UX Designer Lead

What will I be doing?

As the UX Lead, focused on our Core Experience area, you will define a cohesive strategy and deliver cross-team, multi-phase projects from concept through implementation.

You need to lead an existing team that will be focused on creating a simple, easy-to-use, and best-in-class experience for our users. You'll lead a team of 4-5 product designers not only by means of their product work, and you'll also be a coach and foster their career development

You'll work cohesively with the leadership and engineering team.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Analyze the product’s present UX pitfalls, optimization, and growth opportunity or the impact of a user problem and then help tune the project scope accordingly with the product partners
Understand frequency of usage and the relative importance of a feature/experience, and how it fits into the complete product
Rationally narrow down to a design recommendation with a strong focus on short-term and long-term implications of the choice Independently deliver high-quality visual design work and support the production with the engineering partners
Write relevant front end code (HTML, CSS)
What Skill do I need?

We emphasize proof of work more than your credentials. Lead and support key design projects
Relevant work experience of 5+years (preferably in a start-up space)
Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary UX/Product design teams to deliver high-quality projects at scale
Proficient in Sketch, XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, or other design tools
Has experience working in AGILE methodology
Knowledge of current UX best practices, including user research and accessibility across mobile and web