UX Designer Senior

Arizona State University • Scottsdale, AZ

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

ASU EdPlus is seeking a UX Designer Senior to join its Product & UX Technology team. EdPlus designs and scales digital teaching and learning models to increase student success and reduce barriers to achievement in higher education. The role leads design across complex, high-impact student experiences, including nondegree pathways, undergraduate admissions, and related ASU enterprise products.

The UX Designer Senior owns experience design from early problem framing through concept development, detailed design, implementation, and iteration. The position requires independent design work, strong craft and judgment, and the ability to navigate complex systems, balance user needs with constraints, and turn abstract ideas into creative design direction. The designer also helps improve team quality by shaping patterns, standards, and design practices.

This is an in-person, hybrid position based at the SkySong, ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center. The employee must be able to reliably commute to Scottsdale, Arizona. ASU EdPlus supports flexible work options, subject to approvals under ASU policy. The position does not require driving, and the applicant 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 that provides 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; sponsorship is not available for this position.
• Submit a cover letter and resume or CV; the cover letter must answer the two questions specified in the posting.
• Resume must list employment dates in month/year format and include each position’s title, duties, and employer.
• Strong digital portfolio demonstrating UX, interaction, and visual design craft across complex, end-to-end digital products may be required.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field.
• Proven ability to lead complex product design 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 skills 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 designing across multiple mediums, such as print, merchandise, graphic design, presentations, infographics, and email marketing.
• A strong digital portfolio demonstrating exceptional UX, interaction, and visual design across complex, end-to-end digital products.

Responsibilities

• Lead UX strategy and execution for a portfolio of enterprise digital products, owning complex student experiences from concept development through implementation and iteration.
• Use research, analytics, and post-launch feedback to understand student needs, motivations, and behaviors and continuously improve design direction.
• Apply design judgment to create coherent, high-quality experiences that go beyond basic functionality.
• Translate abstract ideas, strategies, and emerging opportunities into tangible experience concepts using storytelling, wireframing, prototyping, and other design methods.
• Create high-fidelity designs, interaction prototypes, and animations that account for 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 attention to detail.
• Consider how design decisions affect the broader student journey, product ecosystem, operational processes, and long-term scalability.
• Partner with product managers, engineers, researchers, content strategists, business stakeholders, and other collaborators to shape product direction and represent user experience in strategic and implementation decisions.
• Facilitate design and discovery activities that help teams explore possibilities, align on direction, and turn ambiguity into actionable solutions.
• Provide design guidance to engineering and conduct design quality assurance testing to ensure shipped experiences meet intended quality standards.
• Elevate other designers’ work through critique, mentorship, and knowledge sharing.
• Assume or coordinate other duties or projects as assigned or directed.

Benefits

• Healthcare
• Financial security
• Retirement
• Family resources
• Tuition reduction for eligible ASU employees, their dependents, and spouse
• Discounts
• Flexible work options, including alternate and hybrid work schedules, subject to ASU policy

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior