computer Science or a related industry degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 3+ years of industry experience in analysis, design, and documentation of B2B or B2C applications
• Demonstrated working knowledge of design software and an understanding of design principles and techniques
• Experience moving designs throughout an agile development process.
• Portfolio showing past experience with UI/UX design is required
• Ability to conduct research and/or collect feedback from and communicate effectively with internal stakeholders and customers

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Commerce Cloud and CMS transformation initiatives, including platform enhancements and user experience improvements.
• Strong ability to collaborate effectively with developers, product teams, and business stakeholders to deliver solutions.
• Experience with design system adoption and governance, ensuring consistency across digital experiences.
• Understanding of accessibility standards and best practices, with a focus on creating inclusive user experiences.
• Proficiency with Figma for design collaboration, prototyping, and workflow management.
• Experience supporting B2B e-commerce experiences and digital customer journeys is preferred.

Travel and On-call

Travel less than 10% of the time to customer, vendor and corporate sites

What's In It For You

• Full Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits and an integrated Wellness Program
• 401(k) Match Retirement Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Holiday Pay & Floating Holidays
• Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
• Educational Assistance Program
• Full Paid Parental and Adoption Leave
• LifeWorks (Employee Assistance Program)
• Patterson Perks Program

The potential compensation range for this role is below. The final offer amount could exceed this range, based on various factors such as candidate location (geographical labor market), experience, and skills.

$77,200.00 - $100,333.33

Patterson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race; color; sex; gender identity; sexual orientation; religious practices and observances; national origin; pregnancy, childbirth, or other related medical conditions; status as a protected veteran or spouse/family member of a protected veteran; or disability.