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KeHE Distributors · 4 days ago

Sr Designer, UI/UX

Naperville, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$96K/yr - $127K/yr

5+ years exp

KeHE Distributors is an employee-owned distributor of natural and organic products committed to making a positive impact. The Senior UI/UX Designer will partner with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to oversee user experience and design operations across applications, while also managing a cohesive design ecosystem.

AgricultureConsumer GoodsFood and BeverageHealth CareLifestyleRetail

Responsibilities

Design elegant, thoughtful solutions for complex workflows through the use of type, hierarchy, interactions, and design patterns

Assure design quality by collaborating closely with design team, developers, product owners, and business analysts to write clear and detailed specs

Co-Own KeHE’s design system; maintain and updating our pattern library, living style guide and Sketch (soon to be Figma) component library

Develop and define UI standards and advocate for UI/UX best practices

Effectively communicate design decisions to product and leadership teams

Function as the product owner for KeHE’s design system; partner with internal stakeholders and product owners to prioritize stories and manage the backlog in preparation for development

Prioritize UI project schedules and deliverables across multiple products

Conduct competitive research, discovery research and usability studies

Facilitate research sessions to identify business, user, and technical requirements

Use modern UX methodologies and techniques to inspire design thinking and create supporting documentation including personas, customer journeys, task flows, site maps, UI specifications & requirements, prototypes/wireframes

Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Business Systems Analysts, and Developers to define and translate business and functional requirements into user-friendly and technically optimal/feasible designs

Design and conduct usability studies to ensure designs are intuitive and easy-to-use

Demonstrate UI/UX best practices in product teams

Coach and mentor team members

Stay current with UX, visual design, best practices and front-end technologies

Other duties and projects as assigned

Qualification

UI/UX DesignFigmaDesign System ManagementHTMLCSSJavaScriptAgile MethodologiesEmpathyCommunication SkillsTeam CollaborationLeadership Experience

Required

Familiarity with current front-end web technologies, native interface guidelines, web services, and APIs

Strong technical proficiency with design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Invision, and Adobe Creative Suite

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Must have a design-making mentality

Ability to scope and estimate efforts, prioritize tasks and goals, and rapidly produce deliverables in a fast-paced iterative environment

Acts with empathy and curiosity; listens and seeks to understand

Passionate mindset with positive intent

Ability to work in a collaborative team environment and must be able to work well with others

Bachelor's degree in Design (Graphic, Interaction, Visual, and Digital), Human Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Information Architecture, Marketing, or related UX field is preferred

Minimum 5+ years experience in UI Design and UX Strategy for web, mobile, and application design

Proficiency with Figma Libraries and design system component management

Experience with Agile sprint-based cadence

Portfolio of work is required

Experience using HTML, CSS, Javascript

Experience with lean UX and just in time design cycles