POSITION IS LOCATED IN ROSEMEAD, CA Description: The Digital Accelerator is a group with a mission of innovation, design thinking, and agile project delivery. Working within a startup mentality, our goal is to build user-centric experiences; and to build them quickly. We realize that success sometimes comes with failure, and we empower our teams to take the risks that we believe are inherent in innovation. Our work includes designing and building apps, web experiences, voice UI’s, chat UI’s, bots, and artificial intelligence.
You’ll be heading the UX charge on a project or two, coordinating with a UX Lead across a diverse set of projects. You will use User-Centered Design and Design Thinking principles to rapidly deliver intuitive user experiences to our employees. Duties:
The full UX Design process on a project, including
Conducting both informal and formal user research to understand user needs, mental models and working contexts
Creating wireframes and prototypes to communicate, rapidly test, and validate design decisions
Basic Visual Design, providing product delivery teams with design artifacts that can be rapidly executed upon
Participating in and leading usability testing activities
Participating in agile product development as integrated part of scrum team. You will be the voice of UX to the agile team and to product owners
Qualifications:
You love creating intuitive user experiences that meet (or exceed) the needs of your users
A current online portfolio. Tell us your story the way you want to tell it. How do you think? How do you approach a problem?
At least 6 years’ experience solving UX problems and designing web and mobile app experiences
Skilled in standard design & wireframing tools (e.g., Sketch, Adobe InDesign) and prototyping tools (e.g. InVision)
You’re adaptable: you realize that sometimes things change, and you can roll with it
You know how to manage your time and deliverables
You are a strong proponent of the user
Desired:
Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Human Factors, Human-Computer Interaction, Industrial Design, or related discipline
Empathic: You show great empathy for your audience
Real-world experience in using Agile, Design Thinking / User-Centered Design principles and methodologies
Salesforce design experience is a plus
Life-learner: You take pride in learning, as well as sharing what you know with your teammates