[Remote] User Experience Designer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Dice is seeking a User Experience Designer to enhance user experiences across various platforms. The role involves auditing existing designs, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and leading design efforts on complex projects while ensuring consistency and usability.ResponsibilitiesUnderstand the current state of the user experience by auditing existing designs, identifying user pain points, and aligning with product goals and technical constraintsAdvocate for the user throughout the design process, ensuring solutions address real user needs and contribute to seamless, intuitive experiencesCollaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, developers, compliance, and accessibility experts to align designs with business and regulatory requirementsCreate and refine wireframes, prototypes, and visual assets to explore and communicate design ideas clearly to stakeholdersSupport and apply user research to inform design decisions, validate concepts, and iterate based on feedbackEnsure consistency and usability by leveraging existing design systems, researching design patterns, and considering accessibility implicationsShare and iterate on designs by gathering feedback from stakeholders, peer groups, and users to improve design quality and usabilityPrepare designs for development handoff, including documentation, annotations, and accessibility considerationsSupport the development process by answering questions, updating designs as needed, and participating in design reviews and walk-throughsTrack and evaluate design performance post-launch using data and feedback to inform future improvements and enhancementsIndependently lead design efforts on moderately complex projects, balancing user needs with business and technical constraints with minimal supervisionContribute to UX Department efforts and improvements to help UX refine and improve practices/offeringsDrive cross-functional collaboration and influence product/portfolio direction, guiding team/peers toward user-centered solutions while balancing business impactElevate design quality and serve as a leading contributor to UX Department efforts and improvements to help UX refine and improve practices/offeringsAdoption of AI-assisted design tools to enhance design efficiency and innovationLead cross-platform design efforts, including mobile, web, and voice interfaces, ensuring consistency and usability across channelsInfluence product strategy by aligning design decisions with measurable business outcomesCrafts effective and useable design concepts, interaction, and visual design artifacts with high attention to detail and accessibility standardsEnsures that delivered designs are consistent with appropriate design systems and contributes to and drives the continued enhancement, growth and adoption of design systemsLeads and facilitates design sprints and iterations, including the execution of design work within a design sprint, in collaboration with Product Management, UX and development partnersProvides constructive design feedback and guidance to other designers and sets the positive example to other designers for design critiqueProactively collaborates with and connects other designers in and outside of their product team on design patterns and approach across experiencesLeads and facilitates design strategy, concepting and definition activities including design thinking, service design blueprinting, journey mapping, user flow mapping and other UX methods. Delivers related artifactsCollaborates closely with Product Managers and Product Owners as a leading voice speaking on behalf of the user to influence the direction of a product or experience and its associated roadmapCommunicates and collaborates closely with Design Core team on design system updates and implementation within productsLeads and facilitates the implementation of UX Chapter defined processes and best practices within product team. Educates and is an ambassador for UX processes and value on teamInfluences, supports, and collaborates with a variety of UX disciplines across divisions to deliver high quality user experiences and achieve strategic business and UX goalsSkills7+ years professional design experienceExpert in a wide variety of UX Design methods and tools including user journey mapping, service design, design thinking, information architecture, low-fidelity design, high-fidelity design, design systems, accessibility in design, and prototypingExperience delivering responsive design solutions for a variety of devices and form factorsCompetencies in front-end development and collaborating closely with development partnersAbility to integrate vendor/third-party applications and propriety, 'in house' products into a holistic user experienceMust be able to communicate with impact across multiple audiences at all levels including leaders, team members, and external vendorsAble to expertly establish and maintain effective relationships across departments, business areas, and vendorsExcellent leadership, collaboration, and motivational skillsExpert in organizational skills and managing selfTakes ownership for self-development and stays current with UX skills including UX Design techniques, tools, and best practicesPresents ideas, thoughts, arguments, and information persuasively and crediblyCompany OverviewDice is the go-to career marketplace for tech professionals. It was founded in 2010, and is headquartered in Drachten, Friesland, NLD, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is https://www.or-quest.nl/.