User Experience Designer - Ursus, Inc.
San Antonio, TX 78215
About the Job
JOB TITLE: User Experience Designer
LOCATION: San Antonio, TX - HYBRID
DURATION: 1 year
RATE RANGE: $40-$50/hr
TOP 3 SKILLS:
Company:
Our client, is the nation's largest provider of electric and natural gas services.
JOB DESCRIPTION
About you -- you thrive solving problems for users on mobile and desktop applications. You delight in creating experiences that simplify user tasks with subtle animations and clear interactions that guide customers along their journey. You're self-directed but enjoy collaborating across disciplines to create the best experiences. You have a strong aptitude for determining which design asset will clarify expectations and uncover obstacles in the user's path. You create low-fidelity concepts, sketches, interactive prototypes, and final interaction designs worthy of going into production. Your design iterations not only convey the vision, they also remove confusion and successfully align ideas across teams. You're a go-getter with a can-do attitude, stellar bias-for action, and patience to do things the right way.
If you don't like using your analytical skills to inform your designs, if you tend to avoid collecting feedback about your work, and if you prefer to hibernate and never share your expertise with others; this is not the right position for you. But if you are confident about using your judgement if data is not available, comfortable exploring options that veer from the crowd, and recognize when you need heads-down time to concentrate before exposing your work for review, this could be the right position for you. Especially if you are looking for an opportunity to grow your design expertise beyond interaction design and into product and strategic decisions that will enhance the experience of our customers and our employees.
Tasks and Responsibilities
Provide development and support to the customer-facing design system including new components, defects, accessibility, and page templates
Act as designer-developer, switching hats in both the areas of design & develop, as Subject Matter Expert (SME) assisting with decision making for some high visibility on-going projects
Develop reusable and responsive, interactive patterns and code libraries that meet the highest W3 standards for HTML and CSS
Create clean semantic HTML markup that passes WCAG & ADA Accessibility standards
Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs standards
Collaborate with analysts, developers and architects for successful implementation and component requirements
Research, design, develop, test, build, and coordinate the conversion and/or integration of UX designs into the JS/Java codebase
Participate in conceptualizing, prioritizing, and creating strategies for the product UX
Develop well-structured and maintainable code that follows the best practices and industry standards
Work with team members to develop UI prototypes as necessary and validate ideas with a data-driven approach
Design and develop UI and UX interfaces
Design and maintain design files, wireframes, and mock-ups
Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them
Remain current on user interface trends and programming techniques and suggest new tools and methods as necessary.
May assist with new user interface testing and participate in usability reviews
Work cross-organizationally with multiple teams and individuals
Minimum Qualifications
High School or GED
Deep experience in front-end web application development with hands on programming
Experience with creating conceptual and detailed design solutions based on end user needs
Expertise of cross-browser compatibility issues and client-side performance considerations
Knowledge of using technology Storyboarding tools like Adobe creative suite, Sketch and Envision
History of working with cross functional teams using Agile/Scrum methodologies .
Experience with creating conceptual and detailed design solutions based on end user needs
Experience with communicating and working with business, technology users to create holistic solutions
Skills, knowledge, and experience using end to end Human centered design-HCD techniques including design, research, and usability
Preferred Qualifications
UI/UX design or web developer certifications & training
Previous experience of the Electric and Gas Utility Industry
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or applicable business degree from an accredited university OR Relevant business technical experience
Proficient understanding of web markup, including HTML5, CSS3, and React
Basic understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platform (SASS)
Exposure to front end user frameworks (Vue.js, Angularjs, Reactjs, Jquery etc)
Familiarity with screen reader tools is a plus (VoiceOver, JAWS, NVDA)
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LOCATION: San Antonio, TX - HYBRID
DURATION: 1 year
RATE RANGE: $40-$50/hr
TOP 3 SKILLS:
- Experience creating lo-fidelity designs for complex user interactions
- Experience creating wire frames, clickable prototypes, and high fidelity designs ideally using Figma or similar design tool
- Fluency in translating user needs, business goals, and technical constraints into a visualization that strengthens empathy for end users
Company:
Our client, is the nation's largest provider of electric and natural gas services.
JOB DESCRIPTION
About you -- you thrive solving problems for users on mobile and desktop applications. You delight in creating experiences that simplify user tasks with subtle animations and clear interactions that guide customers along their journey. You're self-directed but enjoy collaborating across disciplines to create the best experiences. You have a strong aptitude for determining which design asset will clarify expectations and uncover obstacles in the user's path. You create low-fidelity concepts, sketches, interactive prototypes, and final interaction designs worthy of going into production. Your design iterations not only convey the vision, they also remove confusion and successfully align ideas across teams. You're a go-getter with a can-do attitude, stellar bias-for action, and patience to do things the right way.
If you don't like using your analytical skills to inform your designs, if you tend to avoid collecting feedback about your work, and if you prefer to hibernate and never share your expertise with others; this is not the right position for you. But if you are confident about using your judgement if data is not available, comfortable exploring options that veer from the crowd, and recognize when you need heads-down time to concentrate before exposing your work for review, this could be the right position for you. Especially if you are looking for an opportunity to grow your design expertise beyond interaction design and into product and strategic decisions that will enhance the experience of our customers and our employees.
Tasks and Responsibilities
Provide development and support to the customer-facing design system including new components, defects, accessibility, and page templates
Act as designer-developer, switching hats in both the areas of design & develop, as Subject Matter Expert (SME) assisting with decision making for some high visibility on-going projects
Develop reusable and responsive, interactive patterns and code libraries that meet the highest W3 standards for HTML and CSS
Create clean semantic HTML markup that passes WCAG & ADA Accessibility standards
Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs standards
Collaborate with analysts, developers and architects for successful implementation and component requirements
Research, design, develop, test, build, and coordinate the conversion and/or integration of UX designs into the JS/Java codebase
Participate in conceptualizing, prioritizing, and creating strategies for the product UX
Develop well-structured and maintainable code that follows the best practices and industry standards
Work with team members to develop UI prototypes as necessary and validate ideas with a data-driven approach
Design and develop UI and UX interfaces
Design and maintain design files, wireframes, and mock-ups
Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them
Remain current on user interface trends and programming techniques and suggest new tools and methods as necessary.
May assist with new user interface testing and participate in usability reviews
Work cross-organizationally with multiple teams and individuals
Minimum Qualifications
High School or GED
Deep experience in front-end web application development with hands on programming
Experience with creating conceptual and detailed design solutions based on end user needs
Expertise of cross-browser compatibility issues and client-side performance considerations
Knowledge of using technology Storyboarding tools like Adobe creative suite, Sketch and Envision
History of working with cross functional teams using Agile/Scrum methodologies .
Experience with creating conceptual and detailed design solutions based on end user needs
Experience with communicating and working with business, technology users to create holistic solutions
Skills, knowledge, and experience using end to end Human centered design-HCD techniques including design, research, and usability
Preferred Qualifications
UI/UX design or web developer certifications & training
Previous experience of the Electric and Gas Utility Industry
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or applicable business degree from an accredited university OR Relevant business technical experience
Proficient understanding of web markup, including HTML5, CSS3, and React
Basic understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platform (SASS)
Exposure to front end user frameworks (Vue.js, Angularjs, Reactjs, Jquery etc)
Familiarity with screen reader tools is a plus (VoiceOver, JAWS, NVDA)
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Source : Ursus, Inc.
