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Step Up For Students · 11 hours ago

UI/UX Designer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Step Up For Students is dedicated to empowering families to pursue and engage in appropriate learning options for their children. The UX Designer will create and optimize user experiences, working with stakeholders to ensure products are intuitive and align with best practices.

AssociationEducationNon Profit

Responsibilities

Conduct user research to understand user needs, behaviors, and pain points

Develop and maintain user journey maps, personas, wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes to guide decisions

Conduct usability tests to evaluate the effectiveness of designs and identify opportunities for improvement

Analyze user data and insights to inform design decisions

Develop design strategies and plans based on user research and business goals

Establish feedback loops to collect and act on user feedback iteratively

Design and refine intuitive user flows, wireframes, mockups, and high-fidelity prototypes for web-based software

Build and maintain design systems to ensure consistency across all products

Work closely with product managers, engineers, and architects to integrate UX best practices into development cycles

Advocate for user-centered design, accessibility, and usability across the organization

Partner with product, engineering, support teams, as well as internal and external stakeholders to align UX strategies with business and technical requirements

Lead UX workshops and training sessions to foster a culture of user empathy and design thinking

Support the development of training materials by providing interactive prototypes before go-live

Qualification

UX design experienceUI/UX certificationsUser research methodologiesFigmaUsability testingAgile/Sprint experienceGoogle AnalyticsSurvey MonkeyDesign ThinkingIndependent WorkstyleCommunicationCollaborationProblem-Solving

Required

Demonstrated success and a proven track record of professional/life experience in specific job functions, projects, industries or military service can substitute for professional experience and/or formal education requirements

5+ years of UX design experience, preferably in SaaS or enterprise software

UI/UX certifications

Experience with usability testing, survey development, competitor analysis, and focus groups

Strong understanding of user research methodologies, UX/UI best practices, and accessibility standards

Experience working within Agile/Sprint cadences

Expertise in standard user research tools like Google Analytics and Survey Monkey

Familiarity with product tour tools, such as Userflow

Strong proficiency in Figma