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UX Designer

American Psychological Association Remote (🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America)

Remote $76,500 - $118,000 Full-time Mid-level

The UX designer will translate concepts into user flows, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes, and will be responsible for conceiving and conducting user research, interviews, and surveys. They will also help maintain and contribute to Pattern and Persona Libraries and work with the Web Team on designs using Figma and the Tridion CMS.

Responsibilities

  • Translate concepts into user flows, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes that lead to intuitive user experiences
  • Facilitate the client’s product vision by researching, conceiving, sketching, prototyping, and user-testing experiences for digital products
  • Design and deliver wireframes, user stories, user journeys, and mockups optimized for a wide range of devices and interfaces
  • Help maintain and contribute to the department’s Pattern and Persona Libraries
  • Work together with the Web Team in their designs (using Figma) and work with their CMS (Tridion)
  • Create A/B testing experiments and usability tests and run them
  • Work across organizational boundaries with Marketing, Designers, and Product Owners to define, manage and prioritize work

Requirements

  • BA or MA with focus in user-centered design; or 2 years equivalent experience working as an UX/interaction designer
  • Experience designing complex solutions for complete digital environments
  • Experience in using UX design best practices to design solutions
  • Familiarity with the agile methodology/scrum is preferred
  • Ability to communicate complex interaction concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and various levels of the organization
  • Strong communication and teamwork skills that will ensure success in working across organizational boundaries

Benefits

  • Remote Work/Flexible Scheduling
  • 401(k) option with employer match of up to 4%
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance options and an outpatient mental health benefit
  • Paid personal/vacation time plus 12 paid holidays
  • Family/Medical Leave
  • Tuition assistance
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Short- and long-term disability insurance

Key Skills

User-Centered Design Interaction Design Visual Design Design Thinking Agile Scrum User Research Usability Testing A/B Testing Wireframing Prototyping Figma HTML CSS JavaScript Angular Bitbucket/Git AWS Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS) Google Suite (Google Analytics 4 and Google Search Console)

About American Psychological Association

The American Psychological Association, in Washington, D.C., is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States and is the world's largest association of psychologists. APA's membership includes more than 157,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students. Through its divisions in 54 subfields of psychology and affiliations with 60 state, territorial and Canadian provincial associations, APA works to advance psychology as a science, as a profession and as a means of promoting human welfare. The mission of the APA is to advance the creation, communication, and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people’s lives.

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