USER EXPERIENCE (UX) DESIGNER

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world. UW is Committed to attracting and retaining a diverse staff, your experiences, perspectives and unique identities will be honored at the University of Washington. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming.

UW Information Technology (UW-IT) is the central IT organization for the University of Washington (UW), providing critical technology support to all three campuses, UW medical centers, and global research operations.

Academic Experience Design & Delivery (AXDD), a unit within UW-IT, advances teaching, learning, research, and clinical work by investigating computing trends and identifying user needs in order to implement and support the latest technology solutions and applications for communication and collaboration, instruction, productivity, and risk management. These applications are used by students, faculty, staff, researchers, clinicians, and external partners.  In addition, AXDD collaborates with campus partners on key university initiatives to develop new products and services that meet student needs. For example, AXDD currently partners with UW advising units to provide predictive analytics applications that assist with student retention and success initiatives.

The User Experience Designer (UXD) designs, develops, and consults on products for use in teaching, learning, research, and collaboration by members of the University of Washington community.  Working directly with faculty, staff, researchers and students, the UXD applies User-Centered Design (UCD) methodologies to discover the needs and goals of their audiences, leveraging these to create and modify interactive software applications in collaboration with software engineers, researchers, user support, quality assurance staff, and technical writers from the AXDD team and with other staff from UW-IT. The UXD participates in all stages of the development process, from user research to making technology recommendations and writing production code, aligning the project’s efforts to the holistic vision of user experience every step of the way. The UXD is expected to serve as a UCD champion and consultant throughout AXDD, other departments within the UW-IT and the UW community, and at times to other higher-education institutions.

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