The Senior UX Designer will act as a primary user advocate, evangelizing a user-centered design process and providing oversight and mentoring for junior designers on mission-critical projects. Responsibilities include creating deliverables like prototypes and journey maps to improve product usability based on business goals and research insights.
Responsibilities
- Reporting to the Manager UI/UX, the Senior User Experience (UX) Designer is one of Availity's biggest user advocates, evangelizing a user-centered design process and building user empathy across the company
- You'll be working alongside product teams to identify and design delightful solutions for our users' problems
- You will take on higher profile, more mission critical projects for the team, and provide oversight and mentoring for projects assigned to more junior designers
- You will create designs that improve the overall usability and usefulness of Availity's products, based on the goals of the business
- You will add context and insight to the development of new applications and features based on research conducted alongside our User Research team
- You will have the latitude to independently create deliverables such as sketches, wireframes, mockups, interactive prototypes, storyboards, user journey maps, user flows and stories, and new design system components to meet the requirements of the product teams and the company's experience vision
- Focusing on design systems and high-end strategy
- Working with Product leaders to prioritize projects that align with business values
- Defining and implementing foundational processes
- Working to mature our design library and system creation/governance
- Collaborating and working with individuals within the greater UX team
- Spending ~25% of your time refining design system
- Spending ~75% of your time on product design
Requirements
- 5+ years of progressive work experience designing and developing great user interactions
- Bachelor's degree in User Experience Design and Technology, Interaction Design, Web Design & New Media, Interactive Digital Media or Computer Science preferred
- Expert level experience in Figma
- Strong understanding of HCI
- Familiarity with JIRA
- Experience with Miro, Mural, and/or FigJam
- Proficient with rapid design software (ex. Adobe CC, Axure)
- Experience facilitating design reviews with business leaders and conducting user research like usability studies
- Knowledge of web development methodologies (preferably Agile/Scrum), application design, navigation, and information architecture
- Experience designing end-to-end user experience for large scale apps and products
- Ability to work with multiple stakeholders across the organization
- A passion to advocate for and empathize with our users
- Familiarity with user-centered design and design thinking
- Previous experience building and maintaining design systems
- Degree in graphic design/experience in graphic design is highly preferred
- SAFe Agile experience is a plus
- Healthcare experience is a plus
Key Skills
- User Experience Design
- User-Centered Design
- Design Thinking
- Figma
- HCI
- JIRA
- Miro
- Mural
- FigJam
- Adobe CC
- Axure
- Agile/Scrum
- Web Development
- Application Design
- Navigation
- Information Architecture
- Graphic Design
- SAFe Agile
- Healthcare
- User Research
- Usability Testing
- Design Systems
- Rapid Design
- Prototyping
- Wireframing
- Storyboarding
- User Journey Mapping
- User Flow Creation
- Design Leadership
- Mentoring
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Communication
- Problem-Solving
- Time Management
- Prioritization
- Leadership
Benefits
- Availity is a certified "Great Place to Work", a "Best Workplaces for Technology Companies", a "Best Workplaces for Women" and a "Best Workplaces for Millennials"!
- Culture is important to us and there are many ways for you to make your mark here!
- We have several Diversity & Inclusion teams and various ways to engage with fellow Availity associates
- Availity is a culture of continuous learning
- We have many resources and experts in our tech stack and in our industry that can help get you there too
- Want to work for an organization that gives back to the community? You're at the right place!
- Availity partners with various organizations, both locally and nationally, to raise awareness, funds and morale as our staff members volunteer their time and funds to engage the organizations campaign
- Video Camera Usage: Availity fosters a collaborative and open culture where communication and engagement are central to our success
- As a remote first company, we are also camera-first and provide all associates with camera/video capability to simulate the office environment
About Availity
Availity is the place where healthcare finds the answers needed to shift focus back to patient care. We work to solve communication challenges in healthcare by creating a richer, more transparent exchange of information among health plans, providers, and technology partners. As the nation’s largest health information network, Availity facilitates billions of clinical, administrative, and financial transactions annually. Our suite of dynamic products, built on a powerful, intelligent platform, enables real-time collaboration for success in a competitive, value-based care environment.
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