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Cengage Group · 1 day ago
Senior User Experience Designer
Farmington Hills, MI
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$106K/yr - $106K/yr
3+ years exp
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Responsibilities
Define visual design balance among accessibility, ease of use, aesthetics, and feasibility.
Design visual hierarchy, behavior, and appearance of new features and enhancements for library products.
Create wireframes, workflows, and mock-ups to support project requirements.
Participate in UX team design reviews and usability tests.
Ensure consistency in user flow, visual presentation, and branding across products.
Act as user-advocate during design and development, subjecting designs to usability testing and offering implementation suggestions.
Evangelize UX research findings, scale design solutions, and facilitate team activities like design sessions and workshops.
Analyze internal processes, recommend improvements, and work on implementation.
Collaborate with product, sales, and marketing teams to inform product strategy.
Craft behavior and visual presentation of projects, translate designs into JIRA stories, and suggest improvements for intuitive user experience.
Execute responsive strategy and collaborate with engineers to maintain user experience integrity.
Drive positive user experience changes from UX team into product organization, make business case for changes, and communicate project requirements.
Attend usability tests, use research to inform design decisions, and develop user journey maps for team discovery.
Qualification
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Required
Master’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Visual Design, Web Design, Educational Technology and Applied Learning Sciences, Computer Science, or a related field, plus three (3) years of experience designing websites, web applications, responsive web apps, and eCommerce applications at an agency or in-house corporation.
Or, alternatively, Bachelor’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Visual Design, Web Design, Educational Technology and Applied Learning Sciences, Computer Science, or a related field, plus five (5) years of experience designing websites, web applications, responsive web apps, and eCommerce applications at an agency or in-house corporation.
Demonstrated expertise (“DE”) utilizing Axure to create the full spectrum of project design needs from low to high fidelity.
DE applying WCAG 2.1 A and AA accessibility compliance guidelines to UX designs.
DE utilizing research and ideation methods, including heuristic analysis, contextual inquiry, usability testing, persona building and story mapping.
DE writing developer-ready requirements for UX designs and supporting software developers as designs are built.
Benefits
Telecommute benefit available
Company
Cengage Group
Cengage Group is an EdTech company that provides secondary and higher education to learners at an affordable price.
5,001-10,000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2023 (17)
2022 (15)
2021 (19)
2020 (50)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$500M2023-06-02Private Equity· $500M
Leadership Team
Darren Person
Chief Digital Officer
Recent News
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