Entry Level User Experience (UX) Designer: 2025

Introduction
Thomas J. Watson said it best: "Good design is good business." Visualization is critical to discovering data-driven insights and effectively communicating that knowledge to others. Designers at IBM work to create experiences that work together, work the same, and work for our clients. Does the thought of creating the platform at the heart of solutions like, Blockchain, IoT, and excite you? If so, read on!

Your Role and Responsibilities

Want to do your best work ever? At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? Then join us at IBM where the best in the industry are passionate about the design of excellent experiences, enabling designers to further develop their skills, experience, and craft, and supporting IBM teams in delivering market-leading, human-centered products and services.

User experience designers create human-centered experiences by designing the structural and informational foundation for products, services, and systems. They facilitate the delivery of all elements, interactions, and decisions that add value to the total user experience.

These are office based positions in IBM locations including the following. Opportunities in these locations will vary based on hiring demand:
AZ - Tucson
MN - Rochester
TX - Austin

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Interpreting research insights and building understanding of users and context
• Defining user experience goals and design principles
• Applying knowledge of psychological and physical attributes of humans (e.g. Hick's Law, Fitt's Law)
• Designing the architecture of the functions and information of the experience
• Designing the interaction patterns between functions/information and users/customers
• Designing pathways of navigation through an experience; demonstrating understanding of content, functions, and relationships within the system
• Supporting and planning for variation of user contexts (e.g. culture, environment, and activity)
• Converging and translating technological, operational, and functional constraints into human-centered opportunities
• Facilitating and designing for the relational aspects across every part of the experience

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Experience or familiarity with designing for accessibility standards
• Familiarity with design systems
• Degree in User Experience Design, Human Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Information Architecture, or related field