Senior UX Architect

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Company

Cox Automotive - USA

Job Family Group

Engineering / Product Development

Job Profile

Sr UX Architect

Management Level

Individual Contributor

Flexible Work Option

Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week

Travel %

Work Shift

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $108,900.00 - $181,500.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Job Description

Senior UX Architect

The best UX professionals aren’t just expert practitioners. They’re coaches: people who can guide others and evangelize best practices across an organization.

We’re hiring a Senior UX Architect to join Cox Automotive’s award-winning workplace. You’ll support formative discovery and research activities to help end users reach their goals. Leaning on your ability to translate goals into intuitive design structure, you’ll ensure a familiar user experience across products, and mentor other UX architects.

If you have a curiosity for human behavior and are good at balancing big-picture thinking with detail-oriented work, apply today!

What’s In It for You? 

Here’s a sneak peek at the benefits you could experience as a Cox employee:

A competitive salary and top-notch bonus/incentive plans. 
Professional development and continuing education opportunities. 
The chance to work with fascinating, cutting-edge platforms. 
Exceptional work-life balance, flexible time-off policies and accommodating work schedules. 
Comprehensive healthcare, with multiple options for individuals and families. 
Generous 401(k) retirement plans with company match. 
Inclusive parental leave policies, plus comprehensive fertility coverage and adoption assistance.

Check out all our benefits. 

What You’ll Do 

You’ll be the primary point-of-contact/facilitator for UX on assigned projects. Your day-to-day could include creating prototypes for usability testing, examining web analytics and championing user needs and product usability while balancing business and technical constraints. Here are some more of your responsibilities:

Developing a deep understanding of target clients and their business needs.
Collaborating with UX research, product management, UX content, business and engineering teams.
Facilitating product design planning and tasks with the Product team.
Leading the translation of business requirements into simple, highly usable and compelling interface layouts.
Creating wireframes and interactive mock-ups (lo/high fidelity) and integrating personas/segmentations with related deliverables.
Ensuring the familiarity of the overall user interface and that individual components can be extended and reused.
Collaborating with engineering teams to determine data accessibility and understand technology constraints/advantages.
Creating and supporting the information architecture of navigation, content, etc.
Designing navigational schema based on user needs, content models and technical constraints.
Articulating the rationale behind interface decisions and how to prioritize interface features.
Assisting in the ongoing definition of Cox Automotive's evolving UX standards.

Who You Are 

An analytical problem-solver, you have proven expertise in user-centered design methods, techniques and principles. Your portfolio proves your experience to produce UX documentation like storyboards, user scenarios/tasks, user flows, wireframes and prototypes. Here’s what else you bring to the table:

Minimum:

A bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 4 years of experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master’s degree and 2 years of experience; a Ph.D. and up to 1 year of experience; or 8 years of experience in a related field.
Experience with group facilitation.
Experience designing for mobile devices, including native and responsive design.
Experience working with teams on large-scale, long-term projects.
Excellent oral, written and verbal communication skills, as well as interpersonal skills.
Proficiency with design tools such as Figma.
The ability to establish UX methodology, processes, estimates and deliverables for a project.
The ability to work on multiple projects/business units simultaneously.
The ability to make intuitive leaps to hypothesize product design solutions.
The ability to convincingly articulate ideas and rationale across the company, including the executive suite.
The ability to deal with ambiguity.
The ability to stay up to date on the latest trends and research in product design, SEO and web/mobile technologies.
The ability to work individually with minimal supervision/mentoring and as a team.

Preferred:

Experience with A/B experimentation.

Drug Testing

To be employed in this role, you’ll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.

Benefits

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.

About Us

Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells – or simply uses – cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.

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What You Should Know About Senior UX Architect, Cox Enterprises

Join Cox Automotive as a Senior UX Architect and be a crucial part of our dynamic team in Austin, Texas! As a Senior UX Architect, you’re not just a creator of compelling designs; you’re a coach and an evangelist of best practices in the UX space. Your expertise will guide others, and your passion for user experience will help bridge the gap between end users and our innovative products. You’ll engage in vital discovery and research activities, transforming user goals into intuitive design architectures. Your role includes crafting prototypes for usability testing, diving deep into web analytics, and advocating for user needs while navigating the intersection of business and technical constraints. Take initiative to mentor fellow UX architects and ensure a cohesive user experience across our suite of products. If you’re curious about human behavior and have the knack for both strategic big-picture thinking and detail-oriented execution, Cox Automotive is the place where you can shine! With competitive compensation, flexible work options, and the opportunity to work on cutting-edge platforms, your journey here will be fulfilling both professionally and personally. Apply today and take your career to new heights with us!

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Senior UX Architect Role at Cox Enterprises

What are the key responsibilities of a Senior UX Architect at Cox Automotive?

As a Senior UX Architect at Cox Automotive, you will be responsible for leading UX efforts on assigned projects, creating prototypes for usability testing, collaborating with diverse teams including UX research and product management, and ensuring user-centric designs are integral to all new developments. You’ll also mentor other architects and ensure that our products maintain a familiar user experience that resonates with the end users.