What are the responsibilities and job description for the UX Web Designer position at Union Home Mortgage?
Overview: A Web Designer is responsible for designing and developing effective user interfaces for Websites and custom applications. The position involves creating innovative solutions to design challenges to making applications and websites more visually appealing and enhance usability. A Web Designer works as part of our software development team to design, develop, deliver, and test complex software solutions that meet the business needs. The ideal candidate will help implement branding, design user experience best practices, and ensure styling consistency and standards are met within our applications.
Responsibilities:
- Design and develop user interfaces for custom applications that solve business needs
- Apply responsive design principles to ensure that applications render well across multiple browsers and devices
- Work with the innovation team and business owners to develop wireframes and prototypes that effectively demonstrate user experience
- Enhance, maintain and document the design system
- Enhance, maintain, and troubleshoot existing applications
- Work with the Marketing team to enhance SEO and Website performance
- Train and mentor junior Web Designers and interns
- Participate in all aspects of Scrum, including but not limited to daily stand-ups, estimation meetings, demos and retrospectives.
Education & Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Web design or equivalent
- 3 years of professional Web design experience, working as a member of a software development team
- Proficiency with HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript with experience in Front-end frameworks being a plus
- Proven experience designing and developing responsive Web applications
- Professional experience working in an Agile environment
- Experience with Azure DevOps and Git is a plus
- Passion for user interface design and software development with a willingness to learn and adapt new technologies
- Detail oriented with the ability to exercise sound judgment
- Self-motivated individual with excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong presentation skills
- Team-oriented with willingness to work through problems with others
Job Type: Full-time