UX Designer

Ness is a full lifecycle digital engineering firm offering digital advisory through scaled engineering services. Combining our core competence in engineering with the latest in digital strategy and technology, we seamlessly manage Digital Transformation journeys from strategy through execution to help businesses thrive in the digital economy. As your tech partner, we help engineer your company’s future with cloud and data. For more information, visit www.ness.comUX DesignerNote: San Antonio, TX or surrounding area, OR Austin, TX - Either location would work, candidate expected to occasionally be at office when required by client, other days WFH.As UX / UI designer you will measure and optimize applications to improve ease of use (usability) and create the best user experience by exploring many different approaches to solve end-user problems. One way that a UX designer might do this is by conducting in-person user tests to observe behavior. They then refine and tweak apps, software and websites to create products people like and find easy to use.Responsibilities:• Considering existing/new applications and evaluating their UX (user experience) effectiveness• Considering the human-computer interaction (HCI) element of a design• Using online tools, such as screen readers for accessibility testing of applications, software and websites• Defining interaction models, user task flows, and UI (user interface) specifications• Communicating scenarios (hypothetical users), end-to-end experiences, interaction models, and screen designs to other people working on a product• Keep the interface beautiful and easy to use• Manage visual appearance of all new features and enhancements on our software and mobile applications• Initiate, suggest, and spearhead major UI refactoring for a more intuitive user experience• Design elegant solutions to complex workflows and things that people will talk about• Creating style guidelines for current/new application.Requirements:Must have work experience:• 3-5 years of experience providing User Experience and User Interface design solutions for web and mobile applications• Experienced in developing wireframes, workflows, prototypes, and personas• Excellent knowledge of User Centered Design processes and usability principles• Strong User Interface skills (design patterns, iconography, imagery production, etc)• Able to generate multiple User Experience solutions for a given problemCommon requirements:• Strong experience working as a UX designer or similar• Provide excellent service to Development and End Users• Work well under pressure, able to prioritize workload• Excellent time management, able to hit deadlines• Be a recognized expert on core product features• Ability to work outside normal hours when needed to support critical activities or deadlines• Fluent communication skills and presentation skills.• Practical understanding of agile methodology (Scrum or Kanban)Good to have personal attributes and work experience:• Excellent work prioritization and ability to deliver under pressure whilst multi-tasking• Flexible and adaptable• A Positive, ‘can-do’ attitude with ability to work autonomously as required• Thorough, conscientious and honest• Confident to present to customers and senior company stakeholders• Personal accountability• Results oriented• Strong attention to detail• Ability to work with peers to support knowledge share and coaching• Ability to develop strong working relationships and credibility with development teams• Good knowledge and understanding of web technologies (HTML, CSS, jQuery, JavaScript, DHTML, etc...)Why NessWe offer our employees exciting and challenging projects across a diverse range of industries, as well as the opportunity to collaborate with a group of forward-thinking, capable partners around the globe.So, if this role sounds good to you, even if you don’t meet every single bullet point in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. For most of the candidates that applied, we found a role that was a very good fit with their skills.Let’s meet and you may just be the right candidate for one of our roles.