Senior Interaction Designer

As a Senior Interaction Designer at Teague, your primary responsibilities include leading the design of intuitive and impactful user interfaces, collaborating across various disciplines to ensure a cohesive user-centered experience, and supporting projects through ambiguity while maintaining a solution-oriented mindset. Additionally, you will conduct user research, facilitate design workshops, and translate complex requirements into actionable design solutions.

Teague seeks candidates for the Senior Interaction Designer role who have a minimum of 5 years of experience in interaction design, UX/UI design, or a related field. Applicants should demonstrate expertise in design thinking, interaction and interface design tools such as Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, and possess excellent communication skills to convey design concepts to stakeholders effectively.

At Teague, the Senior Interaction Designer plays a pivotal role in fostering a collaborative work environment. By leading cross-disciplinary teams, facilitating workshops, and mentoring junior designers, they ensure that diverse perspectives are included in the design process, which ultimately leads to cohesive and innovative solutions tailored to user needs.

Teague values growth-oriented learning and offers numerous opportunities for professional development to its Senior Interaction Designers. This includes access to training programs, workshops, and the chance to lead design initiatives that enhance their leadership skills and design expertise while contributing to innovative projects across industries.

The company culture at Teague is built upon collaboration, inclusivity, and innovation. As a Senior Interaction Designer, you'll be part of a team that values diverse ideas and perspectives, encouraging each member to contribute their unique skills. Teague’s creative environment fosters a sense of ownership, as all employees are valued stakeholders in the company’s future.

When discussing your design process, highlight your use of human-centered design principles, illustrating how you balance user needs with business goals. Share insights into how you conduct research, brainstorm ideas, create prototypes, and test designs to iteratively improve your solutions.

In situations with unclear requirements, I prioritize communication and collaboration. I engage with stakeholders to better understand their needs and expectations, conduct exploratory research or user interviews, and facilitate workshops to uncover insights that drive clarity and direction.

I primarily work with Figma and Adobe Creative Suite for creating wireframes and prototypes. Additionally, I utilize tools for user research and analytics, ensuring a data-driven approach to my design solutions, which helps me to tie user feedback back into the design process.

Incorporating feedback is critical to my design process. I generally create multiple iterations based on team and user feedback, actively seeking out diverse perspectives to ensure that the final design is user-friendly and meets project objectives.

Certainly! One notable project involved redesigning a digital experience for a mobile application. I led my team through research, ideation, and multiple testing phases, ultimately increasing user engagement by 30% after launch. This success was rooted in our thorough understanding of user needs and consistent iteration based on feedback.

I manage competing priorities by maintaining clear communication and organizing tasks based on urgency and impact. Utilizing project management tools helps me stay on track, and I regularly check in with my team and stakeholders to reassess priorities as project needs evolve.

Storytelling is essential in my design approach. I use narrative techniques to communicate the rationale behind design decisions, helping others to understand the user’s journey and the impact of design solutions. A compelling story can connect stakeholders and users with the design intentions more intimately.

I stay updated on industry trends through continuous learning. This includes following influential design blogs, attending industry conferences, participating in workshops, and connecting with fellow designers. Engaging with the design community keeps my skills sharp and my designs innovative.

A truly user-centered design solution is one that genuinely addresses the needs and behaviors of the target users. It involves thorough user research, empathetic understanding of user contexts, and iterative testing, ensuring that the final product is functional, intuitive, and enjoyable to use.

To facilitate collaboration, I focus on fostering open communication between design and development teams right from the project kickoff. Regular meetings, inclusive brainstorming sessions, and shared tools for documentation can help bridge gaps and ensure that design intents are clearly understood and realized during implementation.