UX Designer - IC2 (UXDSGN - UX Designer)

Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC; United States; Remote; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational technology company is seeking a UX Designer to enhance UI and UX for its software platforms. The ideal candidate should have over 2 years of experience and a strong portfolio showcasing skills in Figma. Responsibilities include designing user interfaces, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and improving the overall design system. Join a dedicated team committed to empowering education worldwide.

Qualifications

• 2+ years’ professional experience designing web apps or software.
• A portfolio showcasing UX and visual design expertise.
• Proficiency in remote collaboration across time zones.

Responsibilities

• Designing UI and honing UX for PowerSchool's software platforms.
• Creating and iterating on designs in Figma.
• Collaborating with teams to solve design challenges.
• Improving and expanding the design system.

Skills

Web app design

Visual design

User experience

Figma

Remote communication

Tools

Figma

Job description

UX Designer - IC2 (UXDSGN - UX Designer)

At PowerSchool, we are a dedicated team of innovators guided by our shared purpose of powering personalized education for students around the world. From the central office to the classroom to the home, PowerSchool supports the entire educational ecosystem as the global leader of cloud-based software for K-12 education. Our employees make it all possible, and a career with us means you’re joining a successful team committed to engaging, empowering, and improving the K-12 education experience everywhere.

Team Overview

The Enterprise Resource Planning team at PowerSchool is a tight-knit group of designers, product managers, and engineers building world-class software that helps school finance teams make the most of their funding to improve student outcomes. We’re a smart, friendly, and goofy team that cares about making software that looks good and feels good to use.

Responsibilities

Description

You’ll be a crucial part of product design and ideation and use your expertise in visual design and user experience to make our product something people love to use. This is not just a UX design position, you will be expected to have a strong visual design sense.

Your day-to-day job will consist of:

• Designing the UI and honing the UX of a core pillar of PowerSchool's Allovue and talent software platforms.
• Focused design tasks structured around quarterly product feature goals.
• Creating and iterating on product designs in Figma.
• Collaborating with our design team, product managers, and engineers to find the best solutions to tricky problems and constraints.
• Having a direct hand in shaping product design around those constraints; You will have a direct effect on what form requested features take as they make it into the product.
• Reviewing Pull Requests for design consistency and accuracy before they are merged.
• Making improvements and expanding our design system.
• Proactively asking for assistance and critique.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• 2+ years’ professional experience designing web apps or software.
• A portfolio of work that demonstrates a strong understanding of UX and visual design.
• Proficiency in working with remote colleagues and communicating across Pacific, Central, and Eastern time zones.
• Experience using Figma

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience building Figma designs that make extensive use of components.
• Experience building and expanding design systems both in general and in Figma