User Experience (UX) Designer

Innovative Systems, Inc. is looking for an entry-level User Experience Designer to work at their world headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA. The role involves all phases of the design process, from initial research to high-fidelity prototypes for existing product redesigns and new product offerings.

Responsibilities

• Translating concepts into wireframes, prototypes & other deliverables that lead to intuitive user experiences.
• Facilitating client’s product visions by researching, conceiving, sketching, prototyping, and mocking up user experiences for digital products.
• Identifying design problems and devising elegant solutions.
• Making strategic design and user-experience decisions related to both existing and new features.
• Rapidly testing and iterating designs with both existing and potential users.
• Collaborating with team members and stakeholders all over the globe.
• Taking smart risks and championing new ideas.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in HCI, Information Systems, Computer Science, Communication Design, or related STEM or Design fields.
• Portfolio of work that demonstrates use of the complete design process.
• Proven ability to work with clients to understand detailed requirements and design complete user experiences that meet client needs and vision.
• A solid grasp of user-centered design and testing methodologies, subsystems, and usability and accessibility concerns.
• Ability to iterate designs and solutions efficiently and intelligently.
• Ability to clearly and successfully communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions to teams and clients.
• Experience effectively working independently and in cross-functional teams.
• Ability and willingness to travel 10-15% of the time to client sites throughout the UK, the United States, and other locations.

Key Skills

• Expertise in UX software such as Figma, UXPin, Balsamiq, Framer.js, Quartz Composer.
• Experience with front-end development technologies, such as HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript frameworks such as JQuery, Angular, and React.
• Familiarity with .NET framework.
• Experience designing for both desktop and mobile-based platforms.

Benefits

• Superb mentoring and coworkers that are both smart and fun to be around.
• Opportunity to make a difference