User Experience Jobs

Our client, a wonderfully small agency located in the loop, is seeking a UX/UI designer to help out with contract and project work as they continue to ramp up their practice. The ideal candidate will be a hybrid of both UX and UI with a keen design sense and an ability to think outside the box. Requirements: 3 + years experience in UX / UI specifically. UX strategy and additional design experience preferred. Software skills: Adobe CC, Sketch, Invision, PPT, some HTML experience a plus. NOTE: We are a Mac OS environment. Strong knowledge of wireframing and prototyping, along with industry best practices. Must be available for some on-site work - depending on the project, off-site would be fine - but only if they have their own Apple machine. Online portfolio - strong preference toward portfolios that have explicit call-outs as to specific contributions to projects shown. Must be able to collaborate well with the internal team, work quickly and efficiently and have a robust history working with strategic UX / UI projects. Must have agency experience. This role will be kicking off within the next week, so apply with your portfolio today!  

Onward Search has an exciting opportunity for a UX Designer with our client, a consulting company, that assists clients in providing innovative solutions for their capital project life cycles. As a UX Designer, you will work on a new web-based application managing large construction projects. The ideal candidate can observe, detect user behaviors and create options. It will be important to be able to rapidly develop concepts and effectively communicate with engineers. Responsibilities: Discover and design for the needs of Planners, Estimators, Project Managers, Contract / Bid Analysts, Architects, and Contractors, to name a few. Rapidly generate multiple design concepts, iterate on them, and present their pros and cons. Produce highly detailed, thoroughly annotated wireframes, process flows, storyboards, journey maps, and other UX standbys. Conduct ethnographic research and usability studies. Collaborate with visual designers and engineers (e.g., micro-interaction design). Create low-to-mid-fidelity prototypes as needed. Requirements: 5+ years of experience in UX Design. Bachelor’s degree. Demonstrated experience managing complex project schedules, solving complex design problems and nurturing multiple-stakeholder collaboration. Ability to think critically to find innovative and practical UX solutions. Interest in the minutia of workflows is ideal. Ability to use tools such as Sketch, Illustrator and/or InVision. Does this sound like you? Apply today!

Onward Search has an exciting work from home opportunity for a Visual/UI Designer with our client, a consulting company that assists clients in providing innovative solutions for their capital project life cycles. As a UI/Visual Designer, you’ll work closely with the Design Director, UX Designer, UX Designer and Engineers, as well as key stakeholders. Responsibilities: Continue to evolve the product's visual language. Execute high-fidelity mockups for all types of interactions. Collaborate with UX designers to visualize and refine interface concepts. Employ UX thinking to solve micro-interaction design problems. Occasional design of UI animations. Occasional design of related sales or support collateral. Help translate detailed wireframes into pixel-perfect mockups for direct use by front-end engineers. Create UI components and structures that will be used within a broader interactive design system. Work on large-scale web applications. You will describe, design, and execute wireframes. Requirements: 5+ years of experience in UI/Visual Design. Degree in Art, Design or a related field. Demonstrated experience managing complex project schedules, solving complex design problems and nurturing multiple-stakeholder collaboration. Experience designing for web-based applications. Detailed knowledge of visual design tools including but not limited to Sketch, InVision, and Adobe Creative Cloud. Ability to meet with the team in Oakland every two weeks for 4 hours. Does this sound like you? Apply today!

One of our Fortune 500 clients is looking to add to their growing team. If you are an Interaction Designer with 5+ years of varied corporate/agency experience and interested in joining a might team. Responsibilities: Develop design specifications and standards in the form of journeys, storyboards, site maps, wireframes, and prototypes to ensure the digital experience flows seamlessly from one step to the next and communicates the information architecture and intended interaction behaviors. Deliver concepts on paper, wireframes or detailed prototypes to communicate solutions and test with users. Work closely with developers to ensure technical feasibility and quality of design execution, and collaborate on alternative solutions when the scope or technical implementation challenges arise. Participate as needed in QA testing, providing clear descriptions of issues and opportunities. Work with analytics team to determine post-launch success metrics and use the collected data to suggest improvements. Work in iterative processes, including agile and lean methodologies. Participate in user research planning and execution to identify user needs, goals, and preferences, and collect feedback to incorporate into deliverables. Qualifications 5+ years of work experience in information architecture and interaction design, creating digital solutions for complex web applications. Bachelor’s degree in a related field, such as Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Interactive Design or other design-related field. Experience with responsive design. E-commerce experience. Mastery of transforming requirements and ideas into deliverables including flows, sitemaps, wireframes, and prototypes that communicate design requirements to the project team. Unwavering empathy for user needs and the ability to link them to measurable solutions. Proficiency in wireframing and prototyping tools (i.e., Axure, Omnigraffle, etc.). Experience with user research, usability testing and site analytics is a plus. Strong understanding of website design methodologies (e.g., mobile first, responsive/adaptive design). Understanding of native mobile app development standards across iOS and Android is a plus. Working knowledge of various web development languages (e.g., HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) as they relate to design. Does this sound like you? Apply today!

