Senior UX Designer

American Software, Inc. · Atlanta GA

Company

American Software, Inc.

Location

Atlanta GA

Type

Full Time

Job Description

COMPETENCIES:

  • Has a clear and demonstrable command of the language and leading practices of design
  • Facilitates design and wireframe reviews in a way that makes purpose and approach clear to all participants
  • Has a proven history of a partnership approach to advancing best practice adoption in UX design
  • Demonstrates the value of strong convictions lightly held by validating hypotheses through touchable, testable prototypes and usability testing
  • Translates wide ranging insights and requirements into simple, elegant, highly usable designs for customers across many verticals
  • Demonstrates understanding that user experience encapsulates the total product ecosystem, going beyond the interface to include information architecture, interaction design, content, and visual design
  • Demonstrated preference for a design approach centered around people, with proven design experience, excellent interaction and structural design ability, and proven methodologies for identifying and solving problems
  • Insatiable intellectual curiosity, including a need to understand "why" as well as a desire for continuous improvement
  • Insatiable intellectual curiosity, including a need to understand "why" as well as a desire for continuous improvement
  • Demonstrated self-awareness in past and present projects, including the ability to recognize and learn from success and failure alike
  • Consistent and focused passion for clients, craft, and company that inspires others to share in it
  • Demonstrated sense of accountability for actions, commitments, and to the team
  • Understands the key business drivers and assists in defining user experience success metrics
  • Orchestrates excellent UX reviews. Delivers engaging presentations to relevant stakeholders
  • Seeks to incorporate diverse perspectives to arrive at innovative solutions
  • Actively maintains skills and seeks out the latest tools to leverage
  • Owns design critiques and strategic presentations of design work (including wireframes and visual design). Comfortable and confident leading design jams with cross functional team members


QUALIFICATIONS:

  • 5+ years of experience specifically involving design strategy and/or research, and utilizing the correct processes, tools, and methodologies for mapping product implementation to the needs and experiences of the user.
  • Experience in agile product development teams.
  • Knowledge of how to best design to solve business and user problems.
  • Ability to understand the needs of customers.
  • Design fundamentals including information design, visual design, industry UI standards for desktop and web-based applications, and ease of use best practices.
  • Experience with industry-standard technology and design tools.
  • Outstanding communication, organization, time management, and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to articulate the pros and cons of designs and support choices with clear, detailed evidence and rationale for decisions.
  • Ability to articulate the role of user centered design in an R&D process and to influence peers on best design practices.
  • Experience with early-stage design, ideation techniques, and generative research methods.
  • Understand the balance of user experience, business case, and time-to-release, and make tradeoffs where appropriate.
  • Profound sense of ownership both for the work of R&D organization and outcomes for the company.
  • Proficiency in understanding technical documentation and requirements.
  • Ability to find gaps in designs and successfully bring others to an understanding of same.

Date Posted

09/15/2022

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