UI/UX Designer
- Employer
- Texas State University-San Marcos
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not Specified
- Date posted
- Sep 20, 2022
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Posting Information
Posting Information
Posting Number
2023041
Posting/Functional Title
UI/UX Designer
University Pay Plan Title
UI/UX Designer
Location
San Marcos
Department
Mobile/Web Systems
Recruitment Type
Open to All
Job Type
Full-Time
Monthly Salary
$5,416.00 - $7,500.00
Job Category
Exempt
Required Qualifications: Applicants must specifically address how they meet these required qualifications to meet the requirements of the position.
REQUIRED SKILLS
- Online portfolio demonstrating user-centered UX/UI responsive design skills, and clear web development concepts.
- Solid understanding of designing for the web, including its limitations and challenges. Ability to provide fully responsive, accessible, mobile-first designs for a diverse user base.
- Understanding of UX design, how it differs from UI design, and the ability to apply best-practice design skills to create wireframes and interactive prototypes.
- Proficiency with design tools and techniques, such as Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Affinity Designer or Sketch.
- 1 or more years’ experience with user interaction design tools, such as Adobe XD, proto.io, Axure, Figma, or similar tools.
- Ability to build relationships, research and define user/client needs and produce effective design solutions.
- Ability to work closely with developers and provide any assets or detailed design documents necessary to implement the designs.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with limited supervision. Self-motivated with excellent organizational skills and an eye for detail.
- Ability to prioritize simultaneous assignments and manage personal projects to meet requirements and deadlines.
- 1 or more years’ experience working with a creative team developing for the web, mobile, and responsive websites.
Preferred Qualifications
PREFERRED SKILLS
- Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design with an Interaction/Interface/New Media focus, Interaction Design, or similar degree.
- Experience with native mobile app design.
- Experience working in a professional creative team environment developing for web, mobile and responsive websites.
- Experience designing and directing user experience activities, gathering and acting upon user feedback via survey, focus group, A/B testing, free observation, guided activity sessions.
- Proficiency using HTML / CSS /JS to effectively communicate interaction & design concepts.
- Experience with InDesign print media production and an understanding of the importance of maintaining consistency across all media to build brand and message awareness.
- Experience working in a large organization or higher education institution.
- Experience working directly with an application development team.
- Ability to work on a team with diverse skills and backgrounds. Ability to create consensus, take direction, make compromises when necessary.
MAKE A BIG IMPACT ON STUDENT SUCCESS !
As the lead product designer for TXST Mobile and other web applications, you’ll take full ownership of your work and responsibility for every detail with support from your project teams. You’ll help simplify and personalize the student mobile experience at Texas State, and rapidly prototype design solutions that will help 40,000+ students.
Who You Are
A USER - FOCUSED DESIGNER .
Even though you have a strong design foundation, you are constantly honing your instinct and skills through iterative design and testing.
A STRONG COMMUNICATOR .
You can organize and present information effectively and persuasively. Your designs are clean and easily understood.
INCLUSIVE .
You have the interpersonal communication skills to collaborate with multi-disciplinary team members and stakeholders with differing personalities and backgrounds to quickly define requirements and negotiate solutions.
RESPECTFULLY DIRECT .
Giving and receiving feedback is a big part of application development. You are comfortable with accepting and providing critiques.
TASK - DRIVEN .
You are excited about working in a fast-paced, prototype-driven environment where continuous user feedback and iteration are viewed as design strengths that allow us to deliver more than one large project at a time.
FLEXIBLE .
You are thoughtful about the technical, organizational and resource limitations factoring into every decision.
Who We Are
USER - CENTERED .
We are a development team that believes the user’s experience is more important than the developers. We don’t build interfaces just to match a data model we find convenient. We value the input of UX specialists and give them primary responsibility to ensure applications are easy to understand and fun to use.
QUALITY - FOCUSED .
Quality assurance is everyone’s responsibility. Our project coordinators and application admins take point on ensuring software is ready for release with the help of developer-driven automated tests and your functional design reviews.
LIFELONG LEARNERS .
We seek and encourage professional development. We’ll provide you with resources and support opportunities to continuously grow in our team.
ALL ABOUT THE WORK - LIFE BALANCE .
We treat everyone in our team like adults. We support remote workdays, flexible work hours, and encourage you to take daily wellness and regular time off to recharge and reset.
Job Duties
You Will Be Responsible For
- Guiding small, cross-functional teams in creating and delivering clear, focused user experiences.
- Performing user research to understand user needs beyond the basics of what students say they want.
- Sketching out concepts to test with the developers, product owners, and application admins.
- Prototyping key functionality when initial user testing is complete and feedback is well understood.
- Working closely with project coordinators as we roll out improvements so we can refine our work as the application gets real-world use.
If selected for an interview, applicants will be required to complete a short take-home design assignment.
This position is eligible for a partial remote work schedule. There is also some work schedule flexibility within normal business hours (Monday – Friday, between 7am and 6pm). Eligibility is dependent on performance.
Technology Resources will not sponsor or transfer visa sponsorship for this position.
Job Open Date
09/20/2022
Job Close Date (posting closes at midnight)
Open Until Filled
Yes
Normal Work Days
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Normal Work Hours Start
8:00AM
Normal Work Hours End
5:00PM
Posting Notices
YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO ELECTRONICALLY ATTACH A RESUME AND COVER LETTER TO YOUR APPLICATION.
Legal and Required Notices
Texas State University is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, committed to inclusive thought and action in support of our diverse community. Individuals from historically underrepresented groups and all those who share our commitment to inclusivity and passion for the strength of our diversity are strongly encouraged to apply.
Employment with Texas State University is contingent upon the outcome of record checks and verifications including criminal history, driving records, education records, employment verifications, reference checks, and employment eligibility verifications.
Texas State University is a tobacco-free campus. Smoking and the use of any tobacco product will not be allowed anywhere on Texas State property or in university owned or leased vehicles.
Texas State University is a member of the Texas State University System. Texas State University is an EOE .
Texas State is committed to increasing the number of women and minorities in administrative and professional positions.
Why work @ Texas State?
• Amazing health insurance: various coverage options starting your first day of employment for full-time employees with Texas State paying 100% of the employee premium and 50% for your dependents!
• Generous paid time off: vacation, holidays, sick days and many more!
• Excellent work life balance resources: mother and family-friendly resources in addition to a comprehensive FREE wellness program
• Great training and development opportunities: choose from a variety of classroom and online course offerings, learning resources, certifications, and employee educational support programs.
• An inclusive Bobcat community: join our many social networks offered on and off-campus
• Retirement peace of mind: TRS pension, retirement plans and voluntary saving options with generous employer contributions
By joining the Texas State Bobcat team, you’ll be a part of one of the most beautiful, diverse, and growing universities in the nation.
Quick Link
https://jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/39881
Applicant Document
Required Documents
- Resume
- Cover Letter
- Letter of Recommendation #1
- DD 214/DD1300
- Veteran's Preference
- Licensure
- Certifications
- Letter of Recommendation #2
- Letter of Recommendation #3
- List of References
- Additional Document
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