UX Designer Senior

Arizona State University•Scottsdale, AZ

2d•$74,200 - $85,000•Hybrid

About The Position

ASU EdPlus is seeking a UX Designer Senior to join its Product & UX Technology team and lead design across complex, high-impact student experiences, including nondegree pathways, undergraduate admissions, and related ASU enterprise products. The role owns experience design from early problem framing through concept development, detailed design, implementation, and iteration. The designer works independently, applying strong craft and judgment to create simple, cohesive solutions while navigating complex systems, balancing user needs with constraints, and translating abstract ideas into creative design direction. The position also helps raise team-wide quality by shaping design patterns, standards, and practices. The role collaborates with product managers, engineers, researchers, content strategists, business stakeholders, and other partners to influence product direction and ensure user experience informs strategic and implementation decisions. It is an in-person, hybrid position based at ASU’s SkySong workspace in Scottsdale, Arizona; the employee must be able to reliably commute there. Flexible work options, including alternate and hybrid schedules, are subject to approval under ASU policy. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States; ASU EdPlus will not sponsor this position.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and five years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment or field, or an equivalent combination of experience and/or training demonstrating comparable knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Ability to reliably commute to Scottsdale, Arizona, for this in-person, hybrid position.
Eligibility to work in the United States; ASU EdPlus will not sponsor this position.
Application must include a cover letter and resume or CV.
Cover letter must answer questions about a complex digital experience led from problem or concept through delivery, and a project where design judgment improved the outcome.
Resume must include employment dates in month/year format, job titles, duties, and employer names, and demonstrate how experience meets the qualifications.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field.
Proven ability to lead design of complex products from ambiguous problem spaces through strategy, execution, and iteration.
Strong design taste and judgment, including the ability to evaluate quality, distinguish strong solutions, and clearly explain rationale.
Creativity and conceptual thinking, including the ability to translate abstract ideas into compelling product experiences.
Advanced interaction design experience across complex workflows, system states, edge cases, information architecture, and reusable patterns.
Strong visual design skills, including hierarchy, typography, composition, motion, consistency, and responsive design.
Experience contributing to or evolving design systems, reusable patterns, and scalable design practices across products.
Ability to communicate clearly and influence design direction across product teams, stakeholders, and leadership.
Experience with industry-standard design, research, and AI tools such as Adobe CC, Figma, Claude, Codex, and user-testing tools.
Experience in multiple design mediums, such as print, merchandise, graphic design, presentations, infographics, and email marketing.
A strong digital portfolio demonstrating exceptional UX, interaction, and visual design craft across complex, end-to-end digital products may be required.

Responsibilities

Lead UX strategy and execution across a portfolio of enterprise digital products, owning complex student experiences from concept development through implementation and iteration.
Develop an understanding of student needs, motivations, and behaviors using research, analytics, and post-launch feedback to improve design direction.
Apply design judgment to create coherent, high-quality, and delightful experiences.
Translate abstract ideas, strategies, and emerging opportunities into tangible experience concepts through storytelling, wireframing, prototyping, and other design methods.
Create high-fidelity designs, interaction prototypes, and animations that address complex requirements, states, and edge cases.
Maintain high standards for visual and interaction design, including hierarchy, typography, composition, interaction behavior, accessibility, responsiveness, graphical effects, and detail.
Consider how design decisions affect the broader student journey, product ecosystem, operational processes, and long-term scalability.
Collaborate with product managers, engineers, researchers, content strategists, business stakeholders, and other partners to shape product direction and represent UX in strategic and implementation decisions.
Facilitate design and discovery activities to explore possibilities, align teams, and turn ambiguity into actionable solutions.
Provide design guidance to engineering and conduct design quality assurance to ensure shipped experiences meet intended quality.
Support other designers through critique, mentorship, and knowledge sharing.
Assume or coordinate other duties or projects as assigned or directed.