Senior UX Designer

Stefanini Group•San Francisco, CA

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

Stefanini Group is hiring! Stefanini is looking for Senior UX Designer, San Francisco, CA (Hybrid) For quick apply, please contact Ph: 248 263 5255 [email protected] W2 Only! Job Summary: The Senior UX Designer will partner with the business and engineering teams to prioritize UX activities throughout the software development lifecycle and deliver high-quality experiences. We are looking for someone who has the ability to prioritize the backlog, schedule, and technical constraints while meeting business requirements and usability goals. The Senior UX Designer will support all aspects of design and production, focusing specifically on UI engineering.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Graphic Design, Human Factors, Cognitive Psychology, and/or equivalent experience
8+ years of relevant technical or business work experience
Portfolio that demonstrates sentient design, component-driven design, modern design practices, complex UI patterns and application of UX metrics
Advanced experience with Storybook, HTML/CSS/JS best practices and building accessible component libraries
Intermediate design engineering experience with modern JavaScript and related technologies e.g., AI coding assistants, Angular, React, and GitLab
Demonstrated success at creating reusable, accessible and modular designs that have a significant impact on product strategy and design
5+ years of experience with participating in user experience research using a variety of research methods.
3+ years of prototyping experience and familiarity of designer tools such as Figma, and MURAL
Proficiency with one or more usability testing tools or services
Familiar with Agile concepts such as PI planning, retrospectives, sprints, SCRUM, Kanban, and so forth

Nice To Haves

Expertise with component-driven design and supporting enterprise design systems
Expertise in Section 508 and WCAG
UX certification desirable
Design thinking certification desirable

Responsibilities

Acts as a user advocate and participates in UX discussions with business partners on topics including sentient design, interaction features, design systems, information architecture, and user research
Delivers guidance on UI components, software accessibility concepts and constraints
Assesses data from multiple sources, synthesizes it, and develops strategies for products
Advocates for the end user by influencing decisions to ensure that product, engineering, and design decisions are aligned with user needs and expectations
Collaborates with UX analysts, product/business stakeholders, and engineering teams to prioritize UX activities throughout the software development lifecycle and deliver high-quality experiences
Assists IT engineers with understanding and incorporating technical, business, and user requirements into designs and applications
Understands product, client goals, requirements, internal goals, usability, and technical constraints associated with budget and schedule
Supports all aspects of design and production, focusing specifically on UX design and UI component delivery
Creates innovative and appealing designs on a rapid and iterative basis, through sketches, storyboards, user task flows, wireframes, prototypes, and the production of final assets for specific features and assignments
Facilitates stakeholders through the design process, gathering actionable feedback and iterating at the appropriate level of changes
Provides UI engineering support to development teams in both Agile and waterfall methodologies for responsive interfaces on presentation layer
Experienced in working with enterprise strategy groups, third parties, consultants, and/or vendors who provide guidance around industry standards, best practices and/or capabilities support