Associate Designer, User Experience

Leviton Manufacturing•New Orleans, LA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

As a User Experience Designer, you will be responsible for designing the user experience and user interfaces for Leviton’s latest IoT, smart home, and building automation products. In this role you will lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of UI/UX for mobile and web apps across our multiple business units. A successful candidate will have experience in understanding human interaction, user experience, user interfaces, and product development. This position will interact frequently with product managers, engineers, and customers to ensure adherence to user, product, and technical requirements. You will lead projects through the entire design process from outlining user personas and stories, to building user flows, to the final high-fidelity designs.

Requirements

Expert Figma user with ability to create wireframes, prototypes, Final UI, and design system components
Strong user-research capability, including interviews, usability testing, and synthesis
Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite.
Must possess entrepreneurial spirit and have the capability to work in an independent work environment
Excellent documentation skills
Excellent teamwork, communication (verbal and written), and organizational skills
Ability to manage and lead small projects
Bachelor’s degree; BFA, BA, or BS degree in design or a related discipline
Minimum 1 (one) year of UI/UX professional experience with a portfolio demonstrating effective user-centered design solutions. Prior internship or co-op experience will be considered.
Design experience, developing mobile and web applications preferred
Understanding of web accessibility guidelines and how to test designs for compliance
Experience with user-centered design methodologies

Responsibilities

Works closely with stakeholders to gather and define UI/UX requirements for overall product strategy
Creates design deliverables as needed throughout the product development life cycle including user flows, wireframes, high fidelity prototypes, and graphical assets
Contributes to user research and usability testing by developing user interface mockups and interactive prototypes to support design validation
Responsible for delivering UI/UX designs, style guides, and graphics to the Engineering team for development
Operates in an Agile development environment and will be expected to deliver feedback and final approval of UI/UX elements implemented by Developers on a regular basis
Perform regular evaluations and audits of Leviton apps and web apps to identify pain points, inconsistencies, and areas for improvement to enhance the overall user experience
Constantly stays current with UI/UX trends in the market, design styles, and emerging technologies