Description

Job Description/Roles & Responsibilities: 

Will be responsible for creating a positive and productive end user experience for applications and websites and for maintaining a user-centric focus throughout product development.

  • Seeking a senior UX and Product Design lead to help create solutions that improve education technology integration and enable leaders to focus on students.
  • The UX and Product Design Lead will play a critical role in ensuring the successful deployment of technology solutions by maintaining a strong user-centric focus and driving alignment with existing work in the field. They will work under minimal supervision with extensive latitude for the use of initiative and use strong independent judgment. 
  • UX Designers are responsible for:
    • OverseeeingUX/UI designs to ensure design decisions are grounded in user experience and adhere to agency-wide design standards and industry-wide best practices
    • Translating research into user stories, requirements, flows, wireframes, and prototypes and collaborating on the future product roadmap
    • Employing user testing and outreach to ensure products meets the needs of the end users, in collaboration with partners
    • Partnering with the product team and other key stakeholders, including senior leadership, on design solutions and rationales; collaborating with internal and external teams of product designers, developers, and product managers

 

CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

 

Minimum Requirements:
Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.
YearsRequired/PreferredExperience
8RequiredExperience in software product development, digital design, UX/UI or a related field
8RequiredDesigning mockups and/or wireframes that conform to UX best practices
8RequiredA portfolio of user research, visual design, and usability studies that demonstrates a high level of professionalism
8RequiredExperience conducting user and usability research
5RequiredDemonstrated strong writing and organization skills
5RequiredDemonstrated strong communication and facilitation skills
4RequiredDirect experience leading large-scale UX/UI efforts
4RequiredDocumented experience developing wireframes, mockups, and prototypes in Figma or comparable design software
3RequiredExperience ensuring designs and website confirm to federal accessibility guidelines
3PreferredDocumented work experience with the issue tracking software "Atlassian Jira"
2PreferredDocumented experience working for or closely with TEA or another state or local education agency

Key Skills
Education

Any Graduate

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