User Experience Designer Job at DesignX Community in Natick

Job Summary
Solving new and exciting design problems for MATLAB. Steer projects through the full design process, from early ideas and sketches to wireframes and prototypes, and into implementation until designs go live. Driving the full range of design activities from concepting through final visual design. Work closely with our product teams and contribute throughout the product development life cycle to develop new products, features, and enhance legacy products. Collaborate with members of a cross-functional development team to improve the user experience for products and applications. Follow a user-centered design approach and work collaboratively to research, design, and validate innovative solutions to complex problems. Collaborate with development and marketing teams to design appropriate and consistent solutions for parts of MATLAB such as deployment and code analyzer workflows. Work with cross-functional teams to understand detailed requirements and design complete user experiences that meet user needs and project partners' vision. Produce design ideas and collaborate with teams to choose which ideas should move forward into detailed design and eventually production, based on usability testing, standard methodologies, and technical input. Help promote standard methodologies in design, usability, and accessibility within the design and engineering teams and across the company. Research and showcase industry trends and the latest technologies across mobile, desktop, and Web. May telecommute up to 40%.

Responsibilities

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

Employer will accept a Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Human Computer Interaction, a STEM field, or a related field and 3 years of experience in the job offered or in a User Experience Designer-related occupation. Alternatively, employer will accept a Master’s degree in Information Systems, Human Computer Interaction, a STEM field, or a related field and no experience. Position requires demonstratable experience with the following:

1. Relevant design tools (Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, or Sketch);
2. User research, including but not limited to, usability studies, interviews, and surveys, to gather and understand user needs and behaviors;
3. Translate technical concepts to UI representations;
4. Desktop and Web application design;
5. Software/Icon/Web design;
6. Front-end development technologies (HTML, CSS, or JavaScript) and their impact on the feasibility of design solutions;
7. Responsive design, ensuring a seamless user experience across various device sizes; and
8. Current UX trends, techniques, and technologies.

Experience may be gained during graduate program. Will accept any suitable combination of education, training, and/or experience.