User Experience Designer

Job Title: User Experience DesignerLocation: Remote (must be located in the US)Contract Details: 08.26.24 to 02.28.25Pay Rate: $55hrCitizenship Requirements: Open to U.S. citizens or Green Card HoldersThe role of the UI Designer is to create a broad array of design assets for the various digital products and services offered by Engrade. The UI Designer should have an eye for clean and artful design, possess superior UI skills and be able to translate high-level requirements into interaction flows and artifacts, and transform them into beautiful, intuitive, and functional user interfaces. The Designer will collaborate with various Agile teams to define innovative solutions for the product direction, all while establishing and promoting design guidelines and best practices.MUST HAVE’S:• Portfolio• 5+ years' work experience in product development, user experience design, product design, creative, or marketing industries• Figma• Responsive design• Knowledge of but more experience with Accessibility• fidelity sketches• UX wireframe, visual design, and prototyping software (e.g. Axure, Fireworks, Photoshop, Illustrator); familiar with Snagit, Visio• HTML, CSS and JavaScriptNICE TO HAVE’S:• Education Technology Domain Experience• Work independently but also a part of a team.• Excellent Communication skills• Excellent Collaboration• Ability to problem solve is critical InterviewJOB SUMMARYAt McGraw-Hill Education, we believe that our contribution to unlocking a brighter future lies within the application of our deep understanding of how learning happens and how the mind develops. It exists where the science of learning meets the art of teaching.We are seeking a Senior User Experience (UX) Designer who is passionate about leading and applying a user-centered approach to product development. The Senior UX Designer will use research insights to design web and mobile solutions for K–12 curriculum experiences through collaboration with business stakeholders, Content and Digital Strategy, Learning Sciences, Research & Analytics, Accessibility Product Management, and Engineering teams. A Continuous Discovery framework is the base for this approach, which includes collaborating with research to conduct human-centered design activities and deliver high quality, accessible design deliverables.As a Learning Science company, our vision is to unlock the full potential of each learner by providing high-quality instructional materials that are intuitive, engaging, efficient and effective – grounded in research.DETAILED DESCRIPTIONYou are a design professional living at the crossroads of empathy and technology. You will develop thoughtful solutions, taking business needs, technological capabilities, and user feedback into account. You will focus on information architecture, user flow design, and interaction design in support of delivery of high quality, accessible and optimally usable experiences for our end users. You will independently manage your UX work with a given workstream and collaborate on UX activities and deliverables with Technical Product Managers, Project Managers and Engineer partners. You will work closely with a design strategist and/or lead designer to align with our holistic School strategy and vision. You will work with Agile sprint teams championing human-centered design and help shape design practices and processes that work best with Agile Methods.You’ll be expected to:• Be a change agent evangelizing and bringing awareness to human-centered methodologies and practices across the company, supporting cross-functional product teams at different stages of understanding• Solve complex design problems and drive multiple efforts simultaneously• Approach each project with consideration for the larger School platform experience and business model• Deeply understand how products connect beyond your own product area and be mindful of touchpoints in the overall user journey across the School platform.• In collaboration with the UX Research team, dive into existing user research, metrics and balance with intuition and sensibility and translate user needs into tangible experiences for our solutions• Design and build user flows, wireframes, concepts, and interactive prototypes that will be used as the stimuli for research events and will help define development requirements and inform technology decisions• Confidently present designs to peers, stakeholders and leadership, and articulate rationales behind design decisions• Build presentations and lead discussions about experience-related aspects of the solution with different stakeholders throughout the organization, focused on feedback and action towards next steps• Design consistent approaches to patterns founded in research and best practice established from both inside and outside of the organization• Embrace and evangelize pattern-based system design – UX standards, best practices, styles, patterns and guidelines – as well as contribute to our design system by introducing high-quality, accessible and usable patterns and their appropriate usageJOB REQUIREMENTS• Portfolio that demonstrates your design work in web and mobile solutions. We want to see and understand your process and how you collaborate across functions within the Product Development Lifecycle.• Bachelor’s degree in HCI, Visual Communication, Digital Design, Product Design, Human Centered Design, or related field required. MFA or advanced degree a plus.• 5+ years' work experience in product development, user experience design, product design, creative, or marketing industries.• Knowledge in software usability principles and current trends and advances in interface design.• Product development experience in Ed Tech a plus.• Demonstrated success leading design efforts across multiple products to achieve a central solution.• Extensive experience creating low and high fidelity sketches and design documentation.• Strong communication, presentation and analytical skills.• Advanced knowledge of UX wireframe, visual design, and prototyping software (e.g. Axure, Fireworks, Photoshop, Illustrator); familiar with Snagit, Visio.• In-depth understanding of HTML, CSS and JavaScript• Deep understanding of responsive design approaches• High-level understanding of accessibility guidelines and designing for optimal accessibility• Demonstrated experience working in an Agile environment.• Understand a target audience's needs and other motivating factors, and translate them into conceptsIf this is a role that interests you and you’d like to learn more, click apply now and a recruiter will be in touch with you to discuss this great opportunity. We look forward to speaking with you!About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of: Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson WellsManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands – Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells – creates substantial value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. 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