Our client, a top software company, located in San Francisco, is looking to hire a Sr. Web UI Designer for a 40 hrs/wk onsite temp-to-perm opportunity. You will join their marketing department’s Brand and Creative team, and contribute to the success of their web presence and other public-facing websites. You will report to the Senior Design Manager and work alongside their current Web UI Designer. This candidate can understand high-level systemic project requirements and apply all the Web/UI/Design/Brand expertise to achieve strategic goals. The successful Web UI Designer will have a solid combination of experience and education that enables them to create and design a unique, visually aesthetic, and functional website. The ideal candidate will be highly motivated, reliable, detailed, with a sense of humor, and driven to produce high-quality work. This individual must thrive in a fast paced environment. *The role is for public facing web design, not for apps. The role is not a UX role - Its primary focus is on Interaction Design, UI Design, Branding, and Visual Design. Responsibilities: Passionate about (responsive) web design, user experience and front end development. Innovative thinker bringing new ideas to improve the web presence. Lead concept development, design ideation, and detailed specification of visual designs for user interfaces of the future and existing innovations, prototypes, and mockups. Produce designs prototypes, Responsive UI Design layouts, images and interactive assets that address business brand and marketing requirements, including design and production of screen layouts. Ability to handle multiple projects and priorities, timely and efficiently, in a fast-paced environment. Successfully communicate conceptual ideas, design rationale and the specifics of the user-centered design process. Collaborate with marketing department, content producers and management to refine the user experience. Work closely with web UX, web publishers, and web developers to deliver the final product. Contribute to style guide and pattern library. Contribute to improving processes, and technology research. Assist in front end development when necessary. Requirements: Pro-active, enthusiastic, and self-driven, is essential for this role. 5+ Years of solid professional experience in a start- up environment, in-house with one of the big name companies in the Bay Area (Salesforce, Google, Apple, Oracle etc.), or with an interactive agency. A solid online portfolio Must be fluent in Adobe CC, Sketch, and InVision or similar graphics/user interface design software. Must have an Expert understanding of Graphic Design and web design principles. Solid and Experienced Eye for good design aesthetics. Must have a functioning grasp of current web technologies HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, and frameworks such as jQuery and Bootstrap. Although it is not a developer role, a fluency in web technology is required, with light front end coding when required. Good listener, ability to listen keenly and adapt ideas, coming up with multiple concepts and clearly articulating the tradeoffs of each concept and getting buy-in from all stakeholders. Excellent Verbal and Written communication skills. Must be able to present and communicate ideas clearly and be open to constructive feedback. Successful track record leading high-level design projects from start to finish. Excellent delivery and execution skills. Must deliver prototypes, final mock-ups promptly and resolve dependencies and conflicts. Candidates must able to collaborate effectively with others in a cross-functional team, and be able to rationalize and present their design ideas and decisions effectively. Must be able to prioritize and manage work to adhere to critical project timelines in a fast-paced environment. Knowledge of web content management systems such as AEM is a plus. Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Graphic Design, Information Design, Digital Media Design or other visual arts is a plus. Some Perks: Company provides free lunches on Mondays and has fully stocked kitchens. Fun, collaborative team Does this sound like you? Apply today!  

Our client, a strategic branding firm, is looking for an experienced UX designer to join their growing team on a project basis. While translating design concepts into effective, useful information architectures, you’ll create solutions that address user, brand and business requirements. This will involve working closely with strategy and design team to establish project scope, building wireframes and incorporate existing UX models, and utilizing prototypes to test designs. You will be working from existing research to create the UX strategy for a technology service provider. You will then execute the ux design deliverables - flows, wires, prototypes etc. This position is equal parts strategy and execution. Skills: An understanding of UX design across mobile and desktop platforms Experience with UX design, especially building and editing wireframes Presentation skills and exceptional communication skills Comfort with prototype software Requirements: 5+ years of experience in UX design Bachelor’s degree (preferred in marketing or technical-related major) Up-to-date resume and portfolio Experience designing across multiple platforms Agency experience is preferred Please apply with your portfolio!

