UX Designer II

Caesars Entertainment•Las Vegas, NV

About The Position

The UX Designer II designs and creates user experiences and user interfaces for Caesars Entertainment’s digital hospitality products. The role is based in Las Vegas or remote and reports to the Manager of UX. These products help guests discover property amenities, book stays and manage reservations, streamline arrival and departure, and manage and earn rewards through Caesars Rewards membership. The designer partners with digital product teams to create experiences for React web and native applications across desktop, mobile, kiosk, and TV devices. The role calls for a portfolio that demonstrates work from personas, journey flows and maps, wireframes, comps, and interactive prototypes through products launched to market. The designer creates engaging experiences using video, motion, animations, and contemporary scrolling and loading techniques, while understanding front-end principles and balancing technical constraints with design opportunities. They work within Agile delivery frameworks and Lean Product Management practices, collaborate with the Experience Design team, and contribute to its Lean Product Management community of practice. The UX Designer II supports the design and delivery of digital product features, research and stakeholder collaboration, design-system standards, and product quality. They communicate with leadership and stakeholders, work with architecture, engineering, and content teams to account for speed and resiliency, and deliver design specifications and prototypes across multiple channels.

Requirements

At least 4 years of experience as a UX professional within an Agile team.
Bachelor’s degree.
Experience working in teams or organizations that bring high-quality digital products to market.
Experience with responsive and mobile-first design, information architecture, and user-centered design methodology.
A demonstrable portfolio featuring wireframes, sitemaps, navigation flows, user journeys, process flows, interaction design, and technical design specifications that informed a product in market.
Experience presenting work to internal clients, facilitating workshops, and conducting stakeholder interviews.
Ability to listen to and incorporate design critique and iterate continuously.
Proficiency designing web applications or apps using motion, transitions, and modern techniques.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presenting complex information clearly and handling sensitive information appropriately.
Proactive work ethic and willingness to be a coachable teammate in a high-performing team.
Understanding of JavaScript libraries, CSS, HTML, front-end coding principles, and the DOM.
Experience with Agile delivery frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe, and with Lean Product Management and UX design principles.
Experience with Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, InVision, or other prototyping design tools.
Deep experience with the Adobe Creative Suite.

Nice To Haves

Specialization in Human-Computer Interaction or Graphic Design.
Experience with Adobe Marketing Cloud, particularly AEM Sites, Target, and Analytics, or similar marketing technology.

Responsibilities

Create contextual user flows, interaction concepts, Figma wireframes, prototypes, and final design specifications for new product features.
Stay informed about and share emerging UX and UI trends, and challenge the status quo of the design system.
Facilitate UX activities such as ideation workshops, competitor analysis, journey design, sorting exercises, and accessibility audits.
Participate in user research activities, including user testing, persona development, and user journey work.
Maintain the Design Management System and evolve product design standards, UX patterns, and information architecture schemas.
Work with architecture, engineering, and content leads to design for speed and resiliency within infrastructure and business constraints.
Give, receive, and synthesize feedback to improve product quality.
Deliver digital experiences on time across a variety of channels.
Communicate frequently with leadership and stakeholders, escalating issues that affect product vision and experience.
Deliver defect-free prototypes and design specifications.
Collaborate with digital product teams to create guest-facing experiences across web and native applications on desktop, mobile, kiosk, and TV devices.
Contribute to the Lean Product Management community of practice through bi-weekly discussions and engagement with related books, podcasts, and articles.