Senior UX Designer

Description

We are looking for a Senior UX Designer to join our dynamic, startup-like environment, where you will work closely with product managers, developers, architects, customers, and domain experts. As a collaborative team player, you will contribute to a wide variety of tasks, including the creation of customer research artifacts, user journey maps, low-to-high fidelity prototypes, and usability studies. Responsibilities Conduct user research using explorative methods (e.g., discovery workshops), descriptive methods (e.g., validation of storyboards through usability studies), and confirmatory methods (e.g., surveys) Collaborate and communicate professionally with clients and internal teams during customer engagements Map user journeys of as-is business processes and to-be processes Design user experiences ranging from low-fidelity sketches and wireframes to hi-fidelity pixel-perfect mockups Develop interactive reporting dashboards and various types of visualizations Communicate design principles, direction, and specifications to engineers in a highly detailed manner Validate ideas and designs through usability tests, A/B tests, and product performance analysis Measure recently released product features to establish benchmarks and identify potential areas of improvement Create rapid prototypes to validate design concepts with stakeholders and customers Stay abreast of UX trends and seek out creative ideas and inspiration Influence cross-functional product teams and the organization to achieve solutions that align with customer needs and the product vision Requirements 4+ years of UX or interaction design experience, including experience with responsive web design and frameworks Showcase of well-designed responsive grid-based layouts and a strong work portfolio that demonstrates systematic and creative design thinking, along with a deep understanding of UI/UX best practices Advanced skills in interaction design (ideally application design or design concepts) Capability to recognize and predict use cases and user interactions, including happy path as well as edge and corner cases, and incorporate them into designs Competency to explore, identify, and validate user needs Proficiency in Mural, Figma, Axure, and Balsamiq Understanding of information design/architecture, principles, and user psychology Familiarity with Design Thinking centered around the customer Ability to manage time wisely across projects and competing priorities, meet agreed-upon deadlines, and take accountability for work Strong team orientation with the ability to thrive on virtual, international, cross-functional teams Excellent verbal, written, and board/executive-level presentation skills in English (B2 level), with the ability to effectively engage and convey ideas to technical and non-technical audiences Creative and analytical thinking, along with a demonstrated ability to learn complex technology Nice to have Background in SAP Fiori Knowledge of Fiori Design Guidelines Familiarity with HTML5 and CSS3

Requirements

• 4+ years of UX or interaction design experience, including experience with responsive web design and frameworks

• Showcase of well-designed responsive grid-based layouts and a strong work portfolio that demonstrates systematic and creative design thinking, along with a deep understanding of UI/UX best practices

• Advanced skills in interaction design (ideally application design or design concepts)

• Capability to recognize and predict use cases and user interactions, including happy path as well as edge and corner cases, and incorporate them into designs

• Competency to explore, identify, and validate user needs

• Proficiency in Mural, Figma, Axure, and Balsamiq

• Understanding of information design/architecture, principles, and user psychology

• Familiarity with Design Thinking centered around the customer

• Ability to manage time wisely across projects and competing priorities, meet agreed-upon deadlines, and take accountability for work

• Strong team orientation with the ability to thrive on virtual, international, cross-functional teams

• Excellent verbal, written, and board/executive-level presentation skills in English (B2 level), with the ability to effectively engage and convey ideas to technical and non-technical audiences

• Creative and analytical thinking, along with a demonstrated ability to learn complex technology

Responsibilities

• Conduct user research using explorative methods (e.g., discovery workshops), descriptive methods (e.g., validation of storyboards through usability studies), and confirmatory methods (e.g., surveys)

• Collaborate and communicate professionally with clients and internal teams during customer engagements

• Map user journeys of as-is business processes and to-be processes

• Design user experiences ranging from low-fidelity sketches and wireframes to hi-fidelity pixel-perfect mockups

• Develop interactive reporting dashboards and various types of visualizations

• Communicate design principles, direction, and specifications to engineers in a highly detailed manner

• Validate ideas and designs through usability tests, A/B tests, and product performance analysis

• Measure recently released product features to establish benchmarks and identify potential areas of improvement

• Create rapid prototypes to validate design concepts with stakeholders and customers

• Stay abreast of UX trends and seek out creative ideas and inspiration

• Influence cross-functional product teams and the organization to achieve solutions that align with customer needs and the product vision

Seniority

• Senior

Nice to have

• Background in SAP Fiori

• Knowledge of Fiori Design Guidelines

• Familiarity with HTML5 and CSS3