As a User Researcher on this team, you will own multiple user research plans, execution, analysis, and presentation. You will create a holistic view of the user in all their complexities for an exciting new family of consumer wellness products. You’ll collaborate with the engineering, interaction design, industrial design, and manufacturing teams to finish the development to help us bring this vision to life. Your role will be to help the team understand how user research, human factors, and neuroscience can support them in making good decisions and how best to execute on those needs with the team. Requirements: User Research: Strong user research expertise, to include ethnographic, resonance, concept testing, and technology assessments with users; usability testing; and collecting secondary research relevant to the team’s needs. Your skills are broad and deep, from shoulder-deep SPSS analysis to qualitative ethnographic interviewing. Analytics: You have deep critical thinking skills for framing, analyzing, and synthesizing complex problems (both qualitative and quantitative user research, and usability testing. You’re trained to deliver thoughtful & complete protocols, execute moderation and do sophisticated analysis. You solve the problems identified by others and highlight the issues others don’t notice. Communication: You have excellent visual, verbal, and written communication and presentation skills and a portfolio of work to demonstrate this. You can present complex data results of research I verbally and visually! Soft Skills: Innovation: You have an affinity for emerging technology (e.g., consumer wellness, IoT, AR/VR), market trends, and new gadgets. What we want you to help us with is not adding a new color or accessory, but rather to commercialize significant, really unique, and cool products. Confidence: You have the presence and credibility to command the respect of colleagues across all functional disciplines. You are confident but not cocky. Organization: You are capable of multi-tasking and prioritizing your work, as we balance the conflicting demands of product development, user testing, channel development, and launch planning. You learned to juggle in college. Collaboration: You enjoy engaging with multiple team members and value diverse perspectives. You are open to feedback and recognize the necessity of working together to get a product out the door. Education: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Human Factors Engineering, HCI, Behavior Sciences, Experimental Psychology or a related field, with a minimum of 3 years of similar work experience. Apply today to be considered!

Our client is looking for an experienced UI and Interaction designer hybrid talent to join their growing team. This role is a contract to hire role that will work on incredible mobile products for an internationally recognized brand. While driving the visual design of our client's web properties and applications, you’ll work with the development team from concept to implementation and think about your ideas from multiple angles. You’ll also work with the UX team to build new and improved visual treatments that keep the user in mind. These could include animations as well as new, interactive tools. Skills: Exceptional interactive design abilities. An understanding of user behaviors as they relate to web design. Experience with UI/UX development. A handle on trends in user interface design trends. Requirements: 3+ years of UI and/or IxD experience. Bachelor’s degree in art or design. Up-to-date resume and portfolio. Proficiency with current design software. Sound like you? To learn more about this opportunity, apply now.

Our client, a global market research firm, is looking for a usability researcher to join their growing team during their peak busy season. You’ll work closely with UX to help develop a positive experience for site users. This will involve designing studies that measure behavior and attitudes, conducting research on users, and generating insights that fuel ideation sessions to inform design changes. You’ll also work with cross-functional teams to analyze the findings, communicate results, and track changes in user satisfaction over time. Skills: Ability to design, build and run usability research studies. Understanding of user behaviors and expectations as well as different methods of conducting studies. A background interpreting findings and recommending action items. Exceptional communication skills. Experience: 2+ years of experience conducting user research studies. Bachelor’s degree (preferred in marketing or technical-related major). Up-to-date resume. Experience using analysis and analytics to uncover usability issues. Does this sound like you? Apply today!

Our client, a small, a privately held agency with a culture of collaborative and curious individuals, is seeking a UX Leader to join their team. In this high-level, high visibility role, you will work closely with the leadership team, reporting into the President of the organization. This role holds responsibility for leading the creative and UX vision for the firm and client business, as well as managing and mentoring the design and UX teams. The ideal candidate understands the clients’ brands, strategies, and business objectives, and leads and manages the team to translate that strategy into an innovative and unexpected brand and digital experiences. What makes this agency special is their people, so we are seeking a talented, creative, innovative thinker who is smart and relatable. Walking into these offices feels like coming home as all those who work here demonstrate ownership of their success and the success of the firm. This is an ideal role for someone who enjoys leading the UX and creative process, while at the same time is still so passionate about the work that you are willing to roll up your sleeves and wireframe and prototype along with your team when needed. Responsibilities: Sees the bigger picture (for both client business and new business opportunities) and excels at inspiring and driving interdisciplinary teams forward to meet it Translates client strategies and agency insights into innovative branded digital experiences Leads client UX strategy sessions including whiteboard ideation session and documenting outcomes Understands, stays on top of, and shares UX best practices and digital trends with teams and clients, including marketing technology stacks to advise for best project outcomes Jumps in and develops work product that is on strategy and aligned with client expectations and goals, while unraveling multi-level and/or complicated subject matter and simplifing it to determine the best solutions Contributes to new business development including UX related content, attending meetings and actively working to aid the team in booking new business/clients Seeks out and presents at industry events on behalf of the firm to build awareness and grow UX book of business Partners with Vice President of Strategy and Account Planning to oversee client strategies, research methodologies and analysis for best project/client outcomes Collaborates cross discipline to deliver best in class work product ultimately envisioning and executing experiences that delight the user and client, alike Experience: 10 + years of experience in the creative/digital space with a track record of managing a team and portfolio that demonstrates it. Thorough understanding of determining and gathering business and technical requirements, information architecture, usability and user-centered design methods, with experience building user stories, wireframes, concepts/prototypes and information visualizations. Proven conceptual skills, a critical eye for detail and the ability to translate complex concepts into clear visual representations. Solid history of building dynamic brand experiences both digital and traditional. Ability to both delegate and execute creative. An expert understanding of Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch and Invision. General understanding of marketing automation best practices and legal requirements. Experience to manage development and review of code using modern web browser programming languages (JavaScript, AJAX, CSS3, HTML5, and XML). Does this sound like you? Apply today!