UX Designer

About your future team   Nexient is on a mission: To rid the world of crappy software, one sprint at a time.    Every day, our 1000 Agile developers, designers, and strategists empower each other to find passion in our work while we innovate the world. This culture of teamwork and curiosity is fueled by a product-minded approach to our work, crafting extraordinary custom software solutions and growing careers along the way.   Our clients range from some of America’s favorite brands in retail, healthcare, financial services to fast-emerging disruptors – You might have read about us in the NY Times. We’re also recognized as a Gartner Cool Vendor, HFS Hot Vendor, and America’s leading 100% U.S. Agile software services partner.    If you’re looking to change the trajectory of your career, make an impact on Day One, develop custom software on the best technology around – and maybe even make people’s lives easier -- then you belong here, with us. Roles and Responsibilities: · Design end to end user experiences through brainstorming, use cases, personas, wireframe mock-ups and interactions flows. · Illustrate design ideas using storyboards, process flows and sitemaps and low-fidelity prototypes that clearly illustrate how sites function and look like. · Create original graphic designs (e.g. images, sketches and tables) · Prepare and present solutions to internal teams and key stakeholders · Contribute and adhere to style standards on fonts, colors and images · Create usability testing plan and carryout testing to improve design and drive consensus within the team. · This role works in partnership with strategy, creative and technology associates and the client to understand business objectives, user goals, customer targets and translates that into a user experience strategy and framework. · This role reports to the Director, User Experience.   Qualifications: · Experience in UX and/or user interface design · Demonstrate skills creating process flows, sitemaps, wireframes, prototypes, and other UX deliverables. · Experience with design tools (Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, etc.) and prototyping tools (InVision, Axure, etc.). · Produce clear, user-centric design across mobile, desktop, web and hardware endpoints. · Contribute to all aspects of design including requirement defining, user research, workflow diagraming, detailed design, development of use cases and scenarios, and engineering support. · Partner closely with developers, QA and product managers to rapidly iterate on designs based on user feedback, tech constraints, and market dynamics. · Carry out design thinking and sketching activities. · Experience with Agile and/or Scrum development methods a plus.   #LI-Remote Why Nexient   As a vital member of our Engineering Practice, you will be part of one of our 100 small cross-functional teams working side by side with some of the most talented developers, UX designers, analysts, quality engineers, and product managers out there.    From Silicon Valley to Ann Arbor, Columbus, and beyond – a career with Nexient will offer you:   Remote, hybrid, or onsite opportunities: Here, you decide the work arrangement that best suits your needs and preferences.   Fulfilling and challenging projects: You will be exposed to different scenarios, multiple types of clients, and the most complex business and technology initiatives.   Access to the most cutting-edge technologies: You’re always going to be advancing your skillset by learning and working with the newest and most relevant technologies available out there.   A positive and passionate culture: Boring and divided aren’t in our vocabulary. In fact, it’s amazing to see how, despite our exponential growth, the Nexient culture and community stay as warm, diverse, and close as ever.   Plenty of opportunities for you to explore and grow: We will empower you to dream as big as you want and support you to make your career what YOU want it to be.   Creative runway: We take pride in encouraging our people to question the status quo.    Our benefits program includes:   ·       Medical, dental, and vision coverage ·       Generous PTO, plus holidays ·       401(k) plan ·       Life insurance and short-term & long-term disability ·       Maternity leave ·       Employee Assistance Program ·       Flexible spending accounts ·       Health savings account   Nexient is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants without regarding to race, color, religion, citizenship, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, physical or mental disability, veteran or marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter so that we may connect you with the appropriate team.