UI/UX Designer

The Purpose of Your Role

As a UI/UX Designer, you'll drive the creative direction and deliver great experiences for our customers. You'll work closely with business stakeholders, product, and engineers to build new features and have a vision to improve our existing products.

Occasional onsite work will be required. For this reason candidates should live in Texas. Apex may offer a relocation for those wishing to relocate to the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

The Value Your Bring

You will bring your experience delivering from the research phase through production and passion for the latest user experience trends. Your depth of experience with mobile platforms designs will allow you to lend your expertise on the different considerations for iOS, Android, and web application design.

We'd love to see your portfolio, showcasing design skills and demonstrating your ability to lead within an organization to bring those designs to life. If you're a self-directed designer who enjoys translating business and customer needs into intuitive user experiences, this may be the job for you!

Responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional teams to inspire and influence product design decisions, adhering to the latest UX trends and best practices
• Develop and deliver high quality concepts, wireframes, mockups, assets, and prototypes for new and existing features for responsive web and mobile apps
• Communicate effectively with business stakeholders, product management and engineers
• Ability to manage multiple projects with competing priorities
• Receive feedback with a positive attitude, and defend design decisions when necessary
• Be an advocate for the user, driving the development of features and designs that align with their needs, while achieving business and marketing goals

Education/Experience/Training

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, UX, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent on-the-job experience
• 5+ years of experience in a UI/UX Designer role.
• Comfortable working with tools such as Figma, Sketch, etc.
• Strong understanding of mobile design, including Apple's Human Interface Guidelines and Android Material Design. Experience applying these to a project is preferred.
• Experience working closely with product management and driving the vision for products.
• Experience incorporating user research and feedback into design decisions.
• Portfolio demonstrating ability to lead designs from ideas and research to production.

Why Work for Apex?

Apex has been voted one of the best mid-sized companies to work for in Texas since 2009 because we're committed to employee empowerment, team building, and a good work/life balance. We do our best to make sure that all Apexers have the tools, knowledge, and support they need to enjoy a rewarding career with us. We are located in Downtown Fort Worth, just 2 blocks from historic Sundance Square, with easy access to the Trinity Railway Express, I-30, I-35, and 121. We offer a long list of benefits that make us a premier work location.

Some of the highlights:

• Competitive compensation plans augmented by generous profit sharing and regular salary reviews.
• Multiple high quality health care plans to choose from with a short waiting period.
• Dental, vision, life, short term disability and long term disability coverage.
• 401(k) plan with Apex matched contributions.
• Tuition reimbursement for college, plus plenty of Apex managed training classes.
• Student Debt Repayment Program
• 360° feedback, leadership training, and a culture that empowers individuality.
• On-site fitness facilities and gym reimbursement program.
• Rewards driven wellness program with an individualized holistic approach.
• Connected, friendly work environment. We celebrate our accomplishments (and birthdays).
• Paid maternity and leave benefits giving the time and flexibility needed to care for yourself and/or family.
• Personal Leave options for non-medical related needs.
• Hybrid work environment.

Win as a Team

All Apexers are encouraged to collaborate in an effort to continuously improve our processes and customer service. Everyone on the team is responsible for presenting new ideas and perspectives. In addition to base salary, all employees enjoy quarterly profit sharing as a thank you for their contributions.

Primary Location:

US TX Fort Worth