UX Designer

Job Description

USER EXPERIENCE DESIGNER
Location: Austin, TXAs a User Experience Designer (UX), you will work in and with the engineering team to design experiences for the user. Responsible for researching and designing and improving the users experience for the modernization of ongoing of current products, including prototyping, UI concepts and balancing the technical needs and capabilities with input from the field and end customers.You will...

• present design solutions and project deliverables to team members and stakeholders. Be able to drive consensus and negotiate trade-offs effectively.
• work collaboratively directly with developers on weekly sprints tied to shipping deliverables and help ensure high quality development on time.
• have experience with UX technologies and tools and have the opportunity to learn and adapt to new tools.
• be the prime leader on user experience and have direct influence in the development of products.
• Collaborate with product owners, managers, and developers to define product experience for enterprise applications.
• Engage in all phases of product creation, from sketching & wire-frames to clickable prototypes & QA-ing.
• Determine the research requisites for the creation of key new products and the optimization of existing products.
• Establish visual design systems compliant with implemented UI frameworks and brand language.
  

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• To succeed in this job, you must have 5+ years in user experience design for software products or in a consulting environment.
• It would be preferred if you have experience sketching, concept creation and wire framing, producer user flows, creating clickable prototypes. Research methods- usability testing (lab), phone interview and focus groups. Knowledge of interaction architectures practices in UX and the ability to take wireframes through to well-executed visual designs.
• You must be fluent in English.
• We would like someone to join our team who has previous experience working on B2B solutions for the enterprise market, proficient in key software packages such as Sketch and Invision, analytical thinking: efficiently identify problems and solutions.
• You must have a Bachelors in Human-Computer Interaction, Graphic Design or related field equivalent
• Additional Skills:

Analytical thinking — efficiently identify problems and solutionsIndependence —self-starter with a penchant for problem-solving that can deliver to deadlines and define them when needed

Empathy — understanding of user psychology with the empathy to exist in user’s shoes

Visual Design — thorough knowledge of design principles, practices, frameworks, and industry standards

Communication — ability to present solutions, articulate design decisions, and convey issues to colleagues and stakeholders

Criticality — keen assessment skills tempered with the ability to prioritize urgency levels

Adaptability — works well on a variety of teams and projects, in structured and unstructured environments

Employees are required to perform the duties of this position, or any Gemalto position, in compliance with all company policies, procedures, practices, and processes, whether written or verbal, which Gemalto, in its sole discretion, may change periodically, including, but not limited to, those implemented to ensure product, physical plant, information systems and technology security, along withal federal, state and local regulations and public policies. Protect Gemalto assets from unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, destruction or interference. React and help resolve security events or security risks reported by employees. Ensure responsibility is assigned to the individual for actions taken.

Gemalto, a Thales Company, is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, veteran’s status, or other protected group status. We support and apply this policy through a program of affirmative action. This includes special efforts to employ and advance within our organization, qualified members of protected groups. Applicants may request reasonable accommodation to participate in the hiring process, please direct your inquiries to the Human Resources Department at [email protected]