Lead UX Designer

Title: Lead UX Designer
Location: Austin, TX (Hybrid)

Seeking a Senior UX and Product Design lead to help create solutions that improve Client technology integration. 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:

• Overseeeing UX/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.

Years Required/Preferred Experience

Experience in software product development, digital design, UX/UI or a related field

Designing mockups and/or wireframes that conform to UX best practices

A portfolio of user research, visual design, and usability studies that demonstrates a high level of professionalism

Experience conducting user and usability research

Demonstrated strong writing and organization skills

Demonstrated strong communication and facilitation skills

Direct experience leading large-scale UX/UI efforts

Documented experience developing wireframes, mockups, and prototypes in Figma or comparable design software

Experience ensuring designs and website confirm to federal accessibility guidelines

Documented work experience with the issue tracking software "Atlassian Jira"

Documented experience working for or closely with state or local education agency

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

Title: Lead UX Designer
Location: Austin, TX (Hybrid)

Seeking a Senior UX and Product Design lead to help create solutions that improve Client technology integration. 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:

• Overseeeing UX/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.

Years Required/Preferred Experience

Experience in software product development, digital design, UX/UI or a related field

Designing mockups and/or wireframes that conform to UX best practices

A portfolio of user research, visual design, and usability studies that demonstrates a high level of professionalism

Experience conducting user and usability research

Demonstrated strong writing and organization skills

Demonstrated strong communication and facilitation skills

Direct experience leading large-scale UX/UI efforts

Documented experience developing wireframes, mockups, and prototypes in Figma or comparable design software

Experience ensuring designs and website confirm to federal accessibility guidelines

Documented work experience with the issue tracking software "Atlassian Jira"

Documented experience working for or closely with state or local education agency

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.