UX Designer (III)

Strong Tower Consulting; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 242,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Mentor/Mentee Program

Female Leadership Program

Professional Training

401K Plan

Job summary

Strong Tower Consulting in Seattle is seeking a User Experience Designer focused on visual design to deliver polished product assets and marketing materials. You will apply visual design frameworks, collaborate with engineers and product managers, and contribute to branding across surfaces and platforms.

You will create thoughtful design proposals, leverage design systems, and communicate design rationale clearly.

Qualifications

• A degree in UX Design, Visual Design, or Visual Communications.
• Expertise in Figma and/or other design tools.
• A strong portfolio showcasing visual design expertise and understanding of visual and interaction design principles.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers to communicate, negotiate, and influence design intent.
• Use data and metrics to evaluate product impact and user trends.
• Drive UX improvements from testing and stakeholder input.
• Build consensus across teams for design strategy.
• Contribute to project prioritization and resource allocation.
• Create design solutions based on user insights and business needs.
• Develop design concepts for product ideation and user research.

Skills

Typography

Brand systems

Aesthetic sensibility

Craftsmanship

Product design

Presentations

Systems thinking

User behavior

Interactive technology

Education

UX Design degree

Figma

Strong portfolio

Excellent communication

Collaboration skills

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

"Exceeding Your Expectations" Strong Tower Consulting is an award-winning staffing and consulting firm delivering trusted advisory services and innovative solutions to Fortune 500 companies and growing organizations. Our teams help clients drive digital transformation, improve operational efficiency, and support large-scale business initiatives.

We believe great work starts with great people. Our team, comprising 75% women, is at the forefront of driving positive change and innovation in our field.

Supplemental JD

Work Location: Seattle, WA - Hybrid (Hybrid work: Tues-Thurs in the office. Monday & Friday remote)

Work Schedule: Normal PST business hours, Monday to Friday

Job Description

As a User Experience Design focused on visual design deliverables, you'll create innovative visual design solutions to user, product, and business problems, explicitly focusing on delivering polished product assets and marketing support materials, maintaining a holistic view of the brand across multiple surfaces and platforms. You'll apply, adapt, and/or define visual design frameworks, including principles, patterns, and systems. You'll leverage design tools to visualize ideas, develop mock-ups, or prototypes to drive the product vision forward. You'll create thoughtful and rigor-driven design proposals considering short-term needs and long-term scale across design systems, considering hierarchy, visual saliency, and accessibility. Ability to generate multiple visual approaches & solutions, and clearly communicate design rationale for a recommended approach is critical. You apply your expertise by serving as a subject-matter expert in visual design principles (including iconography, typography, color, imagery, and layout, or marketing assets), user-centered product development methodologies, and design systems. You'll collaborate with engineers, product managers, and other UX designers to effectively communicate the value of visual design and brand, negotiating and influencing design intention for implementation.

Top Skills

• Proficiency in Visual design principles (Typography, Color, Layout, Iconography)
• Proficiency in Brand application and design systems
• Proficiency in Aesthetic sensibility
• Advanced proficiency in Craftsmanship
• Proficiency in Product design (Knowledge)
• Proficiency in Presentations and Storytelling
• Proficiency in Systems thinking
• Proficiency in User behavior
• Proficiency in Interactive technology

Education & related experience

• A degree in relevant field (UX Design, Visual Design, Visual Communications)
• Expertise in Figma and/or other design tools
• A strong portfolio showcasing your visual design expertise, and a deep understanding of visual and interaction design principles and best practices
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent collaboration skills

years of experience

7+ yrs experience

Generic Description

As a User Experience (UX) Designer, you own outcomes for one mature project, complex program, or emerging area. You accomplish this by navigating and defining a scalable and sustainable approach to solve difficult problems with limited precedent and/or by developing and evangelizing long-term user experience & product strategy for your team. You influence by guiding the momentum of multiple adjacent design efforts and/or by providing alternative perspectives for your team that challenge prevailing thinking against common objectives and/or by provoking greater divergence of thinking. You apply your expertise by serving as a subject-matter expert in UX design principles, user-centered product development methodologies, design systems, and research tools. You collaborate with others to deliver work such as: analyzing or anticipating user needs, resolving constraints, and mitigating potential risks, leading the implementation of a holistic design process, design system, or design language across teams or products, defining user experience / product strategy for your team, and exploring innovative solutions to new or existing problems that explicitly consider and mitigate unintentional harm. You have a proven ability to design products and deliver outputs including the product or platform, and possess the depth of knowledge, experience, and business acumen required to assess and communicate how well-considered the design work is for appropriateness, longevity, collaboration, scaling.

Responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with engineers to communicate, negotiate, and/or influence design intention. Guide design specifications (e.g., design spec s, mock-ups, or product models) for implementation.
• Use and propose new, key data and metrics to evaluate product impact, understand the product ecosystem, user trends, and industry (e.g., competitors) by collaborating across teams when developing design solutions.
• Drive improvements in design based on UX testing and stakeholder input and provide input and feedback to engage stakeholders on product design and achieve product goals.
• Build consensus across teams and gain support for design strategy across stakeholders. Communicate design approach to other designers or stakeholders (e.g., product manager), addressing and anticipating challenges and questions.
• Contribute to developing project priorities in alignment with larger project goals, and coordinate allocation of resources within the project. Act on opportunities to expand responsibilities within the immediate product team.
• Create design solutions based on user insights, business needs, and industry trends that further business objectives. Support stakeholders in achieving key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Create innovative design solutions to user, product, and business problems. Anticipate evolving design constraints and communicate rationale of choices related to design solutions.
• Drive a holistic design process, design system, or design language across teams or products. Perform design and testing processes and help develop and generate support for a design vision with partners.
• Guide UX designers in creating design concepts for product ideation and/or user research/testing or conduct research independently to inform design. Seek research insights to develop the appropriate design direction.
• Apply, adapt, and/or define UX design frameworks for user experiences, including principles, patterns, and systems. Leverage writing and design tools to visualize ideas or develop mock-ups or prototypes to drive the product vision forward. Tailor deliverables based on product or platform requirements independently. Identify and follow writing and design templates, style guides, and accessibility guidelines.
• Propose ideas to improve UX by analyzing or anticipating user needs through collaboration with others, and solve constraints in strategy, product, or technology.

Minimum role qualification requires proficiency in:

• Data analysis, synthesis & planning
• Product design (Knowledge)
• Interactive technology
• UX research methodology
• Product development lifecycle
• Aesthetic sensibility
• User behavior
• Presentations
• Storytelling
• Systems thinking
• Craftsmanship

Package

Compensation and Benefits:

Competitive Package: Approximately a full package value of $242,000 $278,000 annually, based on a $103-$120 per hour rate. New Hire Referral Bonus and New Project Referral Bonus

Health and Wellness:

Insurance Plans: Choose from two PPO options for Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.

Life and Disability Insurance:

Comprehensive coverage including Life, Long-Term, and Short-Term Disability, provided at no cost to you.

PTO Package

Financial Security:

401K Plan: Secure your future with our retirement savings plan.

Health and Child Care Savings Accounts:

Health and Child Care Savings Accounts: Flexible spending accounts to manage your health and childcare expenses.

Additional Savings:

Access to ADP discount benefits for further financial security.

Professional Development:

Professional Training: Over 400 free courses available for your career advancement.

Mentor/Mentee Program:

Mentor/Mentee Program: Be part of a supportive network that fosters professional and personal growth.

Female Leadership Program:

Female Leadership Program: Join our initiative to empower women in leadership positions.

Work-Life Balance:

Carbon Program: Participate in our commitment to sustainability.

Charity Program:

Charity Program: Engage with our community through meaningful contributions.

SWAG & Equipment:

SWAG & Equipment: Get equipped with all the tools you need, plus some extra Strong Tower swag to keep you motivated.

This package is designed to not only meet your needs today but also support your growth and success in the future. Join us and be part of a team where your contributions are valued, and your well-being is a priority.

Legal Disclosure:

Physical Requirements: Frequently standing, walking, and sitting. Occasional lifting and carrying up to 20 pounds. Must be able to work at computer or desk area for extended periods of time.

Equal Opportunity Workplace:

Strong Tower is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know so we can accommodate you during the interview process.

We use AI-assisted recruiting tools to improve speed and consistency (e.g., skills matching and communication drafting). All candidate decisions and submissions remain human-led, and we honor requests for human-only review.