79145BR
Off-Campus: Scottsdale
Associate UX Designer
Job Description
EdPlus is seeking to hire a UX Designer Associate who will deliver high-quality, innovative designs across our digital portfolio. This UX Designer Associate will be responsible for partnering with other cross-discipline teams to prioritize features and deliver world-class experiences. The EdPlus UX design team focuses on many high-profile university partnerships and will require expertise in multiple design disciplines. This role will also work closely with the UX research and product teams to maintain a pulse of health on launched experiences. Under the supervision of the UX Design Manager, this position will focus on designing advanced technologies that are pushing the limits of EdTech solutions across the landscape of higher education.
The EdPlus User Experience team is responsible for designing solutions and enhancing our current technology stack for a variety of user experience challenges as part of an innovative environment refining how users engage with higher education. Working collaboratively in diverse teams, creates forward-thinking and thoughtful experiences ensuring our digital products and designs support ASU and EdPlus overall strategy and goals.
EdPlus is a unit of the ASU Enterprise focused on the design and scalable delivery of digital teaching and learning models to increase student success and reduce barriers to achievement in higher education. We advance the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the local, national and international communities served by ASU.
EdPlus at ASU
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- Healthcare
- Financial Security
- Retirement
- Family Resources
- Tuition Reduction (Eligible ASU Employee, their dependents and spouse.)
- Discounts
Job Family
Information Technology
Department Name
EdPlus User Experience
Full-Time/Part-Time
Full-Time
Grant Funded Position
This grant-funded position begins with a 3-year project with a pipeline for future work on additional EdPlus priority projects.
Salary Range
$60,000 - $72,000 per year; DOE
Close Date
25-May-2022 - EXTENDED
Essential Duties
- Adhere to brand standards on typography, colors, and spacing using the EdPlus design system or co-branding requirements.
- Being a voice for the user and continuously advocating for improved experiences.
- Identify and troubleshoot UX design problems (e.g. responsiveness, usability, accessibility, etc...).
- Gather and evaluate design requirements in collaboration with stakeholders and engineers.
- Illustrate design ideas using storyboards, process flows, sitemaps and prototypes.
- Create powerful animations, graphics and illustrations that are leveraged to enhance the experience of different types of user interfaces.
- Able to give accurate time estimates for work; set deadlines.
- Work in an agile environment using Jira to help prioritize and organize projects.
- Present drafts and final products to stakeholders, partners and leadership through the lens of our students.
- Working directly with web developers to ensure successful implementation.
- Use UX design research and best practices to assist evolving and elevating digital experiences with a good understanding of current industry trends.
- Transform ideas into creative, robust experiences under technology and time constraints, working closely with engineers and data teams.
- Assumes or coordinates other duties or projects as assigned or directed.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Design (e.g. interaction, graphic, visual communications, product, industrial), HCI, CS related field AND one (1) year of industry experience OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
Desired Qualifications
- Evidence of a Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field.
- Experience in UI/UX design, including but not limited to graphic and motion design.(1 year)
- Demonstrated knowledge in creating clean, user-friendly interfaces that drives user engagement and improves the overall student experience using user behavior data.
- Demonstrated knowledge about design systems designing wireframes, mockups, and prototypes (Adobe XD preferred but not required).
- Experience in digital design, graphic design, presentations, infographics, interaction design, and designing mobile applications.
- Experience designing user journey’s or flows to articulate solutions prior to delivering high-fidelity prototypes
- Evidence of ability to present designs to stakeholders and leadership.
- Evidence of interpersonal skills -- building positive working relationships with other team members and groups within EdPlus and across ASU.
- Evidence of understanding the user, and a strong communicator of the user's perspective throughout the design process.
- Evidence of working on a collaborative, fast-paced team and with other experts across other disciplines.
- Evidence of having a good eye for design and is willing to take creative risks.
- Evidence of maintaining an organized work flow with high quality documentation.
- Must include or be able to show a recent design project or design work in this area to be considered.
- Experience working closely with engineers and developers and having a shared vocabulary.
- Experience bridging design and engineering into scalable solutions.
- Evidence of ability to create motion graphics and animated videos.
- Demonstrated understanding of HTML, CSS and JS in addition to designing for bootstrap using responsive design.
- Experience and knowledge of design operations.
- Experience in UI and UX design industry and has experience in using data, current trends, and findings.
- Evidence of a portfolio demonstrating responsive and scalable user-centered design solutions.
Working Environment
EdPlus at ASU is located at SkySong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center. The center houses a diverse business community that links technology, research, education and entrepreneurship to position ASU and Greater Phoenix as global leaders in the knowledge economy.
Activities are primarily performed in a regular, climate-controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting or standing. Daily use of desktop or laptop computer is required. Ability to clearly communicate to perform essential duties. Regular review of completed tasks.
EdPlus at ASU supports flexible work options, ranging from alternate work schedules to hybrid remote work schedules, subject to approvals per ASU policy.
Department Statement
EdPlus defines itself through a culture of curiosity, risk-taking and refusing to accept the status quo. As a central enterprise unit for ASU focused on the design and scalable delivery of digital teaching and learning models to increase student success and reduce barriers to achievement in higher education, our commitments support the university charter. ASU is a national service university and aspires to accelerate positive social outcomes through the seamless integration of cutting-edge technological innovation and scalability.
EdPlus employees are valued, respected, and encouraged to be their unique selves. We are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in everything we do. We know that our ability to deliver high-quality services and educational experiences is strengthened by the diversity of our employees. Our innovative culture drives outcomes through serving learners, achieving milestones, striving for excellence, solving problems, feeling a sense of urgency, and being bold.
EdPlus at ASU
ASU Statement
Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 100,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation's fifth largest city. ASU champions intellectual and cultural diversity, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.
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Employment Verification Statement
ASU conducts pre-employment screening which may include verification of work history, academic credentials, licenses, and certifications.
Background Check Statement
ASU conducts pre-employment screening for all positions which includes a criminal background check, verification of work history, academic credentials, licenses, and certifications. Employment is contingent upon successful passing of the background check.
Instructions to Apply
Application deadline is 3:00PM Arizona time on the date indicated.
Please include all employment information in month/year format (e.g., 6/88 to 8/94), job title, job duties and name of employer for each position.
Resume and cover letter should clearly illustrate how prior knowledge and experience meets the Minimum and Desired qualifications of this position.
ASU does not pay for travel expenses associated with interviews, unless otherwise indicated.
Only electronic applications are accepted for this position.
Applicant must be eligible to work in the United States; EdPlus at ASU will not be a sponsor for this position.
IMPORTANT NOTE: What is the meaning of “equivalent combination” in the minimum qualifications? It means one year of higher education or 24 credit hours, is equal to one year of experience. For example, a four year Bachelor’s degree is equal to four years of experience.
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