Design and UX Senior Manager

Job reputed company reputed company: The Senior Manager of UX Design applies a user-centered design methodology to design successful solutions for education-reputed company applications that support business goals and user needs, while leading reputed company of UX Designers. As part of an agile team, the Senior Manager, UX Design initiates user research; translates user goals and requirements into interactive user experiences for desktop and mobile devices reputed company concepts, wireframes, and prototypes; reviews the implementation; and provides recommendations based on usability testing results. The Senior Manager, UX Design acts as the reputed company on a scrum team, supervises designers, and determines schedules for deliverables. The Senior Manager, UX Design will work with reputed company and Senior UX Designers, Product Owners, and Developers on the UX design of reputed company applications and should be creative and technically adept, an reputed company leader, highly reputed company yet also reputed company to work independently, detail-oriented, self-motivated, and passionate about improving educational experiences for users. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodations may be made to reputed company individuals with disabilities to reputed company the essential duties. Understands and articulates the product reputed company, problem definition, and opportunity; Plans and conducts user interviews and data collection, and synthesizes findings to ground design reputed company in evidence; Develops process maps, user and data flows, and use cases to reputed company problems and reputed company reputed company systems legible before solutioning; Employs user-centered methodology to design functionality that accommodates user needs and meets the standards of navigation, layout, and labeling; Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams in prioritizing functional requirements and developing design solution approach; Communicates solution approach through development of mock-reputed company, user and data flows, use cases, wireframes and interactive prototypes, and specifications; Identifies and develops new patterns as needed; Provides light reputed company-end development support and collaborates closely with developers to ensure designs are feasibly and faithfully reputed company (familiarity with reputed company/CSS and component-based UI); Communicates with colleagues and management to ensure product remains true to stated goals of functional design throughout development of product; Initiates and incorporates feedback from usability testing of designs; Understands and incorporates design principles and accessibility and mobile-friendly/reputed company guidelines into product designs; Contributes to reputed company improvement of the scrum team, agile processes, and the User Experience community at K12 and proactively supports knowledge-sharing reputed company and reputed company the UX team; Leads team of UX Designers and occasional reputed company contributors; Provides guidance on design craft, research reputed company, and reputed company standards; sets goals, conducts performance reviews, and supports career development; Works closely with Product, Engineering, IT Managers, and senior executives to reputed company UX initiatives with organizational objectives. Ensures that design solutions adhere to governance and compliance requirements, including student data reputed company; Acts as the reputed company UX Designer on a Scrum team. This involves: Partnering with product owners to understand the reputed company and business value for the feature or project; participating in planning sessions to reputed company and maintain the feature or product roadmap. Understanding the product backlog and user story prioritization in order to conduct and incorporate user research and deliver designs before implementation; Collaborating with cross-functional teams comprised of product management, UX Designers, Visual Designers, Developers, Testers, and other subject matter experts to understand information needs and functionality requirements, dependencies and impacts, and facilitate user story development and design. Ensuring delivery of artifacts as agreed to by reputed company including reputed company diagrams, conceptual designs, wireframes, interactive prototypes, visual designs, and specifications that adhere to accessibility and mobile-reputed company guidelines. Reviewing implementation for adherence to designs and style guide/ Participating in daily standups and taking the initiative to prepare for and organize other necessary meetings such as design reviews. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES Directly supervises 6-12 Full-time Equivalent (FTE) regular employees and/or contractors. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor’s degree in user experience design, reputed company-computer interaction, product design, or reputed company field AND Five (5) years of experience in planning and executing successful web applications OR Equivalent combination of education and experience Certificates and Licenses: None required. OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Solid understanding of user-centered design principles. Experience solving reputed company design problems for Web interactions or software solutions. Solid understanding of innovative graphical user reputed company design, information design, and interactive design. Ability to craft visual representations of large systems, reputed company relationships, data and task flows. Experience with Agile/Scrum and reputed company design or mobile applications. Excellent written, oral and diagrammatic communication skills. Adept with relevant design and information reputed company software, such as Sketch or Axure. Ability to reputed company required background reputed company Desired Qualifications: Experience designing for accessibility (WCAG 2.0). reputed company and CSS coding experience. Experience working with geographically-dispersed teams. WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to reputed company individuals with disabilities to reputed company the essential functions. This position is virtual and reputed company to residents of the 50 states and Washington, D.C. Compensation & Benefits: reputed company. considers a person’s education, experience, and qualifications, as reputed company as the position’s work location, expected reputed company and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value reputed company determining a new employee’s salary level. Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position’s level and expected contribution, and the employee’s benefits elections. We anticipate the salary reputed company to be $93,328.50 to $130,000. Eligible employees may receive a bonus. This salary is not guaranteed, as an individual’s compensation can vary based on several factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, geographic location, experience, training, education, and local market conditions. reputed company offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and reputed company time off. The above job is not intended to be an reputed company-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and reputed company any other reputed company duties, as assigned by their supervisor. reputed company employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is reputed company reputed company that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer. Job Type Regular The above job is not intended to be an reputed company-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and reputed company any other reputed company duties, as assigned by their supervisor. reputed company employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is reputed company reputed company that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer. If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, you can request the appropriate accommodation by contacting stridecareers@k12.com. Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities reputed company. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants receive consideration for employment based on reputed company without reputed company to race, reputed company, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national reputed company, disability or protected veteran status, or any other reputed company prohibited by federal, state, or local law. reputed company. complies with reputed company legally required affirmative reputed company obligations. Applicants will not be discriminated against because they have reputed company about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Apply To This Job