UI/UX Designer

About the position

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) seeks a UI/UX Designer to join our marketing team and help in creating effective user experiences for our marketing websites and shaping our online presence. A successful candidate will be able to demonstrate experience with user interface and user experience design, content architecture, visual design principles, and have a strong design portfolio. If you are looking for a way to utilize your fresh and creative abilities in our Marketing and Communications department, we want you to apply! Please add 6 samples of design work to your application for our review.

Responsibilities

• Create new user interface designs for use on the web.
• Work within design system to apply existing SEL styles and methods to new web projects.
• Work closely with web and graphic designers, developers, writers, and project managers to ensure websites support overall company business strategies.
• Contribute to the creation and maintenance of the SEL design system.
• Ensure web designs and projects are built and tested in a manner consistent with user-centered design principles, including low- and hi-fidelity prototyping, usability testing, functional testing, and alignment with best practices.
• Participate with designers in formal and informal design critiques. Be a constructive member of the design team.
• Participate in UX research activities to fully characterize the customer and advocate for user needs.
• Confidently communicate design intent and rationalize design decisions to stakeholders.
• Define, measure, and improve website design, development, and maintenance processes.
• Follow and apply SEL Values, Principles of Operations, and World Class Manufacturing Principles.

Requirements

• An A.S. or B.S. degree in web design, interactive media, graphic design, or related program or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years demonstrable experience designing user interfaces for web and mobile.
• Strong visual design portfolio with relevant UI/UX work.
• Demonstrable experience with modern HTML and CSS web design patterns, including mobile and responsive websites.
• Strong knowledge of information architecture.
• Works well in a team environment, able to collaborate, critique, receive critique, and clearly/creatively communicate design rationale.
• Experience designing within established design system.
• Experience working on multiple projects with competing resources and deadlines.
• Self-motivated and able to work on projects independently as well as with a team.
• Ability to continuously learn and communicate technical information.
• Background check results satisfactory to SEL.
• Negative drug test result(s).

Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• Superior benefits including top tier medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• 10 paid holidays.
• Annual vacation accrual starting at 12 days.
• 9 paid sick days.
• Paid family and medical leave that covers 90% of your pay.
• Retirement benefits include an employer funded stock ownership plan (ESOP) and personal 401(k) options.
• Growth and development opportunities through STEM courses, apprenticeships, tuition assistance, and engineering development programs.
• Wellness, fertility, adoption, and flexible spending benefits.