User Interface (UI) Designer I

Skill is partnering with a leading company known for its innovative approach to enhancing daily life through exceptional design and user-centric solutions. This organization is at the forefront of creating seamless and intuitive digital experiences that delight customers and drive business success. Join a team dedicated to pushing the boundaries of design and making a tangible impact on how users interact with digital products.

**Impactful Opportunity for a UX/UI Designer**

Step into a pivotal role where your design expertise will directly shape the customer journey for both consumer and professional-facing web sites and applications. As a UX/UI Designer, you will be instrumental in transforming complex challenges into elegant, intuitive, and efficient design solutions. You will champion user needs, contribute to a robust design system, and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative digital products that resonate deeply with users. This is your chance to contribute to a culture of design excellence, influence product strategy, and see your work come to life in impactful ways.

**What You Will Do:**

* **Design Excellence:** Create compelling designs for user scenarios, process flows, annotated wireframes, prototypes, and responsive layouts, adhering to established design delivery standards.

* **User-Centric Research:** Gather and synthesize user needs through stakeholder interviews, functional and non-functional specifications, usability studies, and surveys. Conduct benchmarking and requirements gathering, leveraging data to inform design decisions.

* **Design System Stewardship:** Become a subject matter expert in a robust Design System, actively leveraging and extending its style guides, patterns, and assets. Contribute to its ongoing evolution and collaborate with the platform team to address design system requirements.

* **Collaborative Production Support:** Work closely with design leads to ensure timely delivery of designs for critical projects. Support the development and execution of A/B testing initiatives.

* **Innovation & Contribution:** Utilize tools like Figma, Miro, and UserTesting to create and deliver high-quality UX/UI research and designs for digital products. Actively contribute to the design team's growth and impact within our client's organization.

* **Cross-functional Partnership:** Collaborate effectively with Digital Product Owners, Marketing Partners, Digital Merchants, Analytics teams, and Platform/IT teams to align design solutions with overall business and user goals.

**Required Qualifications:**

* Bachelor's degree in a Design-related discipline (e.g., digital product design, graphic design, visual design, service design, interaction design, human factors, information architecture).

* 1-3 years of experience in UX/UI design.

* A strong understanding of UX methodologies, including various UX research methods.

* Conceptual thinking skills, coupled with a mobile-first and AI future-ready mindset.

* Excellent written, verbal communication, and presentation skills.

* A self-starter mentality with a learner's mindset, capable of working independently while also building relationships, establishing trust, and collaborating effectively to meet deadlines.

* Proficiency with Figma Design and experience working with robust Design Systems.

* Familiarity with research methods and accessibility standards.

* A portfolio demonstrating your attention to detail and UX/UI design acumen, including design rationale, research, and responsive digital environments.

**Nice-to-Have Qualifications:**

* Experience in eCommerce or digital product design.

Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

**About Skill**

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like health plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. Skill is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.