About the position
The UX Designer will be responsible for creating a positive and productive end user experience for TEA applications and websites and for maintaining a user-centric focus throughout product development. TEA is seeking a senior UX and Product Design lead to help create solutions that improve education technology integration and enable parents, teachers, schools, and district leaders to focus on what is most important -- their students. The UX and Product Design Lead will play a critical role in ensuring the successful deployment of technology solutions by maintaining a strong user-centric focus and driving alignment with existing work in the field. They will work under minimal supervision with extensive latitude for the use of initiative and use strong independent judgment.
Responsibilities
- Overseeing UX/UI designs to ensure design decisions are grounded in user experience and adhere to agency-wide design standards and industry-wide best practices
- Translating research into user stories, requirements, flows, wireframes, and prototypes and collaborating on the future product roadmap
- Employing user testing and outreach to ensure products meet the needs of the end users, in collaboration with partners
- Partnering with the product team and other key stakeholders, including senior leadership, on design solutions and rationales; collaborating with internal and external teams of product designers, developers, and product managers
Requirements
- 8 years required in Experience in software product development, digital design, UX/UI or a related field
- 8 years required in Designing mockups and/or wireframes that conform to UX best practices
- 8 years required in A portfolio of user research, visual design, and usability studies that demonstrates a high level of professionalism
- 8 years required in Experience conducting user and usability research
- 5 years required in Demonstrated strong writing and organization skills
- 5 years required in Demonstrated strong communication and facilitation skills
- 4 years required in Direct experience leading large-scale UX/UI efforts
- 4 years required in Documented experience developing wireframes, mockups, and prototypes in Figma or comparable design software
- 3 years required in Experience ensuring designs and website conform to federal accessibility guidelines
- 3 years required in Documented work experience with the issue tracking software 'Atlassian Jira'
- 2 years required in Documented experience working for or closely with TEA or another state or local education agency
